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As per Section 125.379 (1), F.S., the governing body of the county must review the inventory list at a public hearing and may revise the list at the conclusion of the public hearing. The Board shall then adopt a resolution that includes an inventory list of county owned surplus properties that are appropriate for affordable housing. According to Florida Statutes, the properties on the list that are identified as surplus county owned properties and are appropriate for use as affordable housing may be: ■ Sold to generate funds for the provision of affordable housing ■ Sold with a restriction that requires the development of the property as permanent affordable housing, or ■ Donated to non-profit housing organizations for the construction of permanent affordable housing Consistent with 125.379(1), F.S., the county, in 2007, 2010, and 2013 prepared an inventory of all county owned properties, identified which properties were appropriate for affordable housing, and held a public hearing to review the inventory list. At each of those three public hearings, the BCC agreed with staff's list of county owned properties that were not designated for a specific use and that were deemed appropriate for disposition for affordable housing purposes. In 2007, the BCC voted to donate the identified surplus properties to eligible non -profits for the provision of affordable housing. The county signed agreements with non-profit organizations to build affordable housing units on those surplus properties within three years. Some units were built, but some of the donated lands were later returned to the county. In 2010 and 2013, the Board of County Commissioners directed staff to sell the surplus properties and contribute the sale proceeds to the County's affordable housing (SHIP) trust fund. The Board must now consider the attached list of proposed surplus properties, determine that the properties are appropriate for affordable housing purposes, and direct staff to dispose of the properties for affordable housing purposes. ANALYSIS To comply with the every three year requirement of 125.379(1), F.S., planning staff recently coordinated with the county's GIS staff and updated the county owned properties list. Using County Property Appraiser data, staff identified 431 county owned properties. After extensive research and coordination with other departments, staff identified the designated use for each of the properties on the list. Of the 431 county owned properties, most were obtained by the county for right-of-way, stormwater management, conservation, parks, or other county related uses. Based on its research, staff has determined that only 20 out of the 431 parcels on the original list are not designated for any specific public use. All of those 20 properties are vacant single-family lots and are appropriate for affordable housing (Appendix A of the attached resolution). One of the 20 properties on the list (4256 25th Avenue) was donated to Every Dream Has a Price as part of the 2007 inventory, and later was returned to the county as not being feasible to develop due to the 2 104