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Backup Documents 04/14/2026 Item #16D 4ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS CHECKLIST & ROUTING SLIP 1 g p 4 TO ACCOMPANY ALL ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS SENT TO 16.D.4 BCC MTG 4/14/2026 THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OFFICE FOR SIGNATURE Print on pink paper. Attach to original document. The completed routing slip and original documents are to be forwarded to the County Attorney Office at the time the item is placed on the agenda. All completed routing slips and original documents must be received in the County Attorney Office no later than Monday preceding the Board meeting. **NEW** ROUTING SLIP Complete routing lines #1 through #2 as appropriate for additional signatures, dates, and/or information needed. If the document is already complete with the exceotion of the Chairman's signature. draw a line through routing lines 41 through 42, complete the checklist, and forward to the County Attorney Office. Route to Addressees (List in routing order) Office Initials Date 1. Loretta Blanco Community and Human LB 4/9/2026 Services 2. County Attorney Office —Jeffrey A. County Attorney Office Klatzkow CG c) 1 3. BCC Office Board of County Commissioners j 4. Minutes and Records Clerk of Court's Office PRIMARY CONTACT INFORMATION Normally the primary contact is the person who created/prepared the Executive Summary. Primary contact information is needed in the event one of the addressees shove_ may need to contact staff for additional or missing information. Name of Primary Staff Loretta Blanco Phone Number 239-252-2675 Contact / Department Agenda Date Item was Approved by the BCC Willu Agenda Item Number ale • o- 4 Type of Document LANDLORD PAYMENT AGREEMENT FOR Number of Original 3 Attached EMI CARA HOME AND HOME ARP TBRA Documents Attached PO number or account number if document is to be recorded INSTRUCTIONS & CHECKLIST Initial the Yes column or mark "N/A" in the Not Applicable column, whichever is Yes N/A (Not appropriate. (Initial) Applicable) 1. Does the document require the chairman's original signature STAMP OK LB 2. Does the document need to be sent to another agency for additional signatures? If yes, N/A rovide the Contact Information(Name; Agency; Address; Phone on an attached sheet. 3. Original document has been signed/initialed for legal sufficiency. (All documents to be Yes signed by the Chairman, with the exception of most letters, must be reviewed and signed by the Office of the County Attorney. 4. All handwritten strike -through and revisions have been initialed by the County Attorney's N/A Office and all other parties except the BCC Chairman and the Clerk to the Board 5. The Chairman's signature line date has been entered as the date of BCC approval of the N/A document or the final negotiated contract date whichever is applicable. 6. "Sign here" tabs are placed on the appropriate pages indicating where the Chairman's YES si nature and initials are required. 7. In most cases (some contracts are an exception), the original document and this routing slip N/A should be provided to the County Attorney Office at the time the item is input into SIRE. Some documents are time sensitive and require forwarding to Tallahassee within a certain time frame or the BCC's actions are nullified. Be aware of your deadlines! 8. The document was approved by the BCC on above date and all changes made during N/A is not the meeting have been incorporated in the attached document. The County CLD an option for Attorne 's Office has reviewed the changes, if applicable. I this line. 9. Initials of attorney verifying that the attached document is the version approved by the N/A is not BCC, all changes directed by the BCC have been made, and the document is ready for the CLD an option for Chairman's signature. this line. 1 6 D 4 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM OR HOME -ARP TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (TBRA) LANDLORD PAYMENT AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is entered into between Collier County Board of County Commissioners, hereinafter referred to as the COUNTY and Emi Cara hereinafter referred to as the LANDLORD. The undersigned LANDLORD hereby agrees to the following conditions in order to receive LANDLORD payments from the COUNTY under the HOME and HOME -ARP Tenant Based Rental Assistance Programs (TBRA11: This agreement shall begin on 9; Iq 202,6 and shall end upon 30-days written notification from either party to the other, or When funding for this program is no longer available. 2. The COUNTY agrees to provide the LANDLORD with a list of names and contact information for all COUNTY personnel authorized to commit TBRA funds. The LANDLORD will only accept payment commitment from authorized COUNTY personnel. Changes (additions/deletions) to the authorized personnel list must be approved in writing by an authorized COUNTY representative. 3. The LANDLORD agrees to provide COUNTY with contact information for authorized representatives to resolve a crisis and/or supply the County with necessary payment information on the client's behalf. 4. The LANDLORD agrees to provide the COUNTY with copy of all leases and modifications or amendments for each eligible TBRA program participant. S. The COUNTY agrees to provide payments directly to the LANDLORD on behalf of the eligible TBRA program participant and as long as the grantor and COUNTY regulations does not prohibit payment. 6. The LANDLORD assures that no household receiving TBRA assistance will be treated adversely because of such assistance under applicable provisions of federal, state or local regulatory requirements. During the term of this agreement LANDLORD agrees to give the COUNTY a copy of any notice to the program participant to vacate the housing unit, or complaint used under state or local law to commence an eviction action against the program participant. 7. The LANDLORD assumes that eligible households on whose behalf TBRA assistance is received will not be discriminated against. 8. The LANDLORD understands that only eligible activities listed under 24 CFR 92.209 (a) , rental assistance and security deposits, are to be paid with TBRA funds. 9. The LANDLORD agrees to accept the TBRA rental assistance payments each month by the COUNTY paid directly to the LANDLORD on behalf of the TENANT as long as the tenant remains eligible for assistance under the TBRA program. This payment shall be credited by the LANDLORD toward the monthly rent payable by the TENANT. The balance of the monthly rent shall be paid by the TENANT. 10. The LANDLORD agrees to assist the COUNTY in verifying the TBRA program participant's information and to make timely commitments to resolve any crisis situation. Subject to the LANDLORD's privacy requirements, the LANDLORD agrees to provide the COUNTY with the following detailed TBRA program participant information: (1) current amount owed (broken down by month) (2) due date/eviction dates informal eviction notice/ 3- day notice and (3) amount [25-SOC-01292/1953367/11 1 1 P a g e CA O 16D4 necessary to resolve the situation. 11. In accordance with the Florida Local Government Prompt Payment Act, the COUNTY agrees to provide payment to the LANDLORD as follows: (a) Rental Arrears, Application Fees and/or Deposits: will be dispersed by the COUNTY within 60 days from the date of the COUNTY's approval of the program participant's eligibility if the rental assistance is a valid TBRA program expenditure. (b) Ongoing rental assistance: will be disbursed by the COUNTY for eligible TBRA recipients in accordance with the rental agreement as issued by the LANDLORD on behalf of the program participant under the same terms and conditions (i.e., same payment due date, grace period, and late penalty requirements). (c) COUNTY's promise to pay can only be issued after a TBRA participant has been certified as Eligible under the TBRA program. 12. This LANDLORD Agreement will be signed by COUNTY, and LANDLORD's authorized representative. 13. If a TBRA payment to the LANDLORD cannot be applied to a TBRA program participant's account, the funds will be returned to the COUNTY. 14. The LANDLORD, with the exception of INDIVIDUAL OWNERS, must be in "active" status with the State of Florida: http://sunbiz.org/search.html. The LANDLORD's name must also be verified against the System for Award Management website at http://www.sam.gov. The COUNTY agrees to maintain documentation of verification that the business name of the LANDLORD on this agreement is the same as the legal business name on the State of Florida System for Award Management website. The LANDLORD must submit the E-VERIFY Memorandum of Understanding for Employers, or INDIVIDUAL OWNERS must submit an E- Verify waiver. 15. The LANDLORD agrees to maintain documentation of verification that the owner's name or business names of the LANDLORD on this agreement is the same name as that name on the Collier County Property Appraiser, unless designated through a property management agreement. 16. COUNTY does not assume any responsibility for, or liability to, any person injured as a result of LANDLORD's action or failure to act in connection with the implementation of this agreement or as a result of any other failure to act by the LANDLORD. 17. LANDLORD is not the agent of COUNTY, and this agreement does not create any relationship between COUNTY and any lender to LANDLORD or suppliers, employees, contractors or subcontractors used by LANDLORD in connection with this agreement. 18. Nothing in this agreement will be construed as creating any right of a program participant or a third -party to enforce any provision of this agreement or to assess any claim against COUNTY, or LANDLORD under this Tenant Based Rental Assistance Agreement. 19. Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated by reference, shall be attached to all leases entered into with TBRA funded tenants, unless similar language covering VAWA requirements is already in the LANDLORD's standard lease. [25-SOC-01292/1953367/1] 2 1 P a g e 1 6D4 20. Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated by reference, shall be attached to all leases entered into with TBRA funded tenants, unless similar language covering the tenant protections as stipulated in the attached lease addendum is already in the LANDLORD's standard lease. IN WITNESS THEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this agreement to be executed by their undersigned officials as duly authorized. ATTEST: CRYSTAL K. KINZEL, CLERK T,Y AV Deputy Clerk M 63 Approved as to form and Legality: By: PA- Jeffrey A, Klatzkow, County Attorney C�10 Date: WI 2 ( BOARD OF COUNTY COMNUSSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA LANDLORD BY: LANDLORD OR AUTHORIZED SIGNOR pR1NTED NAME: Emi Cara ADDRESS: 22 Briar Court [25-SOC-01292/1953367/1] 3 i P a g e O 1 6 D 4 VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE U.S. Department of Housing OMB Approval No. 2502-0204 OR STALKING and Urban Development Exp. 6/30/2017 Office of Housing "Exhibit A" Lease Addendum VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005 TENANT LANDLORD UNIT NO. & ADDRESS Emi Cara 1078 Enbrook Loop Naples FL 34114 This lease addendum adds the following paragraphs to the Lease between the above referenced Tenant and Landlord. Purpose of the Addendum The lease for the above referenced unit is being amended to include the provisions of the Violence Against Women and Justice Department Reauthorization Act of 2005 (VAWA). Conflicts with Other Provisions of the Lease In case of any conflict between the provisions of this Addendum and other sections of the Lease, the provisions of this Addendum shall prevail. Term of the Lease Addendum The effective date of this Lease Addendum is continue to be in effect until the Lease is terminated. VAWA Protections This Lease Addendum shall 1. The Landlord may not consider incidents of domestic violence, dating violence or stalking as serious or repeated violations of the lease or other "good cause" for termination of assistance, tenancy or occupancy rights of the victim of abuse. 2. The Landlord may not consider criminal activity directly relating to abuse, engaged in by a member of a tenant's household or any guest or other person under the tenant's control, cause for termination of assistance, tenancy, or occupancy rights if the tenant or an immediate member of the tenant's family is the victim or threatened victim of that abuse. 3. The Landlord may request in writing that the victim, or a family member on the victim's behalf, certify that the individual is a victim of abuse and that the Certification of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence or Stalking, Form HUD-91066, or other documentation as noted on the certification form, be completed and submitted within 14 business days, or an agreed upon extension date, to receive protection under the VAWA. Failure to provide the certification or other supporting documentation within the specified timeframe may result in eviction. Tenant Landlord Date 12/03/2025 Date Form HUD-91067 (9/2008) HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM - HOME OR HOME -ARP TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (TBRA) LEASE ADDENDUM LANDLORD UNIT NO. & ADDRESS Emi Cara 1078 Enbrook Loop Naples FL 34114 This lease addendum adds the following paragraphs to the Lease between the Tenant and Landlord referred to above. A. Purpose of the Addendum. The lease for the above -referenced unit is being amended to include the provisions of this addendum because the Tenant has been approved to receive rental assistance under the Collier County HOME/ HOME -ARP Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program. Under the Rental Assistance Program, Collier County (County) will make monthly payments in accordance to program terms to the Landlord on behalf of the Tenant. The Lease has been signed by the parties on the condition that the Collier County and Landlord will promptly execute a HOME/ HOME -ARP Landlord Rental Agreement. This Lease shall not become effective unless the Agreement has been executed by both the Landlord and the County, effective the first day of the term of the Lease. B. Conflict with Other Provisions of the Lease. In case of any conflict between the provisions of this Addendum and other sections of the Lease, the provisions of this Addendum shall prevail. C. Terms of the Lease. The term shall begin on and shall continue until:(1) the Lease is terminated by the Landlord in accordance with applicable state and local Tenant/Landlord laws; (2) the Lease is terminated by the Tenant in accordance with the Lease terms or by mutual agreement during the term of the Lease; or (3) termination of the HOME/ HOME -ARP Rental Assistance Program Contract by the County. D. Rental Assistance Payment. Each month the County will make a rental assistance payment to the Landlord on behalf of the Tenant. This payment shall be credited by the Landlord toward the monthly rent payable by the Tenant. The balance of the monthly rent shall be paid by the Tenant. E. Security Deposit (1) The Landlord shall receive a Security Deposit in the amount of $ The Landlord will hold this security deposit during the period the Tenant occupies the dwelling unit under the Lease. The Landlord shall comply with state and local laws regarding interest payments on security deposits. I PAGE 16D4 (2) After the Tenant has moved from the dwelling unit, the Landlord may, subject to state and local laws, use the security deposit, including any interest on the deposit, as reimbursement for rent or any other amounts payable by the tenant under the Lease. The Landlord will give the Tenant a written list of all items charged against the security deposit and the amount of each item. After deducting the amount used as reimbursement to the Landlord, the Landlord shall promptly refund the full amount of the balance to the Tenant. (3) Security Deposit in conjunction with rent at the same address- The amount of a security deposit may not exceed the equivalent of two month's rent for the unit. F. Utilities and Appliances. The utilities and appliances listed in Column 1 are provided by the Landlord and included in the rent. The utilities and appliances listed in Column 2 below are not included in the rent and are paid separately by the Tenant. UTILITY/APPLIAN CE Included in Rent Tenant Paid Garbage Collection Water/Sewer Heating Fuel (specify) Yes Lights, electric Cooking Fuel (specify) Other (specify) Refrigerator Stove/Range G. Household Members. The Tenant may not permit other persons to join the Household without notifying the County and obtaining the Landlord's permission. H. Housing Quality Standards/NSPIRE. The Landlord shall maintain the dwelling unit, common areas, equipment, facilities and appliances in decent, safe, and sanitary condition (as determined by Section 8 Housing Quality Standards/NSPIRE). I. Termination of Tenancy. The Landlord may evict the Tenant following applicable state and local laws. The landlord must provide the Tenant with at least 30 days' written notice of the termination. The Landlord must notify Collier County in writing within 15 days of when eviction proceedings are started. This may be done by providing Collier County with a copy of the required notice to the Tenant. The TBRA program termination clauses applicable to Collier County's policy and procedures are as follows: 21PAGE 1 6D4 • Proof of activity of a controlled substance for any household member • A felony conviction of a crime that is violent or sexual in nature • Proof of domestic violence • Physical damage to the unit beyond normal wear and tear • Failure to pay the Tenant portion of the rent required • Failure to maintain the unit in a safe and sanitary manner I Prohibited Lease Terms. Any provision of the Lease which falls within the classifications below shall not apply and not be enforced by the landlord/owner per 24 CFR 92.253. (1) Agreement to be sued. Agreement by the tenant to be sued, to admit guilt, or to a judgment in favor of the landlord/owner in a lawsuit brought in connection with the lease. (2) Treatment of Property. Agreement by the tenant that the landlord/owner may take, hold or sell personal property of household members without notice to the tenant and a court decision on the rights of the parties. This prohibition, however, does not apply to an agreement by the tenant concerning disposition of personal property remaining in the housing unit after the tenant has moved out of the unit. The landlord/owner may dispose of this personal property in accordance with Florida law. (3) Excusing landlord/owner from Responsibility. Agreement by the tenant not to hold the landlord/owner or landlord's/owner's agents legally responsible for any action or failure to act, whether intentional or negligent. (4) Waiver of Notice. Agreement of the tenant that the landlord/owner may institute a lawsuit without notice to the tenant. (5) Waiver of Legal Proceedings. Agreement by the tenant that the landlord/owner may evict the tenant or household members without instituting a civil court proceeding in which the tenant has the opportunity to present a defense, or before a court decision on the rights of the parties. (6) Waiver of Jury Trial. Agreement by the tenant to waive any right to a trial by jury. (7) Waiver of Right to Appeal Court Decision. Agreement by the tenant to waive the tenant's right to appeal, or to otherwise challenge in court, a court decision in connection with the lease. (8) Tenant Chargeable with Cost of Legal Actions Regardless of Outcome. Agreement by the tenant to pay lawyer's fees or other legal costs even if the tenant wins in a court proceeding by the landlord/owner against the tenant. The tenant, however, may be obligated to pay costs if the tenant loses. (9) Mandatory Supportive Services. Agreement by the tenant (other than a tenant in transitional housing) to accept supportive services that are offered. K. Nondiscrimination. The Landlord shall not discriminate against the Tenant in the provision of services, or in any other manner, on the grounds of age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, handicap, national origin, or familial status. L. Notices and Disclosures. All notices or other rental communications may contain time - sensitive information, therefore the election to receive notices by e-mail is a voluntary option. _._ 31PAGE 16D4 Landlord election: ® I, Emi Cara , the landlord or the landlord's agent, agrees to receive notices required by the rental agreement or under part II of chapter 83, Florida Statutes, from the tenant by e-mail. I designate the following e-mail address for receipt of notices: ecara8193@gmail.com I may revoke my agreement to receive notices by e-mail by providing written notice to the tenant which is effective upon delivery of such written notice and does not affect the validity of any notice that was previously sent by e-mail. I may update my e-mail address designated for electronic delivery at any time by providing written notice to the tenant specifying the new e-mail address, which takes effect upon delivery of such notice. ❑ I do not agree to receive notices by e-mail. All notices must be in writing signed by the sender, and either (a) personally delivered, or (b) mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested. Landlord Address : Tenant election: ❑ I, ,the tenant, agrees to receive notices required by the rental agreement or under part II of chapter 83, Florida Statutes, from the landlord by e-mail. I designate the following e- mail address for receipt of notices: I may revoke my agreement to receive notices by e-mail by providing written notice to the landlord which is effective upon delivery of such written notice and does not affect the validity of any notice that was previously sent by e-mail. I may update my e-mail address designated for electronic delivery at any time by providing written notice to the landlord specifying the new e-mail address, which takes effect upon delivery of such notice. ❑ I do not agree to receive notices by e-mail. All notices must be in writing signed by the sender, and either (a) personally delivered, or (b) mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested. Tenant Address: TENANT SIGNATURES LANDLORD SIGNATURES By: (Type or Print Name of Tenant Representative) LANDLORD NAME: Emi Cara (Signature/Date) By: Emi Cara (Type or Print Name of Landlord Representative) By: (Type or Print Name of Tenant Representative) (Signature/Date) 12/03/202 (Signature/Date) 41PAGE