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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final October 22, 2019 <br />County Attorney Dylan Reingold read the Public Hearing Notice into the <br />record. <br />No Action Taken or Required <br />11. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MATTERS <br />12. DEPARTMENTAL MATTERS <br />A. Community Development <br />12. A.1.19-0957 Affordable Housing Advisory Committee Membership <br />Recommended Action: Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners: 1. Authorize staff <br />to proceed with preparing an amendment to Chapter 308 of the Indian River <br />County Code of Ordinances to make Affordable Housing Advisory Committee <br />membership requirements consistent with amended Florida Statutes; and 2. <br />Authorize staff to proceed with advertising for a public hearing for the <br />amendment; and 3. Authorize staff to proceed with preparing an updated <br />resolution for BCC consideration to adjust Affordable Housing Advisory <br />Committee Membership requirements to be consistent with state statute; and 4. <br />Approve the proposed membership make-up of the updated AHAC to consist of <br />one non-voting BCC liaison and 11 voting members as detailed in the staff <br />report. <br />Attachments: Staff Report <br />Portion of IRC Code Chapter 308 <br />IRC Resolution 2008-038 <br />Florida Statute 420.9076 <br />State/County AHAC Membership <br />Chief of Long Range Planning Bill Schutt, in his PowerPoint Presentation, <br />reviewed the purpose of the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC), <br />noting that it was required by the Florida Statutes for jurisdictions that receive <br />state funding for affordable housing. <br />Chief Schutt pointed out that AHAC met a total of four (4) times since <br />December 2018, and there was only a quorum for two of the four meetings. <br />He stated that County Code Chapter 308 and Resolution 2008-038, adopted on <br />March 18, 2008, required a larger AHAC membership; however, the AHAC <br />membership requirement was revised by the Florida Statutes in the year 2016, <br />requiring a minimum of eight (8) members and a maximum of eleven members, <br />and must be comprised of six (6) of the eleven member categories listed in the <br />Statute. <br />Chief Schutt reviewed the eleven categories and the member attendance, and he <br />asked the Board to authorize staff to proceed with an amendment to the AHAC <br />membership requirements to be consistent with the amended Florida Statutes. <br />He proposed that the AHAC membership consist of eleven voting members <br />with five (5) representatives from the first five categories of membership, <br />Indian River County Florida Page 6 <br />