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Description
The agenda for the meeting can be found on the city's website at http://bit.iy/clearwaterCityCouncilMeetings
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Today's
meeting
of
the
neighborhood
and
affordable
housing,
Advisory
Board,
is
called
to
order
on
July
9th
2019
welcome
everyone.
Agendas
of
today's
meetings
are
on
the
wall
at
the
entrance
of
the
chambers.
Please
remember
to
turn
off
your
cell
phones
to
ensure
a
complete
record
of
the
board's
actions.
We
ask
that
each
individual
wishing
to
speak
clearly
state
your
name
and
spell
your
last
name
for
the
clerk.
I
will
ask
the
board
members
to
introduce
themselves
in
a
moment,
but
I
would
first
like
to
recognize
that
we
have
a
new
board
member
with
us
today.
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Camille
hep
ting
is
the
sales
and
marketing
manager
with
the
clearwater
ferry.
She
is
also
very
active
with
the
clearwater
chamber
of
commerce
and
the
beach
chamber
as
well.
She
currently
serves
as
chairperson
of
the
Clearwater
young
professionals,
which
operates
under
the
Clearwater
Regional
Chamber
of
Commerce,
so
Camille.
Please
lead
us
off
and
introduce
yourself
and
state
the
field
you
represent.
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Ok,
my
name
is
Camille
hefty
am
the
sales
and
marketing
manager
for
Clare
ferry
service
and
the
tropics
bow
to
us.
Both
their
sister
companies,
like
you
stated,
I've,
been
involved
with
the
Clearwater
Regional
Chamber
of
Commerce
for
a
little
while
and
I
chaired
the
Claudia
impressions
and
I
represent
the
employers
in
the
water
for
this
port.
Thank.
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Okay,
seeing
no
one
come
forward,
we
will
move
on
to
the
next
item
item
four
new
business
recommend
City
Council
approval
of
the
city
of
Clearwater's
fiscal
year,
2019
2020
annual
action
plan,
which
is
the
fourth
action
plan
of
the
FY
2016
2017
through
2019
2024
year,
consolidated
plan
to
implement
the
goals
and
objectives
set
forth
in
the
consolidated
plan,
as
required
by
HUD,
as
submitted
miss
DuPont.
Yes,.
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My
name
is
Kimberly
fun
on
the
HUD
programs,
administrator
and
I'll
be
presenting
a
brief
PowerPoint
on
the
housing
divisions
proposed
annual
action
plan.
Since
this
is
a
public
meeting
and
we
have
a
new
board
member,
we
wanted
to
go
over
over
what
recommendations
were
made
at
a
prior
and
they
have
meeting.
As
you
are
aware,
the
city
of
Clearwater
recedes
home
investment
partnerships,
program
funds
and
Community
Development
Block
Grant
funds
in
the
United
States
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development.
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The
city
is
required
to
submit
a
consolidated
plan
outlining
our
goals
and
objectives
for
administration
of
these
funds.
The
City
Council
approved
the
four-year
consolidated
plan
in
2016,
and
the
consolidate
plan
typically
covers
five
years,
but
we
opted
to
cement
a
four
year
plan
to
align
the
Pinellas
County's
planning
cycle.
Under
the
consolidated
plan,
the
city
is
required
to
submit
an
annual
action
plan.
The
consolidated
plan
establishes
goals
and
objectives,
and
the
annual
action
plan
identifies
those
activities
that
will
be
funded
in
a
given
year
than
in
line
with
those
goals
and
objectives.
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There
are
numerous
steps
of
the
annual
action
plan
process
that
starts
in
February,
where
the
30-day
application
period
begins
and
ends
with
submission
of
the
annual
action
plan
ahead
by
August.
15Th
applicants
are
fully
vetted
by
the
Technical
Review
Committee,
the
neh
hab
and
the
public
once
the
board
approves
the
recommendations
made
by
staff
today,
the
remaining
two
steps
are
review.
Any
public
comments
received
and
City
Council
approval,
whereupon
the
housing
department
will
submit
the
plan
to
HUD
for
approval.
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The
funding
the
housing
department
uses
is
comprised
of
entitlement
dollars,
which
is
the
program
here.
Grants
allowance
for
fiscal
year
1920
the
city
was
notified
that
we
would
receive
approximately
seven
hundred
sixty
four
thousand
dollars,
which
is
a
three
point:
11
percent
increase
from
last
year
in
CDBG
funding
and
approximately
almost
three
hundred
and
eighty
$4,000,
which
is
less
than
a
half
a
percent
increase
in
the
home
program.
Funding.
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The
housing
department
received
13
applications
under
public
services.
Staff
recommends
funding.
All
thirteen
public
service
applicants,
applicants
were
rewarded
were
awarded
funding
based
on
the
Technical
Review
Committee's
rankings.
Public
services
are
funded,
use
off,
utilizing
a
three-tiered
system
and
is
subject
to
15%
of
CDBG
entitlement
and
for
fiscal
year
1920,
the
capital,
nine
is
one
hundred
and
fourteen
thousand
six
hundred
and
six
dollars
public
service,
as
you
can
see,
includes
many
activities,
intercultural
advocacy,
Pinellas,
Opportunity,
Council,
ATP,
etc.
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The
total
amount
to
that
we
would
recommend
awarding
is
one
hundred
and
four
thousand
one
hundred
and
three
dollars.
Fifteen
thousand
and
CDBG
funding
was
awarded
to
see
NHS
Tampa,
Bay,
CDC
and
bright
community
to
provide
homebuyer
education
and
counseling
program,
total
of
one
hundred
and
fourteen
thousand
six
hundred
and
three
dollars.
The
housing
department
received
three
applications
and
one
pending
application
for
under
public
facilities.
Staff
recommends
funding
all
four
public
facilities.
As
you
can
see,
they
include
directors
for
living,
a
GP
safehouse
army.
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Housing
collectivities
include
acquisition,
downpayment
assistance
and
loan
processing
the
city
received
for
application
and
recommends
approving
off
our
applications
for
Toa
slightly
over
$1,000,000
housing.
Po
future
budgeted
activities
are
activities
that
we
anticipate
that
would
be
forthcoming
in
fiscal
year,
1920
in
the
form
of
acquisitions,
new
construction
and
rehabilitation.
We
budgeted
approximately
1.8
million
dollars
for
such
future
projects.
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The
housing
department
is
used,
utilizing
two
CDBG
revolving
loan
funds,
rehabilitation
and
info,
and
we
plan
a
budgeted.
Five
hundred
and
five
thousand
dollars
for
future
acquisition,
new
construction
and
rehabilitation
activities
and,
lastly,
requirements
of
the
whole
program
state
that
15
percent
of
the
entitlement
received
must
be
set
aside
for
community
housing
development
organizations
they're
commonly
known
as
a
chotto
chotto
is
certified
on
a
per
project
basis
and
while
HUD
has
suspended
the
requirement
for
fiscal
year,
1920,
the
housing
division
has
set
aside
fifty
seven
thousand
five
hundred
and
ninety
seven
dollars.
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My
name
is
Brian
Backman
I
live
here
without
water
as
I
see
the
different
Dec,
kmn
I
think
the
different
monies
that
are
allocated
across
the
different
organizations
I
wondered
whether
there
is
a
portion
of
that
money
that
is
or
could
be
oriented
to.
Happily
helping
people
save
on
their
utility
bills.
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I,
don't
know
if
that's
something
that
is
automatically
part
of
that
plan
or
if
it's
not
if
organizations
that
want
to
help
people
lower
their
energy
bills,
like
through
energy
efficiencies
of
whether
that
is
something
that
those
monies
can
help
them,
whether
it's
the
organizations
that
provide
the
services
or
whether
it's
the
individual,
renters
or
homeowners,
whether
there's
things
that
can
be
done
to
help
them
realize
long
lasting
savings
year
over
year
through
energy
efficiencies,
for
instance.
So
I
don't
know
if
that's
part
of
what
those
services
may
be.
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Know
I
do
know
that
our
hi
Denise
Anderson
I
do
know
that
our
Public
Utilities
Department
has
a
program
for
Electress
or
excuse
me
for
water
payments,
and
things
like
that.
So
that
is
a
program
available
in
in
Pinellas
County
paste
legislation
passed
last
year.
It's
currently
passed
for
commercial
users
and
it
what
it
is
is
but
residential
users
users
excuse
me.
The
residential
program
is
sort
of
hanging
out
there
they're
working
through
some
details,
but
what
the
pace
legislation
does
is.
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It
allows
for
the
investment
of
energy
efficiency,
programs
and
services,
so
it
could
be
solar,
it
could
be
windows.
Could
they
see
things,
water,
saving
devices,
etcetera
and
then
the
fund,
the
cost
of
that
investment
is
transferred
to
the
homeowner
through
property
tax
increases
over
time
there
has
been
some
information
that
should
be
approved
in
Pinellas
County
for
residential
users,
that
it
will
not
be
an
allowable
use
of
funds
for
us.
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So
what
I
mean
by
that
is
a
homeowner
who
pursues
pace,
legislature
or
pace
funding
would
not
be
able
to
piggyback
off
of
that
with
rehab
dollars.
If
you
will
so,
what
I
would
love
to
see
but
cannot
do
is
to
be
able
to
rehabilitate
someone's
home
and
then
use
pace
money
to
pay
for
some
of
those
very
expensive
items
so
that
we
can
fully
bring
that
home
up
to
code
while
making
energy
efficiency
improvements.
Unfortunately,
we've
been
informed
that
we
cannot
do
that.
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I
think
you
hit
on
one
specific
example
there
from
a
rehab
standpoint.
So
what
I
think
of
rehabbing
there's
a
whole
bunch
of
things
that
could
be
done
on
someone's
home,
but
that
makes
something
that's
long
lasting
where
they
could
cut
their
energy
bill
in
half,
for
instance,
and
save
themselves
money.
It
would
be
great
if
some
of
that
rehab
and
it
could
be
helping
them
in
that
vein.
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E
I
think
we
we
of
course
try
to
find
opportunities
for
energy
efficiencies.
Our
first
obligation
is
that
the
house
is
code
compliant
and
so
very
often
that's
what
we're
addressing
first.
So
that
could
mean
roof
and
windows
usually
does
and
then
there's
interior
improvements
that
typically
follow.
It
could
be
an
88
issue
where
we're
making
an
88,
bathroom
or
ramps
or
other
improvements
to
a
home
as
well.
So
some
of
those
things
Trump
other
opportunities.
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But
what
I
do
think
would
be
interesting,
those
if
a
non-profit
came
forward
through
our
application
process
for
public
services-
and
that's
you
know
if
they
were
focused
on
energy
efficiency
improvements
as
a
nonprofit
organization.
We
could
certainly
help
fund
that
organization
providing
salary
benefits
kind
of
expenses
to
like
we
have
for
that.
The
number
of
folks
public
services
that
you
saw
on
that
list.
We
just
simply
have
have
not
had
a
not
profit,
not-for-profit
come
for
requesting
that
kind
of
thing.
Yeah.
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I'll
investigate
that
further
I
volunteer
with
this
year,
club
and
I
read
I'd
lead
renewable
energy
programs
throughout
the
county,
one
of
the
things
that
we've
done,
the
Sierra
always
work
with
YMCA
in
st.
Petersburg,
donating
the
light
bulbs
about
three
thousand
dollars
worth
of
light
bulbs,
that'll
save
them
about
ten
thousand
dollars
a
year
and
their
electricity
bill.
So
I
look
at
the
list
of
nonprofits
that
are
providing
services
that
I
saw
in
the
presentation
earlier.
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Kathleen
Beckman
Brian's,
better
half
I,
just
have
kind
of
a
foundational
question.
What
is
your
working
definition
of
affordable
housing
in
Clearwater?
How
would
you
define
what
affordable
housing
is,
so
we
were
talking
about
a
variety
of
affordable
housing
for
our
residents?
What
what
are
the
parameters?
What
does
that
mean.
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See
right
now,
our
director
Denise
is
working
on
a
joint
or
YouTube
ad
server
for
many
for
paid
for
as
a
set
aside
that
over
the
next
ten
years
will
generate
about
160
million
dollars
to
be
distributed
equally
between
economic
development
projects
and
affordable
housing
projects.
So
if
he
needs
to
sitting
on
the
joint
review
community
to
identify
rules.
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Yeah,
so
the
committee
was
seated
in
February.
We
began
our
work
in
I
believe
in
March
April
timeframe.
We
have
to
complete
it.
It
was
initially
slated
for
completion
in
August.
That's
been
pushed
a
little
bit,
we'll
complete
our
work
in
probably
early
October.
The
recommendations
that
the
committee
is
making
will
go
to
the
Board
of
County
Commissioners
on
November
the
12th.
As
Chuck
said,
this
is
approximately
160
million
dollars
over
ten
years
on
the
affordable
housing
side,
approximately
80
million
dollars.
E
The
limitations
to
that
per
statue
is
that
it
can
be
used
only
for
land
acquisition
and
the
land
must
remain
in
the
government
ownership
or
in
the
trustee
of
the
government.
So
in
this
case
for
affordable
housing,
that
trustee
is
a
Housing
Finance
Authority.
Many
of
you
may
know,
Kathryn
driver
the
rules
under
which
she'll
be
able
to
utilize.
Those
funds
is
what
we'll
be
focusing
on.
E
In
recently,
SB
Friedman
and
HDR
consultants
that
the
Pinellas
County,
Economic,
Development,
Pinellas,
County
hired
to
do
a
housing
study,
and
so
in
November
I'd
like
to
bring
forward
to
may
have
that
study.
I
may
be
able
to
get
it
out
to
you
in
advance,
so
you
can
review
it,
but
I'll
bring
it
forward
and
we'll
put
it
in
context
right
now.
The
the
same
consultants
are
also
doing
the
economic
development
component
of
the
study
and
then
together.
E
Those
two
studies
will
will
inform
the
joint
review
committee
and
its
rulemaking
and
guidelines
so
I'm
very
excited
to
see
the
outcome
of
the
study
in
its
entirety.
The
housing
information
was
pretty
terrific
in
that
they're,
looking
at
the
age
of
home,
the
type
of
home,
size,
etc.
They're,
looking
at
income
barriers,
a
whole
host
of
things,
alignment
with
transit
corridors,
and
but
they
also
looked
at
the
region
as
well.
E
What
point
are
people
leaving
our
community
to
go
to
the
suburbs,
north
or
east
of
us
or
south
of
us
to
be
able
to
afford
a
larger
home
as
an
example,
and
what
does
that
do
to
traffic?
Obviously,
but
what
does
that
do
perhaps
for
our
best
but
brightest
employees?
Are
we
losing
those
to
other
counties
that
some
of
the
information
I
expect
will
come
from
the
economic
development
study,
so
in
November
I'll
bring
that
forward?
E
I
don't
want
to
get
too
far
ahead
of
Board
of
County
Commissioners,
but
by
the
time
we
have
our
November
or
December
meeting.
Should
we
cancel
November
for
some
reason:
the
Board
of
County
Commissioners
we
they're
having
their
possession
or
will
have
voting
on
those
guidelines
so
bringing
forward
at
that
time.
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I
think
that
one,
what
are
the
challenges
or
many,
but
one
of
the
challenges
we
had
and
can
you
speak
to
this
from
a
regulatory
perspective-
is
so
we've
got
industrial
land
in
most
industrial
land,
a
particularly
old
industrial
land
is
dirty
right.
It
has
something
on
it.
This
happens
to
sit
right
alongside
railroad
tracks
which
are
notoriously
bad,
and
yet
we
cannot
use
federal
money
to
help
acquire
that
site
we're
restricted
from
doing
so
when
we
know
that
it's
dirty.
E
So
the
very
thing
we
hope
to
accomplish
in
that
community,
revitalization
of
industrial
property,
so
that
we
can
create
jobs
for
folks
in
that
community.
That
kind
of
thing
we're
restricted
from
doing
so
with
our
federal
dollars.
Of
course,
our
state
dollars
are
utilized
for
that.
So
so
it's
this
vicious
cycle
we
are
looking
at.
We
do
have
some
brownfield
money
that
we
may
be
able
to
put
toward
this
project
to
help
clean
up
some
of
the
the
dirt.
E
If
you
will
there's
likely
asbestos
in
the
building-
and
things
like
that
too,
so
we
may
be
able
to
provide
some
support
from
another
pot
of
money
all
together,
but
but
in
moving
through
the
steps
with
this
project,
we
ran
into
this
brick
wall.
If
you
will
of
environmental
concern
that
potentially
could
have
really
damaged
this
deal,
and
so
unfortunately,
this
young
company,
they
started
the
startup
business
on
Mother's
Day
in
2017.
E
F
E
Why,
oh
of
Mama's
food,
terrific
little
company,
we
have
very
high
hopes
for
what
they're
doing
going
forward
and
the
acquisition
of
this
site
will
help
leverage
additional
activity
for
them
nutritional
sales
with
what
they
have
done
today?
Is
they
use
three
co-packing
facilities
in
Tarpon,
Springs
and
Clearwater
to
produce
their
sauces
and
salad
dressings
now
and
shipped
directly
from
those
locations,
but
for
their
Amazon
fulfillments
those
come
to
them
and
then
they
repackage
those
for
Amazon
Fulfillment.
E
It
has
really
impacted
their
freight
cost
so
in
putting
it
and
pursuing
this
now,
warehouse
they'll
be
able
to
bring
all
product
in
and
distribute
directly
from
there
to
all
1,700
locations
nationwide
so
will
reduce
their
Freight
eventually,
they
hope
to
bring
production
into
that
facility
as
well,
creating
even
more
jobs.
So
the
CEO
David
Habib
is
intently
focused
on
the
smart
growth
for
this
business
I
was
very
impressed
with
his
business
plan,
so
we
have
a
lot
of
hopes.
Brett
well,
I,
think
what
impressed
me
most
is
when
I
met
him.
E
A
Can
I
ask
you
a
question
on
that:
an
iron
IRT
land,
yes
from
if
I
understood
you
right
if
that
was
privately
owned,
if
a
private,
let
me
pose
it
this
way.
If
a
private
developer
was
to
buy
that
land
and
put
something
on
there
like
a
vocation
of
Oh
tech
school,
is
that
something
that
could
be
done
and
you
could
avoid
having
to
worry
about
dirty
land.
E
You
never
have
to
address
during
land,
less
your
financial
and
unless
your
lender
is
requiring
it
or
unless
the
EPA
or
DEP
is
requiring
it.
So
you've
got
tanks
on
the
ground.
Things
like
that
right,
if
you're
so,
depending
on.
What's
going
on
with
your
property
as
a
property
owner
you're
not
able
to
take
advantage
of
brownfield
and
if
you're
the
culprit,
if
you're,
the
one
that
created
the
mess.
Okay.
A
E
The
same
restrictions
of
apply
regarding
use
of
federal
funds
if
an
environmental
concerns
there
so
Kim
has
to
go
through
and
do
an
environmental
review
record
of
something
Flags
that
it
requires
a
phase
one
or
phase
two
or
cleanup
a
phase.
One
is
basically
a
title
search
phase
two
is
borings
to
test
and
then
there's
cleanup.
If
those
things
are
required,
any
of
those
things
it's
going
to
restrict
our
ability
to
use
federal
funds
to
support
a
project.
Okay,
until
it's
all
remediated.
C
That
kind
of
question
this
has
been.
You
know:
I've
been
thinking
about
this
for
quite
a
bit.
There
was
a
piece
of
land
on
MLK
right
down
the
street
from
Rita's.
It's
on
the
right
hand,
side
it's
sitting
vacant
for
years
now
and
I
know
that
was
dirty
land,
because
I
think
it
was
a
motor
oil
company
or
something
that
was
in
that
position,
so
they
would
brownfields.
That's
been
trying
to
clean
that
I.
Just
wonder
if
there's
anything
else
that
can
be
done
in
the
family.
D
D
Structured
parking
is
when
you
get
to
that
level
of
density
on
any
developments.
I
can't
do
it
without
structured
parking.
You
can't
have
service
parking,
that's
35
unit
it
just
doesn't.
It
doesn't
make
sense.
So
it's
something
that
between
make
some
minor
funding
that
we
can
rinse
through
housing,
CRA
and
also
the
County
Land
Trust
I
think
is
interested.
It's
something.
We're
very
excited
about.
I
think
it's
a
very
real
possibility.