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AHAC Minutes 12/20/2022MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE December 2otn 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 WORKING SESSION in Conference Room 609/610 located at 2800 North Horseshoe Dr. Naples, FL 34104, with the following Members present: Present: Mary Waller John Harney Joe Trachtenberg — Chair Comm. Chris Hall Paul Shea Jennifer Faron Aro) Buntzman Stephen Hruby Excused: Gary Hains Jessica Brinkert Todd Lyon Unexcused: Jacob LaRow, Director Economic Development and Housing Division-GMD Michael Bosi, Director, Planning &Zoning Jamie Cook, Director, Development Review Donald Luciano, Manager Federal & State Grant Operations-CHS Chris Montolio, Operations Analyst, Economic Development & Housing Julie Chardon, Operations Support Specialist - CHS OTHERS PRESENT; Louise Jarvis; Kelly Green, GMD; Michael Puchalla, HELP; Katerina Pelic, Clerks Office; Betty Schwartz; League of Women's Voters; Ted Blankenship, City of Naples; Chris Watson, GMD; Michael Dalby, Naples Chamber of Commerce, Samantha Roesler; Gulf Shore Business. 1. CALLTO ORDER Joe Trachtenberg called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. He read the procedures which was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. 2. ROLL CALL -COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF Julie Chardon led with Roll Call. There were 7 active members present when the meeting, therefore a quorum was established. One member (Commissioner Chris HaII) arrived at 8:46 am bringing the final total to 8 members present. 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND MINUTES a. Joe Trachtenberg made a motion to approve the agenda. The motion was seconded by John Harney. The motion passed by a vote of 7-0. b. A motion was made by toe Trachtenberg to approve the minutes from the November 15'h, 2022, meeting of and was seconded by Steve Hruby. c. A Motion to amend the minutes was requested by Mary Waller. Wanted to include the list of properties that has been requested in previous meetings. Joe Trachtenberg seconded; Motion passed 7-0. 4. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AND PRESENTATION a. AHAC Incentives- Mike Bosi addressed AHAC on what he believes are the key components AHAC should be focusing on. Four initiatives were brought up that were part of a housing plan created more than five years ago but has had no clear structure on how they should be developed. The first initiative is an increase in housing units within the county's activity centers from 16 units per acre to 25 for affordable housing projects, the second is the process of converting commercial zones to residential to not require a public hearing, the third involves providing developers incentives to build along transit lines near major traffic arteries, and lastly focusing on strategic opportunity sites near big corporate companies which could benefit from having multifamily units near their campuses. Out of these four initiatives that need to get brought before the BCC, Mike Bosi feels the one with the most benefit for affordable housing is the increase in housing units within the county's activity centers from 16 units per acre to 25 for affordable housing projects. Due to the nature of developers building out and a shift to more online shopping, the 22 activity centers designated in the county to be shopping centers can be relooked at. Increasing to 25 units which would only be a four-story building can help incentivizes private developers. Mike Bosi asked if Chris Hall, at the January10'h BCC Meeting, can address the commissioners on when they can have a discussion of the four initiates. Joe Trachtenberg wanted to provide an unpaid advertisement to a forum that is taking place on January11th, 2023. Major city organizations such as the Sheriffs office, Naples Daily news, and Arthrex will be voicing their concerns on the Affordable Housing crisis going on in our community. Jacob LaRow provided the email to the committee that he had previously sent. This email contained the Vacant Property list and links to maps that show what could happen if the four initiatives were adopted. toe Trachtenberg brought up difficulties trying to get the board to look at the McDowell Housing Project that was presented at the November 1511' AHAC Meeting. He wants to get county staff started on looking at a process on how to develop the 20 million surtax funding that lacks structure. Mike Bosi clarified that the 20 million needs to be spent on land and wants to know what's the land acquisition strategy. Jamie French and staff are in the beginning stages but noted how can we identify the right acquisition process? And how much jeopardy will be caused having to rezone and present it to the BCC? Jacob LaRow brought up house bill 1339 that can provide affordable housing without rezones. There will be more conversations with this topic on further development of this process. Chris Hall wants to get something done and has been listening to both sides of the stories. He wants viable options and viable solutions presented to the BCC. Chris Hall expressed how he knows about the struggles of long commutes because he too couldn't afford to live close to where he worked and wants to help Collier County, Joe Trachtenberg and Mary Waller would like if Jamie French and Mike Bosi come back to next months AHAC and propose some rules on how the 20 million should be utilized and call for proposals to see projects. AHAC Charter -Joe Trachtenberg presented an item in the beginning of the meeting on creating a charter for AHAC. He will bring this item up at the January 17`h, 2023, meeting but asked Julie Chardon to reach out to the Housing Alliance group and get sample charters from other AHAC to have available for the next meeting. At our next AHAC meeting Joe Trachtenberg will appoint an AHAC Committee, Mike Bosi notified AHAC that Jacob LaRow is leaving the county and that this will be his last meeting. Joe Trachtenberg and AHAC members thanked him for all his efforts and for all that he did for the Committee. 5. PUBLIC COMMENT a. Michael Puchalla- Executive Director with Collier County Community Land Trust and with HELP. HELP is a local nonprofit organization that help individuals gain housing. He just wanted to make a quick note that he is here to be part of the solution and make sure with acquiring land and working with developers the land that's slated to be affordable doesn't get phased out. He tasked himself with creating an income certification process that builders can come forward and utilize. He will share the Income Certification process with the group. 6. DISCUSSION ITEMS a. 2023 AHAC Calendar -Joe Trachtenberg questioned if a vote should be taken to have the next meeting be for New Member Orientation or have a separate meeting for it. He wants to include staff from Growth Management and AHAC members. Joe Trachtenberg asked Mike Bosi to purpose an orientation schedule with what AHAC should know from GMD and what members who should be there. Mike Bosi did advise the meeting may take place in late January into February. It was agreed that the January meeting will be a regular working meeting and a separate orientation meeting will be held later. b. 2023 Grant Cycle Update- Donald Luciano, Federal and State manager for CHS gave an update on the two Grant Cycles. They're finishing up one cycle and have new HOME -ARP funding which has five applicants with seven projects. One of the included projects is the Rural Neighborhoods Golf Course ($2.3 million). For 2023, CHS just sent their new application to their software vendor and will have the applications opened on January loth. Looking towards the first week of March after the process has been done to have projects listed for the 2023 cycle. 7. STAFF AND GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS Update on Rural Neighborhoods Golf Course -Jennifer Faron requested an update on the progress of the project. She noted its rare to see a non -for profit handle a project of this size, usually it's for profit. Jacob LaRow clarified that Steve Kirk is awaiting more funds that will make its way to the BCC in February/ March. Jamie Cook gave an update on issues that County staff are working on. Since land was previously a golf course, they are making sure the land is not contaminated due to chemicals used in the past. GMD staff is also awaiting a site development plan from the developers. Jennifer Faron questioned if we picked the right developer since large amounts of money has been donated and invested in this process and no plan has come forward from the developer. Steve Hruby mentioned a Non -Profit developer was used due to fact a for -profit developer would potentially take advantage of making a profit. Jennifer Faron brought up looking into the 990's of some largest Non -for Profits housing developers. Donald Luciano will follow up with Steve Kirk to see if they can get the site development plan moving. 8. ADJOURN There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourned at 10:50 a.m. NEXT MEETING: THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THE THIRD TUESDAY ON JANUARY 17TH, 2023, AT 8:30 A.M. Location: Conference Room 609/610-Growth Management Department 2800 N. Horseshoe COLLIER COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE Joe Trachtenberg, Chairman The foregoing inutes were approved by Committee Chair on _t�t 2023, "as submitted" [_] OR "as amended"