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and resolution also maintain the County's existing AHAC member appointments from the City of Fellsmere, Town of Indian River Shores, Town of Orchid, City of Sebastian, and City of Vero Beach. With respect to selecting six members from the eleven categories listed in state statutes, staff proposed and the BCC approved (at its October 22nd meeting) keeping the most currently active AHAC members from five of the eleven state required membership categories. Those member categories are as follows: Per the BCC direction, a sixth member from the eleven categories listed in state statutes could be selected by staff due to a "three-way tie" for AHAC membership attendance at meetings this year through September 2019. Since that direction was provided by the BCC, the AHAC has had one additional meeting and one of those three members participated in that meeting. That member is the "For-profit provider of affordable housing". Based on this, staff recommends maintaining that member on the AHAC as the sixth member chosen from the state's eleven categories. Notwithstanding that selection, the BCC has the discretion through its normal committee member replacement procedures to replace any of the six members with a new member from any of the eleven state categories not already represented on the AHAC. With respect to the current seventeen member AHAC, and the new state requirements, there are 5 members that will no longer be on the AHAC. It is recommended that the BCC authorize staff to issue "thank you" letters for their past service and inform them of the restructuring to meet state requirements. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners: 1. Approve the proposed amendment to County Code Chapter 308 by adopting the attached ordinance; and 2. Adopt the proposed AHAC resolution; and 3. Approve the final list of current AHAC member categories as outlined in this staff report and authorize the current members in those categories to continue to serve based on their current approved terms; and 4. Authorize staff to issue "thank you" letters to the members that will no longer be on the AHAC due to the size restructuring. 146 Proposed AHAC Member Category (from FL Statute) to Keep on Current IRC AHAC # of Times Attended County AHAC Meeting 1. Advocate for low-income persons in connection with affordable housing 5 2. Not-for-profit provider of affordable housing 4 3. Real estate professional in connection with affordable housing 2 4. Local planning agency representative 2 5. Citizen who resides within the jurisdiction 3 Per the BCC direction, a sixth member from the eleven categories listed in state statutes could be selected by staff due to a "three-way tie" for AHAC membership attendance at meetings this year through September 2019. Since that direction was provided by the BCC, the AHAC has had one additional meeting and one of those three members participated in that meeting. That member is the "For-profit provider of affordable housing". Based on this, staff recommends maintaining that member on the AHAC as the sixth member chosen from the state's eleven categories. Notwithstanding that selection, the BCC has the discretion through its normal committee member replacement procedures to replace any of the six members with a new member from any of the eleven state categories not already represented on the AHAC. With respect to the current seventeen member AHAC, and the new state requirements, there are 5 members that will no longer be on the AHAC. It is recommended that the BCC authorize staff to issue "thank you" letters for their past service and inform them of the restructuring to meet state requirements. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners: 1. Approve the proposed amendment to County Code Chapter 308 by adopting the attached ordinance; and 2. Adopt the proposed AHAC resolution; and 3. Approve the final list of current AHAC member categories as outlined in this staff report and authorize the current members in those categories to continue to serve based on their current approved terms; and 4. Authorize staff to issue "thank you" letters to the members that will no longer be on the AHAC due to the size restructuring. 146