Submitted By: Pamela Omichinski
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Presentation By: Angel Jacobs
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Department: City Clerk
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Approve selection of one applicant to the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Quality of Place, .
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
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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 Jacki Gibson resigned, leaving an unexpired three-year term ending December 31, 2022. Tasha Osbourne and Myra Smith each submitted an application as a citizen who is actively engaged as a real estate professional in connection with affordable housing
Two citizens, Tasha Osbourne and Myra Smith, have submitted their application and would both qualify under the "real estate professional" requirement.
Council may vote for one applicant, who will subsequently be appointed by resolution to the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee at the September 20, 2022 City Council meeting.
This vacancy was posted to the City website.
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 persons named meet the qualifications of the categories set forth in Section 420.9076 F.S.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Without the advisor...
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