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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes -Final December 3, 2019 <br /> Safety legislation would apply to any high-speed rail project. The motion carried <br /> by the following vote: <br /> Aye: 5- Chairman Adams, Vice Chairman Flescher, Commissioner Zorc, Commissioner <br /> O'Bryan, and Commissioner Solari <br /> 14.E.2. 19-1107 Gifford Gardens and the Affordable Housing Committee <br /> Recommended Action: Discuss <br /> Attachments: Commissioners Memo <br /> Commissioner Solari requested the Board's consideration of a request from the <br /> Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) regarding the former <br /> Gifford Gardens property, 4730 40th Avenue. The original 55-unit apartment <br /> complex had been condemned and torn down in 2012. The now-vacant <br /> property was obtained via quitclaim deed in 2017, and has a demolition lien <br /> totaling almost $86,000, in addition to other liens against it. <br /> The Commissioner reported that at the November 13, 2019 meeting of the <br /> AHAC he attended,there was a discussion regarding building an affordable <br /> housing project on the Gifford Gardens property which could then be used as a <br /> template for replication in the County. The AHAC recommended that <br /> Commissioner Solari return to the other Commissioners with the following <br /> requests: 1) gauge interest from the Board to have the AHAC use the Gifford <br /> Gardens property as a template for an affordable housing project, and 2) direct <br /> the County Attorney to begin the foreclosure process on the property. <br /> Commissioner Solari noted that both the Progressive Civic League of Gifford <br /> and the NAACP of Indian River County supported the affordable housing <br /> project. <br /> Commissioner Zorc asked and received answers from County Attorney Dylan <br /> Reingold regarding the liens and foreclosure process. <br /> Commissioner O'Bryan requested further investigation into the new owners <br /> who had not yet been contacted regarding their intentions for the property. He <br /> also received an update from Attorney Reingold on the utility lien against the <br /> property. <br /> Chairman Adams opened the floor for public comments. <br /> Julianne Price, Chair of the AHAC, felt that this model of an affordable housing <br /> project would be a valuable contribution to the community. <br /> Freddie Woolfork, 4590 57th Avenue, was pleased to have the affordable <br /> housing issue being addressed. <br /> Indian River County Florida Page 12 <br />