Resolution 2006-312
RESOLUTION NO. 2006- 312
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA,
ENDORSING MDG CAPITAL CORPORA TION'S
APPLICATION TO THE ST A TE OF FLORIDA FOR
COMMUNITY WORKFORCE HOUSING INNOVATION
PILOT (CWHIP) PROGRAM FUNDING.
WHEREAS, the 2006 Florida Legislature passed House Bill 1363 (Ch. 2006-69, s. 27,
Laws of Fla.), a housing bill focused on addressing some of the affordable housing challenges
the State currently faces; and
WHEREAS, HB 1363 includes $50 million for an affordable housing pilot program
called the Community Workforce Housing Innovation Pilot Program (CWHIP); and
WHEREAS, the Florida Housing Finance Corporation will administer CWHIP, and
these funds will be awarded on a competitive basis through a Request for Proposals (RFP)
process to public-private entities seeking to build affordable housing for Florida's workforce;
and
WHEREAS, CWHIP promotes the creation of public-private partnerships to finance,
build and manage workforce housing and requires the coordinated efforts of all levels of
government as well as private sector developers, financiers, business interests and service
providers; and
WHEREAS, CWHIP encourages the pooling of local resources, local regulatory
incentives, including land use strategies and non-traditional sources of local funding; and
WHEREAS, the CWHIP program is available to projects in high cost counties, high
growth counties, and counties willing to make regulatory changes and financial investments in
affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, Collier County has been designated by the State of Florida as both a high
cost and high growth county; and
WHEREAS, a public-private partnership has been established in Collier County for the
purposes of applying for CWHIP funding and developing affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, this public-private partnership includes the School District of Collier
County, the Collier County Sheriff's Office, the City of Naples, NCH Healthcare System, Inc.,
Health Management Associates, and MDG Capital Corporation, and these entities
collaboratively call themselves the ESP (Essential Services Personnel) Group; and
WHEREAS, MDG Capital Corporation has agreed to apply for CWHIP funding for and
on behalf of the ESP Group; and
WHEREAS, the ESP Group has agreed to seek to build an affordable housing
development that would include 100 rental units and 50 owner-occupied units that will be made
available to employees of the ESP Group who are between 60% and 140% of area median
income (adjusted for family size); and
WHEREAS, it is a requirement of the CWHIP program that the application be endorsed
by the local county; and
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WHEREAS, the ESP Group made a presentation to the Collier County Affordable
Housing Commission on November 9, 2006, and the Affordable Housing Commission voted
unanimously to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners support and endorse this
CWHIP application; and
WHEREAS, it is understood that endorsement of any CWHIP application by the Board
of County Commissioners does not favor, prejudice, circumvent, or preclude any future
development approvals that may be sought or needed for the project; and
WHEREAS, MDG Capital Corporation on behalf of the ESP Group requests that Collier
County Board of County Commissioners officially endorse their plans to apply for CWHIP
funding from the State of Florida.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA that:
1. The Board of County Commissioners of Collier County does hereby endorse
MDG Capital Corporation's plans to apply for CWHIP funding on behalf of the ESP Group.
2. This Resolution shall be recorded by the Clerk of Courts in the Public Records of
Collier County, Florida.
This Resolution adopted this :)'6~ day of November, 2006, after motion, second
and majority vote favoring same.
ATTEST:' ,
DWIGHT E. ~ROCK, CLERK
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
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By:
FRANK HALAS, Chairman
Jef 'ey. Klatzkow
Ma agi~~ Assistant County Attorney
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