City of Deltona

2345 Providence Blvd.

Deltona, FL 32725

Minutes

Affordable Housing Advisory

Committee

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

1. CALL TO ORDER:

5:00 PM

2nd Floor Conference Room

The meeting was called to order at 5:01 p.m.

2. ROLL CALL:

Present:7 -

Chair Jodi Pena-Castaldi

Vice Chair Michelle Wallace-Chin

Member Commissioner Avila-Vazquez

Member Rachel Amoroso.

Member Jean Armstrong

Member Lillian Mendez

Member Manny Rodriguez

Excused:3 -

Member Terri Ellis

Member Sylvia Hayes

Member Cassie Landron

Absent:1 - Member Jahaira Delgado

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES & AGENDA:

AHAC Minutes of April 16, 2024

Motion by Member Armstrong, seconded by Vice-Chair Wallace-Chin, to

approve the AHAC minutes of April 16, 2024. The motion carried

unanimously.

4. PRESENTATIONS/AWARDS/REPORTS:

None.

5. PUBLIC FORUM: Time permitted, public comments shall be limited to items on the

agenda and shall not exceed two minutes. Please be courteous and respectful of the

views of others. Personal attacks on Committee/Board members, City staff or

members of the public are not allowed and will be ruled out of order by the Chair.

Chair Peña-Castaldi opened and closed Public Forum as there was none.

6. OLD BUSINESS:

None.

7. NEW BUSINESS:

Flexible Density and Live Local Presentation

Ms. Entwistle gave a presentation on Ordinance No. 04-2024, creating Chapter 76:

Affordable Housing of the Land Development Code relating to Affordable Housing

regulations and the Live Local Act.

Ms. Entwistle stated that an Affordable Housing Project Review Committee (AHPRC) will

review all Affordable Housing projects submitted under Chapter 76; 40% of the units must

be affordable for a period of 30 years.

Further discussion occurred regarding Live Local eligibility, Dimensional Requirements,

Residential Densities, and Infrastructure.

There was no vote made for (c) Allowance of Flexibility in Densities for Affordable

Housing strategy.

8. STAFF COMMENTS:

Mr. Hoppa provided Members an Affordable Housing Strengths, Weaknesses,

Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis exercise from Member Ellis to be completed

by the next AHAC meeting in June.

Ms. Briggs mentioned in 2023 the AHAC recommended that the City reserve 1% of its

annual budget to facilitate and establish a Community Land Trust. She wanted to obtain a

'true' percentage since we are in the budget process.

Ms. Entwistle said a workshop for the Comprehensive Plan update is tentatively scheduled

for Saturday, June 15th.

9. BOARD/COMMITTEE MEMBERS COMMENTS:

Member Armstrong said Ms. Entwistle's presentation was great.

Vice-Chair Wallace-Chin thanked staff.

Commissioner Avila-Vazquez said Ms. Entwistle's presentation was great and that it should

be presented to all City Commissioners.

Vice-Chair Wallace-Chin wanted to remind everyone that it's National Emergency Medical

Services (EMS) week.

Member Amoroso thanked staff.

Member Mendez thanked staff.