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AHAC Minutes 12/05/2016 MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING December 5, 2016 Naples, Florida LET IT BE REMEMBERED that the Collier County Affordable Housing Advisory Committee met on this date at 8:30 A.M. in a WORKING SESSION at 3299 Tamiami Trail East, Building F, 5th Floor, Training Room, Naples, Florida, with the following Members present: Present: Steve Hruby, Chair Taylor McLaughlin, Vice-Chair Christina Apostolidis John Cowan Mary Waller Litha Berger Excused: Joseph Schmitt Denise Murphy Absent: Carlos Portu Kristi Bartlett ALSO PRESENT: Kim Grant, Director – Community and Human Services Barbetta Hutchinson, Operations Coordinator – CHS Jason Rummer – Operations Analyst – Public Services Cormac Giblin – Senior Housing & Grants Coordinator Kris Van Lengen – Growth Management Andrew Solis – Collier County Commissioner District 2 Public PRESENT: George Danz – Riviera Golf Estates Barbara Melvin – First Florida Integrity Bank 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Hruby called the meeting to order at 8:39 a.m. Mr. Hruby read the procedures to be observed during the meeting. 2. ROLL CALL – COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF 2 With eight members in attendance a quorum was established. 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND MINUTES a. There was not a quorum at the beginning of the meeting, so the agenda could not be approved, but the committee proceeded to use the draft agenda to conduct the meeting. b. Upon the arrival of Christina Apostolidis at 8:45a.m., a quorum was established so the minutes from the meeting of October 17, 2016 were approved. John Cowan made the motion and Mary Waller seconded and the group unanimously approved with a vote of 6-0. c. Proposed dates for meetings for the 2017 calendar year were discussed. Mary Waller motioned to accept the dates, Litha Berger seconded and the group unanimously approved. The vote was 6-0. 4. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 5. PUBLIC COMMENT 6. DISCUSSION ITEMS AND PRESENTATIONS a. Jason Rummer talked about the quarterly reports. He reviewed the housing inventory and availability of affordable rental properties. Commissioner Solis raised the question of the condo fees being added into the cost of the unit and whether that was taken into consideration when we talk about affordable. Taylor McLaughlin explained importance of PITA to the group. b. ULI – Cormac informed the group that the Stakeholder group has recommended and the BCC has agreed to the ULI engagement in late January. The contract was approved by the BCC for the visit from January 29th through February 3rd. A team of ULI staffers will be in town next week to meet with Steve Hruby, Kim Grant and Cormac Giblin for a preliminary look at our county and provide a framework for the visit in January. Our staff will begin to prepare an informational book to include our economic make-up, incentives already in existence, affordable housing inventories, maps of the area and many other things to help them understand our county. There were suggestions to include the building code and the land use map in the briefing book. 3 The week will include a bus tour for the group to visit both urban and rural areas. Individual interviews will be conducted on Tuesday from 8-5 where the ULI staff will meet with various elected officials and other key people in our community. On Friday there will be a presentation in the Boardroom of ULI recommendations. This will be followed up by a written report about 45 days later. Everyone is invited to the presentation and encouraged to attend. Clark Hill said he would reach out to the hotel industry to compile some basic information. The group was asked to review the proposed interview list that was suggested at the Stakeholders Meeting. There were some suggestions and additions. c. Cormac asked for suggestions of places to go on the bus tour. The group agreed to Everglades City, Golden Gate, both upscale and affordable apartment complexes, redevelopment areas, the urban core and Brookside. 7. ADJOURN There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned at 9:18 a.m. after being motioned by John Cowan, seconded by Taylor McLaughlin and having a final vote of 6-0. NEXT MEETING: Meeting: January 9, 2017; 8:30 a.m. Location: 5th Floor Training Room, Administration (Building F) located at 3299 Tamiami Trail East. COLLIER COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE _________________________________ Stephen Hruby, Chairman The foregoing Minutes were approved by Committee Chair on ______________________, 2016, “as submitted” [__] OR “as amended” [__].