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of County Commissioners liaison; and WHEREAS, the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee created and approved the County's first Affordable Housing Advisory Committee Report on November 18, 2008, which was subsequently approved by the Board of County Commissioners on December 9, 2008 and submitted to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation; and WHEREAS, since approval of that report, three additional Affordable Housing Advisory Committee reports were prepared, recommended for approval by Affordable Housing Advisory Committee, approved by the Board of County Commissioners, and submitted to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation; one in 2011, one in 2014, and the other in 2017; and WHEREAS, the current Affordable Housing Advisory Committee has eleven members plus a Board of County Commissioners liaison; and WHEREAS, the 2020 Florida Legislature, as part of HB 1339, revised section 420.9076, Florida Statutes, to require the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee membership to include a member of the Board of County Commissioners; and WHEREAS, the state has advised that the Board of County Commissioner member must be a voting member of the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee and cannot be a liaison; and WHEREAS, adding the Board of County Commissioners member as a voting member to the County's currently established Affordable Housing Advisory Committee would place its membership at twelve (12), which is one (1) member more than the statutorily mandated cap of eleven (11) members; and WHEREAS, to meet the statutory cap of eleven (11) members, the Town of Orchid, which is the smallest town in the County, has graciously agreed to serve as an alternate for the Town of Indian River Shores when that member cannot attend, while able to participate in a non-voting capacity at regular meetings when the Town of Indian River Shores member is present; and WHEREAS, in all cases, the Town of Orchid alternate is welcome to attend Affordable 132