AHAC Minutes 08/14/2015 MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COUNTY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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August 14, 2015 ;LL 2,)2015
Naples,Florida 3141(2
By LET IT BE REMEMBERED that the Collier County Affordable Housing Advisory
Committee met on this date at 8:00 AM in a WORKING SESSION/PUBLIC FORUM at 3299
Tamiami Trail East,Building F, 5th Floor Training Room,Naples,Florida, with the following
Members present:
Present: Steve Hruby, Chair
Mark Strain
John Cowan
Michael Bohaychyk
Christian Davis
Absent: Irma Miller
Shaun McManus
Excused: Clyde Quinby
ALSO PRESENT: Kim Grant,Director—Community and Human Services
Jason Rummer—Operations Analyst—Public Services
Barbetta Hutchinson, Operations Coordinator—CHS
Amy Patterson,Capital Planning
Paula Fleishman, Capital Planning
Lisa Oien, CHS
Michele Moser, Growth Management
Ian Barnwell, Capital Projects
Cynthia Kemner,CHS
Natali Betancur,Parks&Rec
Public PRESENT:
Mark Hahn,Home Care;Mary Waller,NABOR; Jim Warnken,David Lawrence Center; Corina
Pitsenburger, Full Circle Community;Mike Stout,CASL;Doug Fee; Susan Golden, IHFS; Steve
Sanderson,United Way; Deborah Chesna, Florida Health Dept.; Michele Moser, Growth
Management; Cathy Lucrezi,Legal Aid Services of Collier County; AB Dwyer,Real Estate;
Lavigne Kirkpatrick,Avow;Kathy Patterson,HDC; Renee Harris,FFI Bank; Cormac Giblin,
Habitat for Humanity; Jennnifer Trammell, Newsbank; Sheryl Soukup, Strategic Solutions;
Michael Puchalla, HELP; Stephanie Marshall; Taylor McLaughlin, FCB; Lisa Leflcow, Habitat for
Humanity; El ly McKuen, Bayshore CRA; Renee Givens, Collier Homeless Coalition;Nick
Kouloheras,Habitat for Humanity;Anna Encarnacion, Youth Haven; Laurel Paster
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 8:10 am. With five members in attendance, there was not
a quorum.
2. ROLL CALL-COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF
A quorum was not established.
Clyde Quinby asked to be excused. Two members were absent: Irma Miller, and Shaun
McManus.
3.AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVES PRESENTATION AND PUBLIC INPUT
Kim Grant began by providing a summary of the following housing incentive to be
discussed:
• Mitigation Fee Buyout(in lieu of impact fees)
4 Inclusionary Zoning
• Tax Increment Financing
• Publically Owned Land
• Dedicated Hortsiig Trust Fund
• Linkage Fees(commercial with residential development)
• Expedited Permitting(current load of permits is 40,000)
• "GAP"Fund created..with a tax on residential sales above 1MM. Fund is used to
reiinbuise for"GAP"discounted impact fees on new residences
The following is the input and comments that were noted for each of the affordable housing
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incentives during the meeting:
Linkage Fees/Iinpact Fees
- Conduct an analysis/study would be required to define fee amounts and establish a
rational nexus
- How much can a developer bear without undue burden;to be determined;voluntary
$1,000 per unit seemed to be acceptable to developers
- It would be desirable to adjust fees during downturn in economy/Market Driven
- Increased density of housing generates decreased outlay for transportation
- There is a$70,000 (20%) gross profit on a$350,000 retail price of a house
Most participants concurred with pursuing a linkage/impactfee
Inclusionary Zoning
- Allow developers options
- Be flexible
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- Promote partnership developer/non-profit
- Puts affordable housing on par with other inclusionary elements
- Create zones—requiring that affordable housing doesn't get desegregated
- Avoid all affordable housing units to be built in specific areas only (creates ghettos)
- Possible radius 3-5 mile radius [build affordable within some identified radius of the
market rate development]
- Recognize there is shortage of raw land in this County
o 9.2%of Collier County has not been developed and exists as rural lands
- Consider a focus on redeveloping neighborhoods
o Creative housing
o Care taker unit •
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o Upstairs unit—mother-in-law
o Combine commercial/residential
o Mixed use
- Seniors—lack of affordable housing/affofdable nursing homes
- Consider a pool for gap houses contributions
o Banks—CRA funds
o Employers
o Educational coiriponent as well
Most participants concurred with pursuing inclusionary zoning, as long as there were
mitigation options availablg
Publicly owned land.for affordable housing
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- Consider goveinent ow land that'is no longer used such as school district land,for
repurposing employee housing on parks s& ec land
- Community land trust:-not just publicly owned land—The non-profit does not exist.
Sliould ttie AHAC nurture,one?
- Most of the land on the current inventory is not useable for affordable housing
Possibly change the process to allow for higher probability to acquire land in connection
with.4f-fordable housing:
Nearly all participhnts concurred with pursuing this option.
Tax Increment Financing(TIP)
- Change Florida State;to collect in one area and spend in another(currently can only
spend the funds in the same area it collected).
• Collect from industrial/commercial areas
• Use for housing
- Redevelopment combined with inclusionary zoning
of participants in favor;more than /indifferent.
Real Estate Tax Assessment
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- How can we assure that the funds stay in Collier County and are only used for affordable
housing? Separate line item sending funds directly to the trust fund.
- Will higher valued houses provide more revenue? Tourist tax? Tourist industry workers
need the affordable housing.
Deferrals or waivers for a threshold of buyers
- All home buyers should pay this tax to reinforce the feeling of community
- Sliding scale only helps investors who are buying up the lower priced properties with
cash.
of the participants are in favor;most of the remaining participants are against.
Discounted gap housing impact fees and a gap housing fui d
- 80-120%AMI
- Is this going to drive the need for code changes Or some development incentives?
Most participants were uninterested or uncertain about this option.
Mitigation fee buyout—available to pair with adopted incentives
- %the room thought this wa `a good idea;a few thought it was a had idea
Expand dedicated Housing Trust Fund.
- Use these funds to leverage additional funds
- Many questions regarding the specific intended use of these funds
85% of participants`in favor of this option.
Other strategies/input offered b%'the public
- Assist vitli tax,credit appl cations
d Sweeten applica offs,
- Mortgage revenue bonds
- TDR4 for affordable housing
- Employer involvemernt Wcentive to provide subsidy
- Expected:increase in elderly population
- Expect shortage of affordable housing for healthcare workers
- Anticipated,4,000 new workers(hospice)in one specific are
- 7 year waiting for Goodlette Arms-only senior affordable housing in Naples area
- Research Mortgage Revenue Bonds
- Research TDR's for Affordable Housing
- Consider a plan to redevelop central Naples areas including empty plazas
- Add a Community Land Trust to the incentives
- Consider"shared housing"in overall planning
- Encourage"homebuyer finance"education for Affordable Housing applicants
- Consider"school land"or public park facilities for development of Affordable Housing
units
- In the next 5 years,the nursing(CRA,RN,LPN)profession will grow by 4,000 persons
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- Allow the Affordable Housing Trust Fund to have 1st right of refusal of vacant County
land
- Revisit Dedicated Lodging Tax based on a threshold levels
- "Site Plan"deviations could be researched
Attachments: Presentation, Public Attendance Listing
NEXT MEETING:
Regular Meeting: Friday, September 11,2015; 8:00am#01000am.
Location: 5th Floor Training Room,Administration(Building F)located at 3299 Tamiami
Trail East.
There being no further business for the good of the County,the meeting was adjourned at 11:06
AM.
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The foregoing ' utes were_ approvby ed_ Committee Chair on 6C` 30 , 2015,
"as submitted OR "as amended" 1`..,1.
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