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MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COUNTY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
June 1, 2020
8:30 A.M.
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 in the Health Building 2nd Floor Conference Room in Naples,
Florida, with the following Members present:
Present: Mary Waller
Litha Berger
John Cowan
Steve Hruby
ZOOM: Denise Murphy
Sheryl Soukup
Christina Apostolidis
Justin Emens
Unexcused:
Excused: Jennifer Mitchell
Gary Hains
ALSO PRESENT: Cormac Giblin, Manager, Housing & Grant Development — CHS
Kristi Sonntag, Director CHS
Susan Golden, Sr. Grants Coordinator - CHS
Hilary Halford, Sr. Grants Coordinator — CHS
Lisa Carr, Sr. Grants Coordinator - CHS
Barbetta Hutchinson, Operations Coordinator - CHS
OTHERS PRESENT: Dottie Cook, Rural Neighborhoods; John Harney, Habitat; Katrina Lin, Clerk's Office,
1. CALL TO ORDER
Steve Hruby called the meeting to order at 8:31 a.m. He led in in the Pledge of Allegiance and read
the procedures to be followed.
2. ROLL CALL— COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF
There were 8 active members present, either in person or through ZOOM, therefore a quorum was
established.
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a. A motion was made to approve the agenda by Mary Waller and seconded by John Cowan.
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February and March. Mary Waller seconded the motion and the motion was passed with a
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4. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
a. Quarterly Community Housing Plan — Cormac told the group that staff is continuing to work
with Quest Communications towards the completion of all the items in the Housing Plan that
have been approved by the Board.
• Bembridge—there was $7.8 million in tax exempt bond funding awarded through the
Florida Housing Commission.
• A new zoning is in process and the ground breaking should be next year.
• There is a 1( sales tax that is slated to make $20 million to be used for land acquisition
for affordable housing.
• The Board approved an RFP from HELP to create a community land trust. HELP was
selected to run the trust fund with $100,000 to start. A $150,000 loan has been
applied for from grants to build affordable housing on land allocated for the new
sports park.
b. Marketing & Education -- Quest was asked to do an outreach program. They have developed
a new website and are capitalizing on Facebook and social media to push town hall meetings
and audio ads.
c. Apartment Survey — Cormac reviewed the numbers on the apartment survey, stating that
every apartment complex in the county is called for the survey. The new report is located on
the website.
d. Demand Model — This model was approved as part of the Community Housing Plan in 2017.
We run the model once a year when the federal income limits come out. This year there was
a great increase in the median income in Collier which shifted rental rates and housing costs
up. Over 60,000 households in Collier County are cost burdened.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
John Harney from Habitat for Humanity told the group about an article that was in the Naples
Daily News and said he would send it to Cormac.
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a. Entitlement Grant Cycle —The ranking and review committee reviewed all applications in r
March and gave a list of recommended applications to the BCC. These have been 3
approved by the County Manager and have been worked into the HUD Action Plan. This
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will go the BCC on June 23'd. We recommended awarding all of the available money.
b. CDBG-DR & MIT—Tami Bailey addressed the group and told them about the $100,000,000
that has been opened up to the state of Florida for targeted Irma projects. Applications
should be turned in by June 30, 2020 and we must assist in housing for low to moderate
income families. We had 3 applications for Disaster coverage — a storm water project at
Eden Park, greenhouse and storage facilities at the extension office and a parking lot at
the extension office. Mitigation money of $634,485,000 from HUD 2016-17 funds. The
application cycle closes on June 30. This money will be used for hardening, planning and
infrastructure. We need to spend the funds within the next 12 years. Litha Berger asked
Tami to recap her presentation. She said she would. John Cowan asked for the recap to
be put on the website.
c. COVID update — Through the CARES Act we received $600,000 in ESG and $1,200.000 in
CDBG funding. The United Way has been chosen to implement the program to give
assistance to residents in mortgage and rental funds. There is a wait list on their website
of 2,800 residents. They have over 600 applications in the system currently. The
Governor has mandated no evictions or foreclosures through the end of June. The
business recovery funds have not yet been allocated. Sea Callahan is working to set-up a
program on economic development. We are also working on a program to allocate
money to provide shelter for people to self -isolate in Immokalee at the New Horizons
Village.
7. STAFF AND GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS
8. ADJOURN
a. Upcoming meetings — June 9 — Final approval for Hyde Park Village, SRA and the Golden
Gate Golf Course RFP. The top 5 in the application round will present to the BCC to build
affordable rental units.
b. The Housing Trust Fund Subcommittee will meet on June 10.
C. AHAC Ordinance amendments —One elected official will be seated on the committee and
they must attend 2 trainings each year; the triennial report has been changed to an
annual report; the ordinance will go to the BCC in August.
d. Litha Berger suggested that a group tour to Horizons be planned for January.
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a. There being no further business for the good of the County, John Cowan motioned to adjourn the
meeting; Litha Berger seconded, and the group agreed with a vote of 8-0. The meeting adjourned at
9:51 a.m.
NEXT MEETING: THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD JULY 6, 2020 AT 8:30 A.M.
Location: 5th Floor Training Room, Administration (Building F) located at 3299 Tamiami Trail East.
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The foregoing Minutes were approved by Committee Chair on , 2020, "as
submitted" [_] OR "as amended" [_].
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