HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-123RESOLUTION 2010- 123
A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN
RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA; ENDORSING EVERY DREAM HAS A PRICE
(EDHAP) AS A SPONSORING AGENCY UNDER THE FLORIDA COMMUNITY
CONTRIBUTION TAX CREDIT PROGRAM; AND FINDING THAT EDHAP'S
HALFWAY HOME TO THE DREAM: A SAFE PLACE TO CALL HOME PROJECT
IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AND THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
WHEREAS, the State, under Section 220.183, Florida Statutes, authorized the
Community Contribution Tax Credit Program, which allows any Florida corporation to
receive a credit against any corporate income/franchise tax, sales tax, or insurance
premium tax due for a taxable year of 50 percent of the value of a donation (not to exceed
a $200,000 credit in any one year) for contributions to a State approved community
development project; and
WHEREAS, the State, under Section 220.03(1)(t), Florida Statutes, defines an
eligible community development project to include but not be limited to activity
undertaken by an eligible sponsor, which is designed to construct, improve, or
substantially rehabilitate housing that is affordable to low income or very low income
households; and
WHEREAS, Every Dream Has A Price, a non-profit organization incorporated in
the state of Florida, proposes to construct low income housing units within
Unincorporated Indian River County and meets the criteria as a sponsoring organization
under Section 220.183(2)(c), Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, Every Dream Has A Price is the sponsoring organization applying
for approval of the Halfway Home to the Dream: A Safe Place to Call Home project as a
State approved Community Development Project.
WHEREAS, the County has determined that the Halfway Home to the Dream: A
Safe Place to Call Home project is consistent with the County's Comprehensive Plan and
Land Development Regulations,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, THAT:
The Board of County Commissioners endorses Every Dream Has A Price as a
sponsoring agency under the Florida Community Contribution Tax Credit Program and
finds that the Halfway Home to the Dream: A Safe Place to Call Home project, as
described in Attachment A, is consistent with the Indian River County Comprehensive
Plan and the Indian River County Land Development Regulations.
The forgoing Resolution was offered by Commissioner
seconded by Commissioner wheeler
the vote was as follows:
Davis and
and upon being put to a vote,
Bob Solari, Chairman
Aye
Gary C. Wheeler, Vice Chairman
Aye
Wesley S. Davis, Commissioner
Aye
Joseph E. Flescher, Commissioner
Aye
Peter D. O'Bryan, Commissioner
Aye
The Chairman thereupon declared the resolution duly passed and adopted this 14th day of
December 2010.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY:G
Bob Solari, Chairman
ATTEST
Jeffrey K. Barton, Clerk Al
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY
Alan C. Polack 'ch ounty Attorney
APPROVED AS TO PLANNING MATTERS
Robert M. Keating, AIC
Community Development Direc or
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