07/12/2022 Neighborhood and Affordable Meeting Minutes July 12, 2022
Housing Advisory Board
City of Clearwater
Main Library- Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
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Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
9:00 AM
Main Library - Council Chambers
Neighborhood and Affordable Housing Advisory
Board
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Roll Call
Present 5 - Chair Camille Hebting, Vice Chair Kevin Chinault, Board Member
Peter Scalia, Board Member Carmen Santiago, and Board Member
Robyn Fiel
Absent 2 - Board Member Gaby Camacho and Board Member Lindsay
Dicus-Harrison
Also Present - Denise Sanderson — Economic Development & Housing Director, Chuck
Lane — Economic Development & Housing Assistant Director, Patricia
Sullivan — Board Reporter
1. Call To Order
The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. at the Main Library.
To provide continuity for research, items are in agenda order although not necessarily
discussed in that order.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve the May 10, 2022 NAHAB Meeting Minutes.
Member Fiel moved to approve the minutes of the May 10, 2022
Neighborhood & Affordable Housing Advisory Board 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 Items
4.1 Recommend City Council Approval of the FY 2022/2023 Annual Action Plan.
Economic Development & Housing Assistant Director Chuck Lane provided
a PowerPoint presentation on the FY(Fiscal Year) 2022/23 Annual Action
Plan and reviewed the CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) and
HOME Investment Partnerships Program entitlements and SHIP (State
Housing Initiatives Partnership) allocations. The Action Plan's Public Facility
budget included $5,000 for City inspection services for each Public Facility
Improvement project.
Mr. Lane reviewed Action Plan changes: 1) Public Services— funding
deleted for Grace House, largest family homeless shelter in Pinellas County,
which is converting to affordable housing following loss of JWB (Juvenile
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Welfare Board) funding, 2) Under HOME-ARP— most funding canceled for
Blue Sky Affordable Housing Project to be redirected to the Washington
Street Project, and 3) ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) grant subsidy may
be included to improve homeowner opportunities to qualify for loans.
In response to a question, Mr. Lane will share the methodology used to
determine funding levels.
Member Scalia moved to recommend approval of the Fiscal Year
2022/23 Annual Action Plan. The motion was duly seconded and
carried unanimously.
4.2 Recommend City Council approval of the Real Property Transfer Agreement between the
City of Clearwater and Clearwater Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. d/b/a/ Tampa
Bay Neighborhood Housing Services.
Mr. Lane said since property values increased, fewer properties were
available through the County's lot disposition program. Staff created a new
program with a competitive process to manage suitable homes from the
City's foreclosure program. The City's Property Disposal Committee
evaluated 3 applications from organizations on the City's approved list.
Habitat for Humanity and CNHS (Clearwater Neighborhood Housing
Services) d/b/a Tampa Bay Neighborhood Housing Services tied. The
narrow subject property at 1408 Monroe Avenue is next door to a house
built within the setback. The proposed sale price is $7,500. Tampa Bay
Neighborhood Housing Services was awarded the bid due to its contract
to purchase the abutting lot and plan to combine the lots and construct a
single-family residence.
Member Chinault moved to recommend approval of the Real
Property Transfer Agreement between the City of Clearwater and
Clearwater Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. d/b/a/ Tampa Bay
Neighborhood Housing Services. The motion was duly seconded
and carried unanimously.
4.3 Recommend City Council Declare property addressed at 1454 South Martin Luther King
Jr. Avenue as surplus for the purposes of transferring the property through RFP/Q 43-22.
Mr. Lane said the City Council will be requested to declare the 1.3-acre
property at 1454 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue as surplus. Via the
RFP (Request for Proposals) process, the property will be sold based on
the merits of a developer's submitted project. All units in the mixed home
ownership project will be sold to buyers with a maximum 120% AMI (Area
Median Income) with half the units for buyers at 80% AMI. Homeownership
is an important project component and will allow residents to build equity.
Density allows 24 units on the site. He anticipated SHIP or ARPA funds will
be available for down payment assistance.
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Member Fiel moved to recommend the City Council declare property at
1454 South Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue as surplus for the purposes
of transferring the property through RFP/Q 43-22. The motion was duly
seconded and carried unanimously.
4.4 Recommend City Council approval of a loan in an amount not to exceed $610,000 to
Archway Clearwater Gardens, LLC as local government support of their application to the
Florida Housing Finance Corporation for tax credit financing for the development of 80
affordable housing units at 1250 Cleveland Street.
Mr. Lane said Archway Clearwater Gardens'tax credit application last year
for the 2.5-acre site was not funded. This year the developer will submit 2
tax credit applications requiring government support: 1) 4% tax credit
requires minimum $75,000 contribution and 2) 9% tax credit requires
minimum $610,000 contribution. City and CRA (Community Redevelopment
Agency) support were requested. To protect the City, a 3rd party financial
consultant will perform a financial analysis. The project will feature a rooftop
garden and retain the active community garden.
In response to a question, Mr. Lane said City funds will not be spent before
the financial analysis is completed. The anticipated completion date will be in
2025. A total of 80 to 81 units were planned.
Member Fiel moved to recommend the City Council approve a loan in
an amount not to exceed $610,000 to Archway Clearwater Gardens,
LLC as local government support of their application to the Florida
Housing Finance Corporation for tax credit financing for the
development of 80 affordable housing units at 1250 Cleveland Street.
The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
5. Old Business Items
Chair Hebting said she was working on the Board's presentation to the City
Council and planned a meeting with Mr. Lane.
6. Director's Report
Mr. Lane said Habitat for Humanity had purchased an unincorporated 2-acre
site on North Betty Lane to build a dozen townhomes. The City was working
with Pinellas County to annex the property. The City can contribute to the
project.
Mr. Lane said Linda Fisher, with Forward Pinellas, will make a presentation
at the August meeting on transportation as it relates to affordable housing.
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Mr. Lane said Pinellas County was working on a countywide tenants rights
bill that would require landlords to advise tenants of their rights and prohibit
landlords from discrimination based on tenant revenue sources.
Municipalities will be able to opt out of the bill and create separate
Ordinances.
7. Board Members to be Heard: None.
8. Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 9:45 a.m.
Chair
Neighborhood & Affor• able Housing Advisory Board
Attest:
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