Placement: New Business
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Requesting Approval to Provide Funding for a County-Wide Comprehensive Housing Analysis and Implementation Plan (from the City's Affordable Housing Annexation Fee Fund #128)
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Submitted By: Alessandra "Alex" Tasca, Deputy Director, Neighborhood Services
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Executive Summary (General Business): This agenda item requests to contribute one-third of the budgetary funding needed to execute a County-wide Comprehensive Housing Analysis & Implementation Plan together with the City of Ft. Pierce and St. Lucie County. The funding reimbursement to the County shall not exceed $50,000 from the City's Affordable Housing Annexation Fee Fund #128 for the creation of the analysis and plan. A competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) would be published by the County in 2022. City staff, via the City's Local Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP) and Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) Reports, have verified the validity of the request and support this partnership as a necessity for our community. No formal Comprehensive Housing Analysis has been done in the area to date. The item is in accordance with the State Housing Strategy Act pursuant to State Statue Chapter 420.
Presentation Information: Staff requests to provide a brief introduction and are available for any questions.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the funding request and enter into a partnership with the City of Fort Pierce and St. Lucie County on the development of a County-Wide Comprehensive Housing Analysis and Implementation Plan, via the City's Neighborhood Services Department.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the request to partner on the development of a County-wide Comprehensive Housing Analysis.
2. Move that the Council not approve the funding request and provide staff with further directio...
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