AHAC Minutes 02/03/2020MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COUNTY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
February 3, 2020
8:30 A.M.
Naples, Florida
LET lT BE REMEMBERED that the Collier County Affordable Housing Advisory Committee met on this
date at 8:30 A.M. in a WaRKING SESsto,V in the Health Building 2"d Floor Conference Room in Naples,
Florida, with the following Members present:
Present:Mary Waller
Litha Berger
Justin Emens
Denise Murphy
Jennifer Mitchell
Christina Apostolidis
Gary Hains
Unexcused:
Excused:Joseph Schmitt
SherylSoukup
John Cowan
Steve H ru by
Cormac Giblin, Manager, Housing & Grant Development - CHS
Kristi Sonntag, Director CHS
Susan Golden, Sr. Grants Coordinator - CHS
Hilary Halford, Sr. Grants Coordinator - CHS
Barbetta Hutchinson, Operations Coordinator - CHS
OTHERS PRESENT: Donald Pickworth and Mike Prioletti, CC Housing Finance; John Harney, Habitat;
Katrina Lin, ClerlCs office; John Lerdahl, Gorman & Company.
1, CA[r ro ORDER
ln the absence of steve Hruby, Denise Murphy motioned that Mary waller act as chair and run the
meeting. Justin Emens seconded, and the group voted 7-0 in favor. Mary called the meeting to
order at 8:32 a.m. litha Berger led in inthe pledge ofAllegiance, and Mary readthe procedures to
be followed.
4Ls0 PRESENT:
2. Rott CAtt - CoMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF
There were 7 active members present, therefore a quorum was established.
3. APPRoVAT oF AGENDAAND MINTJTE
A motion was made to approve the agenda by Litha Berger and seconded by Justine Emens,
The motion passed by a vote of 7{.
b. A motion was made by Jennifer Mitchell to approve the minutes from the meeting of
January 6, 2020 and seconded by Justin Emens. The motion was passed with a vote of 7-0.
4. INFoRMATIoNAL ITEMS
Sean Callahan and Geoff Willig attended the meetin8 in the place of Nick Casalanguida to
discuss the new Naples Sports Park and give the group an update of the AUIR. They showed
a video ofthe AUIR process and explained that we need to be prepared for the growth that is
expected in the next few years. They showed maps of the new sports complex and explained
that growth is moving away from coastal areas and we need to prepare. The sports complex
has 19 fields, a championship stadium and a large amphitheater that will include bars, food
trucks, music and varioustypes of shows. This sports parkthatwill be professionally operated
and not be manned by county staff. Also of note was that the Golden gate Golf Course is
being considered of a golf and entertainment component as well to include affordable
housing and a veteran's nursing home. This probably will go to the BCC next month. One of
the membem asked for the slides that were presented. Geoff said he will send them to
cormac to distribute to the group.
b. Recent BCC actions:
1. The RLSA Workhop was held. The meeting lasted all morning and the group discussed
all ofthe changes over the past 20 years.
2. Rivergrass was approved with a vote of 3 to 2 after many speakers were heard. The
transportation staff and the developer have worked out the right-of-way issues. The
developer will provide 5500,000 to the Community Foundation to ensure essential
personnel housing is available for 12 years. The group thought the 5500,000 should have
gone to the Housing Trust Fund.
3. Comprehensive Growth Management Plan Amendments - the group discussed if there
was any interest in looking at a public benefit policy for future Comp plan Amendments.
Litha Berger motioned to work on this as a project, Denise Murphy seconded and a vote
of 7-0 was taken in favor of working on the project, Cormac will do some work on it and
bring it to a future meeting.
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c. Grant Application Cycle - Applications are due into our office on February 10, 2020 by noon.
There has been technical assistance given to about 30 organizations, ending up with about 38
individual applications. There is a total of $11.5 million in requests with a S80 million benefit.
We only have less than 53 million in available funding.
d. The Quarterly Apartment Rental Listing was reviewed. As expected, availability has gone
down in all categories since last quarter.
5. PuBuc CoMMENT
There were no registered speakers.
6. DTSCUSSION rTEMS
AHAC membership size and composition - Cormac has been working with the CAO who
has determined that it would be less complicated to create an independent auxiliary
group of 5-7 large employers who could meet quarterly to come up with ideas to address
affordable housing. The Chamber does a survey every year regarding the number of
employees, wage rates, where do they live, etc. Denise Murphy will talk to the Chamber
and Jenifer Mitchell will speak to the League of Women Voters to see if they can work
together to form a new group.
b. Local Housing Trust Fund Discussion:
a. Susan Golden told the group that the Subcommittee met in January for their
initial discussion. The members from the AHAC on the subcommittee are Mary
Waller, Sheryl Soukup, titha Berger and Mike prioletti from CCFA,
b. Don Pickworth and Mike Priolettifrom the Collier County Finance Authority told
the group that their organization can help issue tax exempt bonds for multi-family
housing. They currently don't see many applications.
c. The sub-committee will meet on February 18, 2020 at 2:OO p.m. and March 10,
2020 at 2:00 p.m. Susan will send out a memo with the dates to the
subcommittee members. ln May they wilt bring recommendations to the AHAC
of possible funding sources. The recommendations will go to the BCC in June.
7. STAFF AND GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS
a. The grant application crTcle closes on February 1e 2020. The review and rank committee
will be hearing from us regarding upcoming meetings.
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8, ADJOURN
There being no further business for the good of the County, Litha Berger motioned to adjourn the
meeting; Denise Murphy seconded, and the group agreed with a vote of 7-0. The meeting adjourned
at 9:40 a.m.
NEXT MEETING: THE ND$ MEETING wIlI. BE HEl"o MARCH 2, 2O2O AT 8:30 A.M.
Location: 5s Floor Training Room, Administration (Building F) located at 3299 Tamiami Trail East.
HoUSING ADMSoRY
CoMM
Chairman
The foregoing Minutes were approved by Committee Chair on
submitted'I lOR"os omended'l l.
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