Submitted By: Pamela Omichinski
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Presentation By: James Haynes
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Department: Community Development Services
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Adopt Resolution 2022-28 appointing Dr. Gwendolyn Dawson to the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) for an unexpired three-year term ending December 31, 2022
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OCALA’S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Quality of Place, .
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
N/A
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BACKGROUND:
On July 1, 2008, Council adopted Ordinance 5865, appointing an eleven-member board as the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) to recommend monetary and non-monetary incentives for the affordable housing incentive plan as required in Section 420.9076 F.S.
As per Section 106-137(c) of the amending Ordinance 5865, City Council shall appoint members to the committee by resolution. This section was amended on December 18, 2018 by Ordinance 2019-13 to reduce the minimum number of AHAC members from eleven to eight.
Former board member Milo Ayen has moved away from the Ocala area, leaving an unexpired three-year term ending December 31, 2022. Dr. Gwendolyn Dawson has submitted her application.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
The State requires that there be an active Affordable Housing Advisory Committee composed of at least eight individuals from various backgrounds. The City's Affordable Housing Advisory Committee is to meet and bring recommendations to the City Council on ways to reduce or eliminate impediments to affordable housing.
The person named meets the qualifications of the categories set forth in Section 420.9076 F.S.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Without the advisory committee, the City would be ineligible for potential SHIP funding.
RESOLUTION 2022-28
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OCALA APPOINTING DR. GWENDOLYN DAWSON TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE SECTION 420.9076 AND PROVIDED FOR IN CITY ORDINANCE 2019-13 SECTION 106-137
WHEREAS, City of Ocala Ordinance 5865, Section 106-137 adopted on July 1, 2009 and subsequently amended by Ordinance 2019-13 on December 18, 2018, provides for an affordable housing advisory committee to recommend monetary and non-monetary incentives for the affordable housing incentive plan as required in Section 420.9076 F.S.; and
WHEREAS, the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee shall consist of at least eight but not more than eleven members, the composition of which must meet the requirements of Section 106-137 (c) of the Ordinance, to be appointed by the City Council, upon recommendation of the Director, Community Development Services; and
WHEREAS, the Director, Community Development Services has made his recommendations for the 2020-2022 term and the same have been duly considered by the City Council.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of Ocala, as follows:
Section 1. The following persons, meeting the qualifications of the category set forth in section 420.9076, F.S., are appointed as members of the City of Ocala Affordable Housing Advisory Committee:
(1) Dr. Gwendolyn Dawson, as a citizen who is an advocate for low-income persons in connection with affordable housing.
This resolution adopted this ______ day of ______________________, 2022.
ATTEST: CITY OF OCALA
By: By:
Angel B. Jacobs Ire Bethea Sr.
City Clerk President, Ocala City Council
Approved as to form and legality:
By: _________________________________
Robert W. Batsel, Jr.
City Attorney