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On November 18, 2008, the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee recommended approval of the <br />county' s first AHAC Report. That report was then sent to the BCC for consideration on December 9, <br />2008. After approval by the Board, an electronic version of the report was sent to the Florida <br />Housing Finance Corporation (FHFC). That submittal occurred in conjunction with the County's <br />transmittal of its Local Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP) to the FHFC for review and approval. The <br />LHAP was subsequently approved by the state. <br />According to state law, the AHAC incentive report is required to be submitted to the FHFC <br />triennially on December 31 of the year preceding the submission of the Local Housing Assistance <br />Plan (LHAP) update. In compliance with that requirement, the second AHAC report was prepared, <br />recommended for approval by AHAC, approved by the BCC, and submitted to the FHFC in 2011. <br />Since the county's next Local Housing Assistance Plan is due to the state by May 2015, the new <br />AHAC affordable housing incentives report (the third report), is due by December 31, 2014. In order <br />to meet that deadline, staff has prepared the attached 2014 incentives review and recommendations <br />report for the Board's approval. <br />Now, the Board is to consider the draft 2014 AHAC report and is to approve the report as drafted or <br />with modifications. <br />ANALYSIS <br />Section 420.9076 (4) F.S. requires that, at a minimum, the advisory committee (AHAC) submit a <br />report to the local governing body (BCC) that includes recommendations on affordable housing <br />incentives in the following areas: <br />a. The processing of approvals of development order or permits, as defined in s. <br />163.3164(7) and (8), for affordable housing projects is expedited to a greater degree than <br />other projects. <br />b. The modification of impact fee requirements, including reduction or waiver of fees and <br />alternative methods of fee payment for affordable housing. <br />c. The allowance of flexibility in densities for affordable housing. <br />d. The reservation of infrastructure capacity for housing for very low income persons, low <br />income persons, and moderate income persons. <br />e. The allowance of affordable accessory residential units in residential zoning districts. <br />£ The reduction of parking and setback requirements for affordable housing. <br />g. The allowance of flexible lot configuration, including zero -lot -line configurations for <br />affordable housing. <br />h. The modification of street requirements for affordable housing. <br />i. The establishment of a process by which a local government considers, before adoption, <br />policies, procedures, ordinances, regulations, or plan provisions that increase the cost of <br />housing. <br />j. The preparation of a printed inventory of locally owned public lands suitable for <br />affordable housing. <br />k. The support of development near transportation hubs and major employment centers and <br />mixed use developments. <br />43 <br />2 <br />