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n <br /> A TRUE COPY <br /> CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE <br /> J . K . BARTON , CLERK <br /> ORDINANCE NO, 2012- 006 <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER <br /> COUNTY, FLORIDA CREATING PART 2 OF CHAPTER 308, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br /> NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM (NSP) ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION, AND <br /> SALE PROCESS ; PROVDING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCEDURES FOR COUNTY <br /> ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION AND SALE OF FORECLOSED OR ABANDONED <br /> PROPERTIES WITH NSP FUNDS; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING <br /> PROVISIONS; CODIFICATION; 'SEVERABILITY; AND EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> WHEREAS, The United States Congress enacted the Housing and Economie Recovery Act of 2008, <br /> providing for emergency assistance for the redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed homes; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) was a part of the Act; and <br /> WHEREAS, Congress authorized funding in the amount of $2,000,000,000 in order to carry out the <br /> purpose of the Act, and <br /> WHEREAS, Indian River County, in 2009, was awarded $4,680,825 in Neighborhood Stabilization <br /> Program funds in the form of a Community Development BIock Grant; and <br /> WHEREAS, the NSP permitted participating Counties to enter into agreements with qualified sub- <br /> recipients such as the Indian River County Housing Authority so that the Housing Authority could <br /> participate in the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and acquire, rehabilitate, and sell foreclosed or <br /> abandoned homes; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Indian River County Housing Authority has terminated its NSP agreement with the <br /> County, however the County desires to continue participating in the NSP and acquire, rehabilitate, and <br /> sell foreclosed or abandoned homes which duties were formerly performed by the Housing Authority; and <br /> WHEREAS, the County will acquire title to NSP properties in its own name only for the amount of <br /> time it takes to rehabilitate the properties before they are sold to low - or moderate income households <br /> which' are the only purchasers who are eligible to buy the NSP houses <br /> WHEREAS, ordinarily, a County may sell real property only via the competitive bidding process - <br /> found in § 125 .35 , Fla. Stat. (2011 ), however, the competitive bidding process does not apply to NSP <br /> . ..horwsales•because <br /> • the sale is conducted pursuant to a federal act which supersedes state and local law <br /> • the homes may be sold only to low or moderate income households which negates the need for any <br /> bidding process <br /> • the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 and the American Recovery and Reinvestment <br /> Act of 2009 both recite that the Acts were emergency in nature, which negates the competitive <br /> bidding process <br /> WHEREAS, in order to run the NSP in a fair and equitable manner in compliance with the County <br /> Comprehensive Plan and in the abundance of caution, the Board desires to set forth in ordinance the <br /> processes for the acquisition, rehabilitation and sale of foreclosed or abandoned homes <br /> 1 <br />