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(o - <br />A -.1 - <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Jason E. Brown; County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Roland M. DeBlois, AICP <br />Community Development Director <br />FROM: Bill Schutt, AICP <br />Chief, Long Range Planning <br />DATE: November 21, 2019 <br />SUBJECT: Consideration to Adopt an Ordinance Amending County Code Chapter 308, Indian <br />River County Local Housing Assistance Program, and to Adopt an Updated <br />Resolution Regarding Affordable Housing Advisory Committee Membership <br />(Legislative) <br />It is requested that the following information be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br />Commissioners (BCC) at its regular meeting of December 17, 2019. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />Pursuant to the requirements of Section 420.907, Florida Statutes, and Rule 67-37.005, Florida <br />Administrative Code (FAC), the Board of County Commissioners approved the County's first <br />Local Housing Assistance Plan (Ordinance #93-13) on April 6, 1993. Subsequently, the Florida <br />Housing Finance Agency approved the county's plan and authorized the disbursement of State <br />Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program funds. The County's Local Housing Assistance <br />Program was then codified as Chapter 308 of the County Code. Chapter 308 was last updated by <br />the County in 2014 to address changes in the SHIP program, including statute and code references. <br />Currently, Chapter 308 is inconsistent with state requirements regarding membership on the <br />County's Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC). Whereas the County's current <br />AHAC contains seventeen members, state statutes limit the AHAC membership size to no more <br />than eleven members, with at least six from specific categories listed in the statutes. <br />On October 22, 2019, the BCC reviewed the AHAC membership requirements listed in state <br />statutes as well as AHAC membership attendance over the past year and determined that the <br />County's AHAC membership requirements should be revised. At that time, the BCC directed staff <br />to: <br />1. Proceed with preparing an amendment to County Code Chapter 308 to make the AHAC <br />membership requirements consistent with amended Florida Statutes; and <br />144 <br />