AHAC Minutes 05/16/2016MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COUNTY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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May 16,2016
Naples, Florida
LET IT BE REMEMBERED that the collier county Affordable Housing Advisory
CommitteemetonthisdateatS:00AMrr a:/r2RKINGSESSI?Nat32ggTamiamiTrailEast,
;;'tidt"; F, 5" Floor, Training Room, Naples, Florida with the following Members prtsent:
ALSO PRESENT:
Public PRESENT:
Present: Steve tlrubY, Chair
Taylor Mclaughlin, Vice-Chair
John Cowan
Litha Berger
Carlos Portu
Christina Apostolidis (Arrived late)
Absent: Mark Strain
Excused: Ikisti Bartlett
Denise MurphY
Joseph Schmitt
Kim Grant, Director - Community and Human Services
Barbetta Hutchinson, Operations Coordinator - CHS
Jason Rummer - Operations Analyst - Public Services
Raynesha Hudnell, Grants Coordinator
Rene Givens, Hunger Homeless Coalition
Barbara Melvin, First Florida lntegrtty Bank
Mary Waller, NABOR
Michael Puchalla, HDC of SWFL
Alison Thom
1. CALL To ORDER
Chairman Hruby called the meeting to order at 8:15 am' Mr' Ilruby read the procedures to be
observed during the meeting'
2. RoLL CALL - CoMMrrrEE MEMBERS AND STAFF
With five members in attendance a quonrm was not established.
3. Appnovll oF AGENDA
A. Approval of today's agenda. Litha Berger moved to approve the agenda' John Cowan
seconded. There was a vote of 5-0 to approve.
B. Approval of Minutes from April 25,2016. Since there was no quorum' this item was
moved to the next meeting.
4. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
A. Denise Murphy was to report on Habitat information, but was not in attendance. Kim
suggested that we move her presentation to the next meeting and the group agreed.
B. Kim explained that the article attached was written by someone in the affordable housing
business. It told how hard it is to bring affordable housing into fruition. Carlos and Litha
told Kim they thought the articles were valuable and should be included in future
information packets. Kim said she will continue to give articles to the group that she
thought were pertinent.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
A. Michael Puhalla told the group about the l{eusing Education Lending Program. He said
that Hillsborough County is pooling down-payment assistance by bond issue in an onJine,
centralized location to make it more efficient. He also told the group about a Home Buyer
Expo being held on June 18ft from 9 until noon and invited the group to attend.
6. DrscussroN ITEMS AND PRESENTATIoNS
A. Taylor Mclaughlin reviewed the 2016 HUD AMI information that was included in the
packet. The group thought the Affordable Housing Trust Fund should be instituted to
assist families in the 80-120% range. Carlos asked Taylor to send him information about
how much house someone in the 80% range could buy.
B. Steve Hruby gave a presentation to the group regarding For Profit Affordable Housing
..Deal" Structures and Financing Approaches. He has been in the business for over 20
years and wanted to share how a housing developer would come into the county for rental
housing. He reviewed a list of common financing mechanisms such as Low Income
Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), Project Based Section 8 (PBA), Section 208 Loans'
Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency Bond Financing, Land Grants, CDBG and HOME
Funds. Federal Home Loan Bank, Payment in Lieu ofTaxes (PILOT), Local Matching
Funds and Tax Increment Financing (TIF). He said one of the major financing
instruments was the LIHTC because it is regulated by the IRS progmm and gives tax
credits. Each year a percentage is assigrred depending on population. He added that only
an experienced developer would be able to do this because ofthe tax complexities. Most
developers would not qualifu. Land grants are also very big for the developer to receive a
long-term land lease or be given the land for free. The group agreed that his presentation
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was a very informative and gave them a good education on what it would take to build
properties.
C. Kim reviewed the Community Wide Housing Plan Charter Draft review with the group.
The BCC will be asked to give direction to move forward to hire an affordable housing
parbrer, develop a housing plan, form a community stake holder group and provide
govemment sponsored solutions to our housing problem. The stake holder group will
included members from all sectors ofthe county, both govemment and business. She also
discussed hiring a consultant to develop a program for affordable housing in Collier
County using money from the Marco Island Trust Fund. We need to frnd the right
consultant to make decisions that are right for us, not to take some other program and
rename it. The timeline is to select the selection committee by the end of May or the
beginning ofJune, put out an RIP in early summeq have prospective consulting firms
give presentations at public meetings, then the selection committee would make a
recommendation to the BCC and the BCC would decide by September 2016. We should
expect publication of the final plan in about a year.
Kim told the group that she has preliminary approval, pending BCC approval to hire an
additional person to work just on the affordable housing. We need to have the right staff
and expertise to carry out this project.
7. CoMMENTS - STAFF/CoMMITTEE MEMBER
8. ADJoURN
There being no further business for the good ofthe County, the meeting was adjoumed at
9:58 a.m. by a vote of 6-0. (Christina Apostolidis arrived late for the meeting.)
Motioned by John Cowan, seconded by Litha Berger.
NEXT MEETING:
Meeting: June 20, 2016; 8:00am to 10:004m.
Location: PLEASE NOTE: This meeting will be held in the Front Conference Room in
the County Manager's Ofiice in the Administration Building @uilding F) on the 2od Floor
located at 3299 Tamiami Trail Esst.
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