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AHAC Minutes 06/06/2022MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE June 6, 2022 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 WORKINGSESSION in the Human Resources Conference Room in Naples, Florida, with the following Members present: Present: Mary Waller Steve Hruby—Vice Chair Joe Trachtenberg - Chair Litha Berger Jennifer Mitchell Rick LoCastro Paul Shea Janet Miller on ZOOM Excused: John Harney Jessica Brinkert Gary Hains Unexcused: ALSO PRESENT: Maggie Lopez, Financial &Operations Manager -CHS Jacob LaRow, Manger Housing Grant Development &Operations- CHS Lisa Carr, Sr. Grants Coordinator - CHS Barbetta Hutchinson, Operations Coordinator - CHS OTHERS PRESENT: Katerina Pelic, Clerk's Office; Michae) Puchalla, HELP; Elizabeth Radi; Elaine English, Collier Clerk; Megan Phillips, Collier Clerk; April Olson; Ted Blankenship, City of Naples; Chris Shear, McDowell Housing; Betty Schwartz, LWV; Debrah Forester, CRA; Andrew Cribbs; Michele McLeod, Candidate for Commissioner; Gerald LeFebvre, Candidate for Commissioner 1. CALL TO ORDER Joe Trachtenberg called the meeting to order at 8:31 a.m. He read the procedures to be followed and Steve Hruby led in the pledge to the flag. 20 ROLL CALL — COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF There were 7 active members present when the meeting started, therefore a quorum was established. Ted Blankenship from the City of Naples will be attending AHAC meetings as a non -voting member. He will apply fora full-time seat in October when vacancies arise. 3, APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND MINUTES a. Jennifer Mitchell made a motion to approve the agenda. The motion was seconded by Litho Berger. The motion passed by a vote of 7-0. b. A motion was made by Steve Hruby to approve the minutes from the meeting of May 2, 2022, and was seconded by Litha Berger. The motion was passed with a vote of 7-0. 4. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS a. Chief Programs Officer, Ashon Nesbitt, gave a presentation to the AHAC about the duties the importance of the incentive program. Creating affordable housing is a majorjob and needs out of the box thinking. It is AHAC's responsibility to give suggestions to create incentives to bring affordable housing into the county. He gave some ideas from other counties. Hillsborough County gives $10 million a year to be used towards affordable housing from the general fund. He gave a schedule of the AHAC for St. Petersburg showing their discussion topics throughout the year. He suggested that our AHAC research HB 1339 and permanent affordability, redeveloping underutilized surface parking, review inventory of public land, linkage fees and accessory dwelling units along with other ideas. We are the right path as we currently have partnerships with other government agencies and other departments within our own agency. Joe Trachtenberg said we need to be building 1,000 units a year for the next 10 years to be where we need to be with affordable housing. He asked that a representative from the sur-tax committee be invited to our next meeting in July. There will be a School Board meeting on June 141h to talk about potential land and the county -owned land report will be put onto the AHAC meeting In July. b. April Olson from The Conservancy of Southwest Florida spoke to the group. She talked about the four villages approved by the Board and the one waiting for approval. She said towns and villages should be providing affordable units. Steve Hruby said developers should be providing affordable units without us having to pay for it. She asked the AHAC to support Rural Lands and bring it forward. 5, PUBLIC COMMENT Chris Shear from McDowell Partners spoke about the cost of affordable housing, the lack of supplies, construction cost and cost of land. He said that impact fees should be made to 15 years to match the length of financing. House Bill 1339 is a legislative gift. Local governments have the ability to supersede code for affordable housing without zoning changes. He noted that we have had no affordable housing projects since 2 years ago. 6. DISCUSSION ITEMS a. Mayor Demings Housing for All action plan —Orange County has established a goal of 30,000 affordable units in the next 10 years. We should model ourselves after them. b. Trust Fund Award —AHAC must make recommendations to use the community land trust fund. We need to find donors and partner with Habitat. The Role of Staff —Staff provides the publication of all meetings, provides published minutes from every meeting, puts the agenda and back-up material on the webpage and sends out information to all members before the meeting date. There is a balance of $630,000 and there is a request for the extension of $50,000 for the third year. Mary Waller motioned to approve the expenditure and Litha Berger seconded. The group voted 6-0. Steve Hruby abstained as he is Chair of the Collier County Community Land Trust, Rick LoCastro reminded the group that the county does not own any land — it belongs to the taxpayers. He said when we are brainstorming, we must take into consideration if an idea will pass through the Board. He also asked the group to give him a better lead-time on items they want on the BCC agenda so he can add them. 7. STAFF AND GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS a. Long Range Planning— Mike Bosi told the group that there will be a meeting on June 28`h regarding Growth Management amendments. They need to go through 2 rounds of approvals before they merge with legislative ordinances in November or December. The Nexus fee study which will cost around $200,000 will take about 6 months to complete. This will study impact and linkage fees. b. Rental Ordinance —The City of Naples will have the second reading the ordinance. They will encourage landlords to post the rental assistance program in their buildings. c. Building Blocks Fund —Miami Dade has instituted a local pool to finance new housing. The building blocks fund brings together private and nonprofit funders to finance the development of affordable housing. This commitment will run through December 31, 2025. d. Future Agenda Items/Topics — We need to discuss the 11 incentive items to be considered by statute. Also, guest housing/secondary housing to decide where they would be appropriate not to stress infrastructure. Mary Waller suggested that a subcommittee be formed to investigate secondary housing. Joe Trachtenberg asked Jacob to invite Ed Finn or someone from the surtax committee to talk to the AHAC at our next meeting. Mary Waller told the group about the State Funded Hometown Hero Program that has helped approximately 50 persons with down payment assistance since June 1st 8. ADJOURN There being no further business for the goad of the County and no quorum remained, the meeting was ad]ourned at 10:47 a.m. NEXT MEETING: THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THE FIRST MONDAY ON DULY 11, 2022, AT 8:30 A.M. Location: Training Room located in Building B, 3303 Tamiami Trail East, Naples, Florida COLLIER COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE .� 1 1 Joe Trachtenberg, Chairman The foregoing rinutes were approved by Committee Chair on 2022, as submitted" [ ] OR "as amended" [_].