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properties, fixing them up and then getting a resident in them. He described in detail the <br />County's involvement in the process and the cooperative process in working with non -profits <br />during the pre-acquisition stages, in identifying houses, negotiating price, and noted that title <br />would be put in the name of the non-profit and the County would not take title to any of these <br />homes, ever. <br />Director Keating responded to questions from the Board regarding the 12% to <br />non -profits, financing, the procurement process, the monies that get sent back to DCA, <br />secondary mortgage lien and the County's long-term cost of monitoring, holding that second <br />mortgage; and whether banks would be willing to negotiate a reduction in percent rate. <br />The Chairman opened the Public Hearing. <br />Tom Tierney, 6755 4th Street, speaking on behalf of Homeless Family Center and <br />the Coalition for Attainable Homes, (non -profits interested in this program) asked what the <br />process for making public comments and minor changes to the application entailed. He said <br />Attachment B was unclear in terms of evaluating the non -profits, and asked if there were any <br />criteria. He remarked that the Homeless Family Center had envisioned for some of their <br />residents, as they graduate from the facility, to be able to rent a house from the Center or from <br />the Treasure Coast Homeless Services Council, through the NSP. They would like their <br />residents to be able to get these rental units as opposed to having to go through the process as the <br />Coalition to buy these houses for rent and then have to end up renting to people who are not <br />affiliated with our member non -profits. <br />Director Keating said unfortunately there was no time to come back to the Board, <br />but if there were any significant comments, modifications could be made to the application after <br />it is submitted. He said staff would have evaluation criteria when it comes in with the Request <br />for Proposals (RFPs); and pointed out that the criterion was in the application, on page 2 of the <br />Housing Assistance Plan, which states that applicants that were on the local government's <br />March 17, 2009 13 <br />