AHAC Minutes 01/20/2026MEETING MINUTES OF THE COLLIER COLTNITY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Naples, Florida
Ianuary 20,2026
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, the Collier County Affordable Housing Advisory
Committee, in and for the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met on this date
at 9 a.m. in REGULAR SESSION at the Collier County Growth Management Department
building, Conference Room #6091610,2800 North Horseshoe Drive, Naples, Florida, 34104 with
the following members present:
Chairman: Stephen Hruby
Vice chairman: Jennifer Faron
Mary Waller
Gary Hains
Hannah Roberts, DSAC Representative
Andrew Terhune
Arol Buntzman
Todd Lyon
Paul Shea, Planning Commission Member
Catherine Myers
William McDaniel, BCC (Excused Absence)
Bob Mulhere, Non-Voting Member
Coun0r Staff Members Present:
Cormac Giblin, Director, Housing Policy & Economic Development
Sarah Harrington, Manager- Planning, Housing Policy & Economic Development
Priscilla Doria, Ops Support Specialist II, Housing Policy & Economic Development
Kristi Sonntag, Director, Community & Human Services Division
Mike Bosi, Director, Planning & Zoning Division
Jaime Cook, Director, Development Review Division
Courtney DaSilva, Assistant County Attorney, Office of the County Attomey
Any persons in need of a verbatim record of the meeting may request a copy of the audio
recordingfrom the Collier County Giowth Management Department.
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1. CALL TO ORDER & PLEDGE OFALLEGIANCE
Meeting called to order at9 a.m.
2. ROLL CALL OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF
[Roll called and a quorum establishedJ
A. Selection of Chair/Vice Chair for 2026
. Mary Waller made a motion to elect Stephen Hruby to serve as Chairman for
2026. Paul Shea seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
. Mary Waller made a motion to elect Jennifer Farron to serve as Vice Chair for
2026. Paul Shea seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
B. Welcome Commissioner McDaniel
C. Re-appointment of DSAC Representative
. Gary Hains volunteered to replace Hannah Roberts as the DSAC
representative. Mary Waller seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDAAND MINUTES
A. Approval of today's agenda
. Chairman Hruby made a motion to approve the agenda.
o Committee approved agenda with no changes. Motion passed unanimously.
B. Approval of November 18,2025, meeting minutes
Chairman Hruby made a motion to approve the November 18, 2025, meeting
minutes. Minutes approved as presented and motion passed unanimously.
4. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AND PRESENTATIONS
A. Areas of Growth & In-Fill Development, presented by Mike Bosi,
Division Director, Planning & Zoning Division.
o Discussed chart representing # of CO's issued for Multi-Family and
Single-Family developments over the past 15 years.
o Inclusionary housing provides for a percentage towards affordable
housing.
o Residential In-Fill: to encourage residential in-fill in urban areas of
existing development outside of the Coastal High Hazard Area, a
maximum of three (3) residential dwelling units per gross acre may be
added when criteria are met.
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o In-Fill Development. Refers to the construction of buildings or other
facilities on previously unused or underutilized land located within an
existing urban-or otherwise developed area.
o Successful In-Fill Developments including Affordable Housing are:
o Blue Coral Apartments (Aspire) -234 units with 30% affordable
(70 units)
o Ekos on Santa Barbara- 82 units with 100% affordable
o Ekos on Creekside- 160 units with 100% affordable
o Ascend Naples- 208 units with34Yo affordable (71 units)
o Mattson at Vanderbilt- 150 units with 48% affordable (72 units)
o The Haven -336 units with22.60/o affordable (76 units)
o 8929 Collier Blvd PUD-92 units with 30% affordable (28 units)
o Santa Barbara Landings- 1 10 units with 100% affordable
o Mr. Bosi emphasized the importance of market rate providers in
expanding affordable housing options and believes they should be
encouraged, as they serve as an additional resource from our traditional
providers of affordable housing such as Habitat for Humanity.
[Mr. Bosi took questions and comments from the committee]
B. January 2026 Apartment Survey
o Reviewed January 2026 Apartment Survey list completed by the
Community and Human Services Division
o List represents all existing rental apartments in Collier County.
o Survey is updated twice ayear. Once in January and once in July.
o Survey includes property address, phone #,total number of units in
development, total available units, and rates organized by income
categories: Very-Low Income (VLD, Low-lncome (LI), Moderate Income
(MI) and Market Rate.
[Questions and comments by the committee followedJ
C. Grant Application Cycle, presented by Tracey Smith, Grants Coordinator
II, Community & Human Services Division (CHS).
. Opening of the PY2026-2027 GrantApplication Cycle & SHIP
Funding Cycle Announcement
o HUD Funding:
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o Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
o HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME)
o Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG)
o Florida Housing Finance Corporation Funding:
o State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP)
o Grant Application Timeline:
o l/8 - Grant Pre-Application Open
o ll20- Grant Pre-Application Close
o 213-Full GrantApplication Open
o 2125-FullGrantApplication Close
o 3116-17 -Applicant's presentations to review & ranking
o 4i8- Conditional awards to be announced
. Approximate release date of HUD funding: Mid-May 2026
o 2026 Annual Action Plan to be drafted by CHS between April2026 to
June 2026, goes to the BCC in July 2026 for approval, and final
submission to HUD no later than August 17 ,2026.
[Ms. Smith took questions and comments from the committeeJ
D. GIS Map Update
Housing Policy & Economic Development webpage
(https : //www. col lier. gov/County-Development/Housing-Policy-and-
Economic-Development) presented where the Affordable Housing Inventory
map is located and updated bi-annually.
[Mr. Giblin took questions and comments by the committeeJ
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
No public comment
6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. 2026 A}IAC Schedule Topics
Reviewed 2026 schedule of topics to be covered during the2026 AHAC
meeting year to include key discussion items and recommendations for review
as required under the SHIP Incentives Strategies Report.
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AHAC requested an item to discuss the outcome of the ADU's on the
legislative level.
B. GMPA Policy
o Report on New Residential Units approved by the Board in calendar
year 2025 presented
o 1 8 developments approved with 10 of those I 8 including an
affordable commitment.
o 6,904 total residential units (rental and homeownership)
approved in calendar year 2025; 2l%o of that total ( 1 ,45 I )
included affordable housing.
o Currently, the 30o/o of the total units in a development set aside
for affordable housing has been attractive to the development
community and has produced thousands of affordable housing
units.
7. STAFF AND COMMITTEE GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS
A' Board
lXl3n, palm RpuD heard at the January 13th BCC meeting.
o Development presented consisted of 423 owner-occupied
dwelling units with 15% (63) of total home units as affordable
set-aside units to be sold to households whose incomes are up to
120%.
o Board ultimately did not approve and decided to continue the
item with instructions to the landowner, developer, attorneys,
and staffto work out something that did not include residential
and what other options available.
8. NEW BUSINESS
9. ADJOURN
Meeting adjoumed at l1:07 a.m.
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10. NEXT MEETING DATE AND LOCATION:
March 17,2026, at 9:00 A.M in Conference Room 6091610- Growth Management
Community Development Department
by the committee ", fY) f dt 17, ) "at,
os presente4 J , or as amended
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