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r BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 1840 25th Street, Vero Beach, Florida 32960 i Telephone: (407) 567 -SM July 26, 1993 Charlie Cox, Executive Director Bootstrap Housing, Inc. P.O. Box 2381 Vero Beach, FL 32961-2381 Dear Mr. Cox: Suncom Telephone: 224-1011 Commissioner Fran Adams asked that I contact you regarding your recent letter. As you will recall, in response to your January 28, 1993 hand delivered letter, we met on January 29th. At our meeting. I indicated that there was not a need for a separate county grant position or training. With respect to your organization, I .expressed concern about the county's ability to fund the grant related expense request. ' However, as we discussed,. the Housing Assistance Program was being formulated at that time in preparation for the future state funding. It was anticipated the Program would address relationships with non-profit organizations, as well as the points you raised concerning low Interest loans and utilization of county property. It was my understanding that therefore, as a member of the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee, you would monitor the progress and pursue the matter from that direction. Obviously I misunderstood, for which 1 apologize. In view of the preceding, I have asked Bob Keating to review your request for possible consideration by the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee. If you have any .questions, please contact me, and again, I apologize for the misunderstanding. , Sincerely, mE. Chandler oet unty Administrator Mr. Cox contended that although Administrator Chandler mentioned a meeting in his letter, there was no meeting. He wanted an opportunity for his organization to work with the County in writing grant proposals. He gave examples of other counties where the local government and non-profit agencies are working together with great success to obtain grant money to build affordable housing. He argued that there is no partnership in Indian River County and there is no leverage of funds, despite the fact that the affordable housing incentive plan says those conditions exist. He stressed that even though the plan says the County intends to remove barriers, nothing is being done to eliminate those barriers. Administrator Chandler stated that he did meet with Mr. Cox on January 29, 1993. Commissioner Eggert stated that the affordable housing incentive plan was set up according to the State's guidelines and grant money is forthcoming. She emphasized that the County cannot afford $34,000 for a grant writer at this time. 25 Boor 91 F,nuF 9 2�7