11/07/2022 Neighborhood and Affordable Meeting Minutes November 7, 2022
Housing Advisory Board
City of Clearwater
Main Library- Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
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Meeting Minutes
Monday, November 7, 2022
9:00 AM
Main Library - Council Chambers
Neighborhood and Affordable Housing Advisory
Board
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Neighborhood and Affordable Meeting Minutes November 7, 2022
Housing Advisory Board
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 - Chuck Lane — Economic Development & Housing Assistant Director,
Patricia O. Sullivan — Board Reporter
1. Call To Order
The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:32 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 October 11, 2022, NAHAB Meeting Minutes.
Member Fiel moved to approve the minutes of the October 11, 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 Fiscal Year 2022/23 through Fiscal Year
2024/25 Three-Year Local Housing Assistance Plan for Pinellas County Housing Trust
Fund and adopt Resolution 22-21.
Economic Development & Housing Assistant Director Chuck Lane reviewed
the proposed FY(Fiscal Year) 2022/23— 2024/25 local housing assistance
plan for the Pinellas County Housing Trust Fund established to support
affordable housing. Guidelines are similar to SHIP (State Housing Initiatives
Partnership) but have fewer restrictions. Repayment for rehabilitation loans,
down payment assistance, and property sales average approximately
$40,000 annually, the City has approximately$220,000 on hand. Trust
funds can be used for new construction and anything allowed under SHIP.
Member Santiago moved to recommend approval of the Fiscal
Year 2022/23 through Fiscal Year 2024/25 Three-Year Local
Housing Assistance Plan for Pinellas County Housing Trust Fund
and recommend adoption of Resolution 22-21. The motion was duly
seconded and carried unanimously.
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5. Old Business Items: None.
6. Director's Report
Meeting Minutes November 7, 2022
Mr. Lane said at the December meeting: 1) Senior Housing Coordinator
Terry Malcolm -Smith will present the City's down payment assistance
program; 2) Board will discuss its annual presentation in January to the City
Council; 3) Board will discuss its roles and responsibilities of the AHAC and
NAHAB; and 4) CAPER (Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation
Report) will be presented — a quorum is required.
Mr. Lane said in September Capri Mobile Home Park tenants were notified
they must vacate their units by March 2023 when the park closes. The
Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation is on call to make certain that
all unit owners who cannot move their unit from the park are aware they
qualify for a $2,000 — $3, 000 benefit. Residents face difficulty finding new
housing due to high costs. Staff is working with County nonprofit
organizations for assistance. Relocation costs, estimated to average
$10,000 per person, include case management support, deposits, rent,
moving expenses, etc. Staff is approaching the County for assistance.
Pinellas County Schools will bus residents' children to current schools
following relocation. Staff is talking with the developer re an affordable
housing component for new development on the subject site.
Mr. Lane said the City received 3 proposals in response to an RFP
(Request for Proposals) for a 3 -acre homeowner SHIP project on S. Martin
Luther King Jr. Avenue with half the units designated for up to 120% AMI
(Area Median Income) and half for below 80% AMI. The City will negotiate
the top-rated proposal from Habitat for Humanity and Tampa Bay
Neighborhood Housing Services, which teamed up for this project. The
townhomes to be sold to households below 80% AMI will be sold at a zero
percent interest rate. The development team provided the most effective
strategy for creating and maintaining a homeowner's association.
7. Board Members to be Heard: None.
8. Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 9:56 a.m.
Attest:
Board Reporter
City of Clearwater
Chair
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