R21-090 1 RESOLUTION NO.R21-090
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3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA,
4 APPOINTING A CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH ELECTED OFFICIAL TO
5 ITS LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
6 (AHAC);AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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8 WHEREAS,the Florida Statute 420.9072 regulates State Housing Initiative Partnership
9 (SHIP)Program funds; and
10 WHEREAS, The City of Boynton Beach receives an allocation of funds "which were
11 created for the purpose of providing funds to counties and eligible municipalities as an incentive
12 for the creation of a local housing assistance plan, to expand the production of and preserve
13 affordable housing,to further the housing element of the local government Comprehensive Plan
14 specific to affordable housing and to increase housing related employment"; and
15 WHEREAS, pursuant to Florida Statue 420.9072 which created the advisory
16 committee,effective October 1,2020 the governing board of municipalities participating in the
17 State Housing Initiatives Partnership(SHIP) Program shall appoint one locally elected official
18 to its local Affordable Housing Advisory Committee(AHAC); and
19 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
20 CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH,FLORIDA THAT:
21 Section 1. The "WHEREAS" clauses above are hereby ratified and confirmed as being true
22 and correct and incorporated herein by reference.
23 Section 2. The City Commission of the City of Boynton Beach, Florida, hereby appoints
24 Christina Romelus as a representative to the local Affordable Housing Advisory
25 Committee(AHAC).
26 Section 3. That this Resolution shall become effective immediately upon passage.
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29 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of August, 2021
30 CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
31 YES NO
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33 Mayor—Steven B. Grant ✓
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35 Vice-Mayor—Woodrow L. Hay ✓
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37 Commissioner—Justin Katz ✓
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39 Commissioner—Christina L. Romelus
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41 Commissioner—Ty Penserga
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420.9076 Adoption of affordable housing incentive strategies; committees. —
(1) Each county or eligible municipality participating in the State Housing Initiatives
Partnership Program, including a municipality receiving program funds through the
county, or an eligible municipality must, within 12 months after the original adoption of
the local housing assistance plan, amend the plan to include local housing incentive
strategies as defined in s. 420.9071(16).
(2) The governing board of a county or municipality shall appoint the members of the
affordable housing advisory committee. Pursuant to the terms of any interlocal
agreement, a county and municipality may create and jointly appoint an advisory
committee. The local action adopted pursuant to s. 420.9072 which creates the advisory
committee and appoints the advisory committee members must name at least 8 but not
more than 11 committee members and specify their terms. Effective October 1, 2020,
the committee must consist of one locally elected official from each county or
municipality participating in the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program and one
representative from at least six of the categories below:
(a) A citizen who is actively engaged in the residential home building industry in
connection with affordable housing.
(b) A citizen who is actively engaged in the banking or mortgage banking industry in
connection with affordable housing.
(c) A citizen who is a representative of those areas of labor actively engaged in home
building in connection with affordable housing.
(d) A citizen who is actively engaged as an advocate for low-income persons in
connection with affordable housing.
(e) A citizen who is actively engaged as a for-profit provider of affordable housing.
(f) A citizen who is actively engaged as a not-for-profit provider of affordable housing.
(g) A citizen who is actively engaged as a real estate professional in connection with
affordable housing.
(h) A citizen who actively serves on the local planning agency pursuant to s. 163.3174.
If the local planning agency is comprised of the governing board of the county or
municipality, the governing board may appoint a designee who is knowledgeable in the
local planning process.
(i) A citizen who resides within the jurisdiction of the local governing body making the
appointments.
(j) A citizen who represents employers within the jurisdiction.
(k) A citizen who represents essential services personnel, as defined in the local
housing assistance plan.
(3) All meetings of the advisory committee are public meetings, and all committee
records are public records. Staff, administrative, and facility support to the advisory
committee shall be provided by the appointing county or eligible municipality.
(4) Annually, the advisory committee shall review the established policies and
procedures, ordinances, land development regulations, and adopted local government
comprehensive plan of the appointing local government and shall recommend specific
actions or initiatives to encourage or facilitate affordable housing while protecting the
ability of the property to appreciate in value. The recommendations may include the
modification or repeal of existing policies, procedures, ordinances, regulations, or plan
provisions; the creation of exceptions applicable to affordable housing; or the adoption
of new policies, procedures, regulations, ordinances, or plan provisions, including
recommendations to amend the local government comprehensive plan and
corresponding regulations, ordinances, and other policies. At a minimum, each advisory
committee shall submit an annual report to the local governing body and to the entity
providing statewide training and technical assistance for the Affordable Housing
Catalyst Program which includes recommendations on the implementation of affordable
housing incentives in the following areas:
(a) The processing of approvals of development orders or permits for affordable
housing projects is expedited to a greater degree than other projects, as provided in
s. 163.3177(6)(f)3.
(b) All allowable fee waivers provided for the development or construction of
affordable housing.
(c) The allowance of flexibility in densities for affordable housing.
(d) The reservation of infrastructure capacity for housing for very-low-income persons,
low-income persons, and moderate-income persons.
(e) Affordable accessory residential units.
(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.
(k) The support of development near transportation hubs and major employment
centers and mixed-use developments.
The advisory committee recommendations may also include other affordable housing
incentives identified by the advisory committee. Local governments that receive the
minimum allocation under the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program shall
perform an initial review but may elect to not perform the annual review.
(5) The approval by the advisory committee of its local housing incentive strategies
recommendations and its review of local government implementation of previously
recommended strategies must be made by affirmative vote of a majority of the
membership of the advisory committee taken at a public hearing. Notice of the time,
date, and place of the public hearing of the advisory committee to adopt its evaluation
and final local housing incentive strategies recommendations must be published in a
newspaper of general paid circulation in the county. The notice must contain a short and
concise summary of the evaluation and local housing incentives strategies
recommendations to be considered by the advisory committee. The notice must state
the public place where a copy of the evaluation and tentative advisory committee
recommendations can be obtained by interested persons. The final report, evaluation,
and recommendations shall be submitted to the corporation.
(6) Within 90 days after the date of receipt of the evaluation and local housing
incentive strategies recommendations from the advisory committee, the governing body
of the appointing local government shall adopt an amendment to its local housing
assistance plan to incorporate the local housing incentive strategies it will implement
within its jurisdiction. The amendment must include, at a minimum, the local housing
incentive strategies required under s. 420.9071(16). The local government must consider
the strategies specified in paragraphs (4)(a)-(k) as recommended by the advisory
committee.
(7) The governing board of the county or the eligible municipality shall notify the
corporation by certified mail of its adoption of an amendment of its local housing
assistance plan to incorporate local housing incentive strategies. The notice must
include a copy of the approved amended plan.
(a) If the corporation fails to receive timely the approved amended local housing
assistance plan to incorporate local housing incentive strategies, a notice of termination
of its share of the local housing distribution shall be sent by certified mail by the
corporation to the affected county or eligible municipality. The notice of termination
must specify a date of termination of the funding if the affected county or eligible
municipality has not adopted an amended local housing assistance plan to incorporate
local housing incentive strategies. If the county or the eligible municipality has not
adopted an amended local housing assistance plan to incorporate local housing
incentive strategies by the termination date specified in the notice of termination, the
local distribution share terminates; and any uncommitted local distribution funds held
by the affected county or eligible municipality in its local housing assistance trust fund
shall be transferred to the Local Government Housing Trust Fund to the credit of the
corporation to administer the local government housing program.
(b) If a county fails to timely adopt an amended local housing assistance plan to
incorporate local housing incentive strategies but an eligible municipality receiving a
local housing distribution pursuant to an interlocal agreement within the county does
timely adopt an amended local housing assistance plan to incorporate local housing
incentive strategies, the corporation, after issuance of a notice of termination, shall
thereafter distribute directly to the participating eligible municipality its share calculated
in the manner provided in s. 420.9073.
(c) Any county or eligible municipality whose local distribution share has been
terminated may subsequently elect to receive directly its local distribution share by
adopting an amended local housing assistance plan to incorporate local housing
incentive strategies in the manner and according to the procedure provided in this
section and by adopting an ordinance in the manner required in s. 420.9072.
(8) The advisory committee may perform other duties at the request of the local
government, including:
(a) The provision of mentoring services to affordable housing partners including
developers, banking institutions, employers, and others to identify available incentives,
assist with applications for funding requests, and develop partnerships between various
parties.
(b) The creation of best practices for the development of affordable housing in the
community.
(9) The advisory committee shall be cooperatively staffed by the local government
department or division having authority to administer local planning or housing
programs to ensure an integrated approach to the work of the advisory committee.
(10) The locally elected official serving on an advisory committee, or a locally elected
designee, must attend biannual regional workshops convened and administered under
the Affordable Housing Catalyst Program as provided in s. 420.531(2). If the locally
elected official or a locally elected designee fails to attend three consecutive regional
workshops, the corporation may withhold funds pending the person's attendance at the
next regularly scheduled biannual meeting.
History.—s. 32, ch. 92-317; s. 15, ch. 93-181; s. 38, ch. 97-167; s. 24, ch. 2006-69; s. 19, ch.
2007-198; s. 117, ch. 2008-4; s. 30, ch. 2009-96; s. 16, ch. 2011-15; s. 67, ch. 2011-139; s.
11, ch. 2016-210; s. 19, ch. 2020-27.