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• INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MEMORANDUM TO: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: Stan Boling, AICP Community Development Director FROM: Sasan Rohani, AICP Chief, Long-Range Planning DATE: February 26, 2014 SUBJECT: Authorization to Advertise for a Public Hearing to Consider Revising County Code Chapter 308, Indian River County Housing Assistance Program " It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of March 11, 2014. BACKGROUND Pursuant to the requirements of Section 420.907, F.S., and Rule 67-37.005, Florida Administrative Code (FAC), the Board of County Commissioners approved the County's first Local Housing Assistance Plan (Ordinance #93-13) on April 6, 1993. Subsequently, the Florida Housing Finance Agency approved the county's plan and authorized the disbursement of State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program funds. The County's Local Housing Assistance Program was then codified as Chapter 308 of the County Code. The portion of Chapter 308 related to the SHIP program has not been updated since it was adopted in 1993. Planning staff, in coordination with the County Attorney, has identified three types of changes that need to be made to Chapter 308. Because changes are needed, staff is requesting authorization from the Board to initiate the process to formally amend certain sections of Chapter 308. ANALYSIS Currently, there are three issues that require revisions to Chapter 308. First, since Chapter 308's adoption, the Florida Housing Finance Agency became the Florida Housing Finance Corporation and the Florida Administrative Code (FAC) citation changed from Chapter 9I-37 FAC to Chapter 67-37 FAC. As a result, references in Chapter 308 to the Florida Mousing Finance 1 79