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RESOLUTION 2007-131 For an applicant to be eligible to receive funding,the following criteria must be met: 1. The applicant has not received housing rehabilitation or replacement assistance from the County in the past five years. 2. If the residence is located in a flood plain, the floor elevation of the residence is at least six inches(6")above the base floodplain elevation of the property. 3. The applicant has no outstanding or overdue payments to the county (i.e. garbage/trash bill, utility bills,taxes, etc.)or mortgage/lien holders. 4. The applicant has no outstanding code enforcement issues with the county. 5. The applicant has clear title to the property. Once an applicant has met the threshold requirements for program eligibility listed above, the priority ranking in Appendix "A" shall be strictly adhered to in the selection of the applicants whose residences will be addressed under the program. D. Removal of Units from Program County Staff may remove a housing unit from the program for a change in household income, approved selection criteria, or for not complying with the minimum qualification procedures. If it is determined that it is necessary to remove an applicant from the program, a certified letter will be sent to the applicant stating the reasons for the removal. The applicant will have the right to appeal the decision. III. CONFLICT OF INTEREST Although addressed in other places in the Policy, adherence to rules and regulations on the matter of conflict of interest is mandatory. All applicants that may have a business or familial relationship with a member of the Indian River County Commission, Citizen Advisory Task Force Committee members, Housing Rehabilitation Specialist, Program Administrator, or participating construction contract is executed. In addition, all beneficiary names must be disclosed at the regular meetings of the Indian River County Commission and the Citizen Advisory Task Force (CATF) as selection of beneficiaries occur and these names must be included in the minutes of both the Council and the CATF meetings. Indian River County Commission and CATF members must disclose any relationship with an applicant and must abstain from any vote related to that applicant. As soon as a final ranking of the applicant is made, that ranking and any cases of conflict of interest must be made known at a meeting of the Indian River County Commission. Before an applicant with a potential or real conflict is given final approval for 5