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AHAC Minutes 05/06/2013 Affordable Housing Advisory Committee Minutes May 6 , 2013 MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING May 6, 2013 Naples, Florida LET IT BE REMEMBERED that the Collier County Affordable Housing Advisory Committee met on this date at 3:00 PM in REGULAR SESSION in Administrative Building"F," 3'i Floor, of the Government Complex,Naples, Florida, with the following Members present: CHAIRMAN: Stephen Hruby Vice Chair: Christian Davis Raymond Cabral John Cowan Patricia Fortune Alan Hamish Gerald Murphy Mark Strain Clyde C. Quinby ALSO PRESENT: Kim Grant, Interim Director—Housing, Human& Veteran Svcs. Elly McKuen—Operations Analyst Priscilla Doria—Grants Coordinator(Staff Liaison) 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Stephen Hruby called the meeting to order at 3:00 PM and read the procedures to be observed during the meeting. 2. ROLL CALL—COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF Roll Call was taken. A quorum was established;nine(9)voting members were present. 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND MINUTES A. Agenda—May 6,2013 Addition: • Mark Strain requested to add a new topic under Item 4—"Informational Items" as follows: o D. "Cirrus Pointe" Vice Chairman Christian Davis moved to approve the Agenda as amended Second by Alan Hanish. Carried unanimously, 9 0. B. AHAC Minutes—April 8,2013 Vice Chairman Davis asked if Staff had clarified Mr. Cowan's attendance status for the January meeting,i.e.,"Excused"or"Absent." • Staff will research the issue and provide an answer at the June meeting. Correction: • Clyde Quinby's attendance status was changed from"Absent"to"Excused" Vice Chairman Davis moved to approve the minutes of the April 8,2013 meeting as amended Second by Raymond CabraL Motion carried, 8—0. �: Mr.Quinby could not vote since he did not attend the April meeting.) C. AHAC Subcommittee Minutes—April 8,2012 Chairman Hruby noted a copy of the Subcommittee Minutes had been provided to the AHAC members. The Minutes were reviewed by the Subcommittee and accepted during the Subcommittee's regular meeting. 4. INFORMATION ITEMS A. Appointment of AHAC member to Development Services Advisory Committee("DSAC") Kim Grant reported on the procedures to be appointed to DSAC. The procedures are typical of other advisory committees;applicant must apply for the vacancy on-line. She noted the next vacancy on the DSAC would not be opened until December 14,2013,in which the one of the requirements for the position would need to be filled by an architect, attorney and room for 2 engineers. The AHAC would like the BCC to appoint an AHAC member to the DSAC. Staff will prepare an Executive Summary to go before the BCC on May 28,2013. Kim Grant will provide a copy of the Executive Summary prior to submission to BCC to Chairman Hruby for his review. B. Reconsideration: Application of Albert Batista for membership on AHAC Kim Grant noted Staff did obtain answers for questions posed by AHAC during the April 8,2013 meeting. The application of Albert Batista is currently pending. She contacted the Legal Department regard the most important question;the possibility of a conflict of interest on affiliations of Mr.Batista if appointed. Legal Department recommended Staff provide an official request for their legal services and they will provide an official response. C. Update: Local Housing Assistance Plan("LHAP) Kim Grant report Staff enlarged the SHIP Fund Strategy to provide for the Owner Occupied Rehab to be done individually by the Housing,Human and Veterans Services or through a sponsor or sub-recipient. Staff will submit an Executive Summary on May 14d',to recommend the BCC consider the approval of$150,000 of Ship Funds for an Owner Occupied Rehab Strategy Program. The funds will help get the program started during the interim of getting a sponsor. If approved,the funds would be available June 1,2013. She explained the process on sponsorships. D. "Cirrus Pointe"—Mark Strain(Topic was added per Amended Agenda) Mark Strain gave a brief update on"Cirrus Pointe"(Bay Shore Gateway)and the Planning Commission. The original agreement included density freed up from the Botanical Gardens as an incentive to include affordable housing. "Cirrus Pointe"will be renamed the"Solace Project." It will be at least a month before the new request with deviations is presented to the Planning Commission. Under the new program they plan to apply for 144 total densities;they completely rewrote the PED. The new proposed agreement does not include affordable housing units. The Solace Project will include building 44 dwellings as"Gap Work Forced"as defined by the County. Gap Work Forced Units would be available for a minimum of 5 years. It was noted Collier County may have received Grant funding for this project and may have been required to pay back Grant funds since the project failed. AHAC members expressed concern over the renamed project which legally does not have to be approved by the AHAC. The AHAC does not want to lose any affordable housing units and will do everything possible to make sure that does not happen. Mark Strain asked if the AHAC would like to see a presentation on plans for Cirrus Pointe/Solace so AHAC can make a recommendation to the BCC. Staff will request a presentation be made to the AHAC on Cirrus Pointe/Solace at the next meeting. He will provide contact information to Staff. 5. PUBLIC COMMENT (None) 6. DISCUSSION ITEMS/PRESENTATIONS A. Solicitation of Volunteer: To serve on Committee—Review/rank Applications Elly McKuen gave a slide presentation on the approval of the entitlement round applications as follows: o National Objectives - Project will benefit low and moderate income persons or households who earn at or below 80%of the median income. - Prevention or elimination of slums or blight - Certified urgent need o Consolidate Plan Priorities - CDBG - Home - Emergency Solutions Grant(ESG) o General Application Information - Application Review - Review and Ranking Committee o Evaluation Criteria o Timeline o Application Information Improvements o Regulations/Citations - Affidavit certifying read and understand regulations o Action Request - ESG Projects-Partner with Continuum of Care Committee - Review and Ranking Committee member Staff asked for a volunteer from the AHAC to serve on the ESG Review and Ranking Committee. Q. How much time will be involved? A. It varies and depends on how many applications are received. Typically takes 5 hours to review the application. Committee meeting with all reviewers is approximately 2 hours. Q. Are you going to by to do this all in one day? A. No. Members will have a week to review applications before the Reviewer Meeting. Q. In your FP are you spelling out what the criteria Ls? A. Yes. Q. Are you requiring they organize their response based on those categories? A. Yes. We tried to eliminate any potential questions. John Cowan volunteered to serve on the ESG Review and Ranking Committee. B. Presentation: 2013"Point In Time"Report Debi Mahr,Hunger/Homeless Coalition gave a slide presentation on Homelessness in Collier County. The DOE definition includes "doubled up"families,due to economic hardship and unaccompanied youth. The DOE PIT data over the past five years shows us that family homelessness is on the rise in Collier County. o Homelessness Counts in Collier County - Hud Homeless Count 2012—350 2013—396 - Collier County Schools 2012—968 2013— 1054 o Literally Homeless Definition Subpopulations - Situational Homelessness 124 - Veterans 27 - Severely Mentally Ill 41 - Chronic Substance Abuse 122 - Persons with HIV/AIDS 2 - Victims of Domestic Violence 80 o Homeless Students in Collier County Public Schools o Causes of Homelessness o Solutions — Chronic Homelessness — Family Homelessness The Hunger&Homeless Coalition—"Our Ten-Year Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, "20-20 Vision"includes evidence based strategies to prevent and end homelessness for various sub-populations in Collier County by the year 2020. Debi Mahr responded to all questions asked. C. Subcommittee Report: May 6,2013 meeting Gerald Murphy reported the subcommittee is currently researching housing and rental trend and demand in income brackets and job categories to see the median affordability. The report will provide the BCC and Planning Commission date to generate more affordable housing. 7. COMMENTS—STAFF/COMMITTEE MEMBERS NEXT MEETING: June 3.2013 Location: BCC Chambers,3'd Floor,Administrative Building"F" There being no further business for the good of the County,the meeting was adjourned at 4:15 PM by order of the Chairman. Q 1 COLLIER COUNTY AFFORDABLE H• I SING ADVISORY COMMITTEE Step en ' � �,►'�Chairman The foregoing Minutes were approved by a 1 'flee ChairNice Chairman on �rLv I, ,2013,"as submitted'.` OR "as amended" ( 1.