11/28/2017 - AHAC Affordable Housing Advisory Meeting Minutes November 28, 2017
Committee
City of Clearwater
City Hall
112 S. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
9:00 AM
Special Meeting
City Hall Council Chambers
Affordable Housing Advisory Committee
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Roll Call
Present: 8 - Michael Potts, Linda Kemp, Peggy Cutkomp, Kevin Chinault, Gabby
Camacho, Michael Boutzoukas, Peter Leach and Jacqueline Rivera
Absent: 3 - Lisa Hughes, Carmen Santiago and Haley Crum
Also Present: Chuck Lane — Economic Development & Housing Assistant Director,
Joe Riddle - Housing Manager, Terry Malcolm-Smith — Housing
Coordinator Patricia O. Sullivan — Board Reporter
Awaiting approval
1. Call To Order
The meeting was called to order at 9:10 a.m. at City Hall.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve the minutes of the November 3, 2017 Affordable Housing Advisory Committee
(AHAC) Meeting
Member Boutzoukas moved to approve minutes of the November
3, 2017 Affordable Housing Advisory Committee meeting as
submitted in written summation. The motion was duly seconded
and carried unanimously.
3. Citizens to be heard regarding items not on the agenda: None.
4. New Business
4.1 Approve the 2017 Local Housing Incentive Strategy (LHIS) Report developed by the
Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC)
Florida Statute Section 420.9076 states that counties and cities receiving
State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) program funds are required to
appoint an eleven member Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC).
The statute further provides that the committee be made up of members
from a specific industry or a specific group as identified in the statute. The
requirement was largely met through the use of the City's existing
Neighborhood and Affordable Housing Advisory Board (NAHAB). The City
Council adopted Resolution17-34 that created and appointed the AHAC.
The duties of the AHAC included reviewing policies and procedures,
ordinances, land development regulations and the City's adopted
comprehensive plan and recommending specific actions or initiatives to
encourage or facilitate affordable housing.
Per state statute, at a minimum, the AHAC reviewed and made
recommendations on the following: a) The processing of approvals of
development orders or permits, as defined in F.S.163.3164 (7) and (8), for
affordable housing projects is expedited to a greater degree than other
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projects: b) The modification of impact-fee requirements, including reduction
or waiver of fees and alternative methods of fee payment for affordable
housing; c) The allowance of flexibility in densities for affordable housing; d)
The reservation of infrastructure capacity or housing for very-low income
persons, low-income persons, and moderate-income persons; e) The
allowance of affordable accessory residential units in residential zoning
districts; f) The reduction of parking and setback requirements for affordable
housing; g) The allowance of flexible lot configurations, including zero-lot-line
configurations for affordable housing; h) The modification of street
requirements for affordable housing; i) The establishment of a process by
which a local government considers, before adoption, policies, procedures,
ordinances, regulations, or plan provisions that increase the cost of housing;j)
The preparation of a printed inventory of locally owned public lands suitable
for affordable housing; and k) The support of development near transportation
hubs and major employment centers and mixed-use developments.
In August 2017, the Economic Development and Housing Department
contracted with Wade Trim, Inc. to help facilitate the process. Wade Trim
coordinated the preparation of the Local Housing Incentive Strategy report in
cooperation with the City's staff and the AHAC. The LHIS encompasses the
definition, vision, strategic focus areas and incentive recommendations in
order to facilitate the development and preservation of affordable housing in
the City of Clearwater. The AHAC convened on three separate occasions in
order to develop and identify the value of affordable housing, identify the
principles for Clearwater's affordable housing and develop a vision
statement to be included as part of the LHIS.
The report highlights an affordable housing vision statement that was
derived from input by committee members. Additionally, the AHAC members
focused on the values that affordable housing brings to the City of
Clearwater. The themes identified centered on the values that affordable
housing supports a dynamic and competitive economy, improves the social
well being that builds a sense of community, and ensures that the City's
workforce can live within the City limits.
Furthermore, the AHAC also discussed and confirmed the principles that the
provisions of affordable housing in the City of Clearwater should embrace:
affordability over the long term, diversity that provides for a mix of income
levels, sustainability, accessibility for persons with physical barriers,
well-designed, in character with the surrounding neighborhood,
strategically-located, and pedestrian-oriented with access to mass transit
and open space.
In summary, the report recommends the City continues in large part the
strategies, with minor changes and clarifications, from the 2014 LHIS
Report.
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One new recommendation was added for Council consideration:
(1) Recommendation 10.4 - The Economic Development and Housing
Department should coordinate with the Planning and Development
Department to identify properties having repeat code violations that
may be suitable for rehabilitation, acquisition or demolition for
affordable housing.
The LHIS report is due every three years on December 31st of the year
preceding the submission of the Local Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP).
The report must be submitted to the City Council by December 31, 2017.
The City Council is being asked to review the LHIS recommendations that
were approved by the AHAC on November 28, 2017. By March 31, 2018,
the City Council will be asked to adopt an amendment to the LHAP to
incorporate the strategies it will implement for the City. The amendment
must include, at a minimum, the State required incentive strategies specified
above. Upon approval, the City of Clearwater is required to notify the State
of its adoption of an amendment to its LHAP to incorporate the incentive
strategies. The notice must also include a copy of the approved amended
plan in order to comply with the SHIP programs participation guidelines.
Assistant Economic Development & Housing Director Chuck Lane reviewed
the Staff Report.
Member Boutzoukas moved to approve the 2017 Local Housing
Incentive Strategy Report developed by the Affordable Housing
Advisory Committee. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
Mr. Lane thanked committee members for their time, efforts, assistance, and
participation.
5. Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 9:20 a.m.
Affordable Housing Advisory Committee
Attest:
Board Reporter
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