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0:00 Call To Order
0:5:02 Approval of Minutes
0:06:57 Citizens to be Heard
0:7:45 New Business
0:7:48 Recommend City Council Approval of the City of Clearwater’s FY2020/21
through 2024/25 Five-Year Consolidated Plan (Con Plan) and the 2020-2021 Annual Action
0:21:25 Update regarding the recent sale of Prospect Towers
1:03:08 Board Members to be Heard
1:03:40 Adjourn
B
Morning,
today's
meeting
of
the
neighborhood,
an
affordable
housing
advisory
board
is
called
to
order
on
July
14
2020
welcome
to
everyone.
The
agendas
of
today's
meetings
are
on
the
wall
at
the
entrance
to
council
chambers
for
those
present
in
chambers.
Please
remember
to
turn
off
your
cell
phones.
The
agenda
for
today's
meeting
is
also
posted
online.
At
my
Clearwater
comm
you
dacovian
19
and
related
social
distancing
requirements.
The
meeting
is
being
held
remotely.
B
This
meeting
is
being
held
rolling
pursuant
to
executive
order
number
twenty
dash,
six
nine
issued
by
the
office
of
Governor
on
De
Santis
on
March
20th,
2020
municipalities
may
conduct
meetings
of
their
governing
boards
without
having
a
quorum
of
its
members,
present
physically
or
at
any
specific
location
and
utilizing
communications.
Media
technologies
such
as
a
telephonic
or
video
conferencing.
That's
provided
by
section
one
to
zero
point:
four
paragraph:
five
paragraph
B
to
Florida
Statutes.
B
The
members
of
the
board
appear
remotely
for
this
reading
are
the
chair
myself,
Pete
Scalia,
Vice,
Chair,
Gabby,
Camacho
and
board
members,
Linda,
Kent,
Kevin,
Chenault,
Carmen,
Santiago
and
Camille.
Heck
thing
is
Peggy
here:
chief
9,
okay,
the
city
has
established
the
following
four
options:
to
ensure
public
comment
for
virtual
media
ecommons
via
Granicus
ecommons
is
integrated.
With
the
published
meeting
agenda.
Individuals
may
review
the
under
item
details
and
indicate
their
position
on
the
item.
Comments
received
during
the
meeting
will
become
part
of
the
official
record.
B
If
posted
prior
to
the
closing
of
public
comment,
the
city
clerk
will
read,
receive
comments
into
the
record
email
individuals
may
submit
written
comments
or
videos
to
Naha,
be
at
my
clearwater
calm.
All
comments
received
by
5:00
p.m.
the
day
before
the
meeting
July
13th
will
become
part
of
the
official
record.
The
city
clerk
will
read
receive
comments
into
the
record.
B
Call-In
number
during
the
meeting.
Individuals
will
be
able
to
call
in
two
seven
two:
seven
five,
six
two
four
six
four
six
and
be
placed
on
air
to
speak
to
an
individual
item
council
chambers.
Additionally,
like
any
other
Naha,
be
meeting,
the
public
may
provide
comment
during
the
meeting
in
person
at
the
main
library
council
chambers,
one
hundred
north
avenue,
to
ensure
complete
record
of
the
board's
action.
We
ask
that
each
individual
wishing
to
speak
clearly
state
your
name
and
spell
your
last
name
for
the
clerk
roll
call.
B
D
Have
a
correction
to
the
minutes
on
page
number,
five
about
middle
of
the
page.
It
mentions
members
should
not
report
a
conflict
of
interest
and
then
the
second
paragraph
is
chair.
Scalia
recording
a
conflict
of
interest.
Those
two
need
to
be
switched
chair.
Scalia
has
a
conflict
with
st.
Vincent
de
Paul,
and
member
Shannon
has
a
conflict
with
Salvation
Army.
F
B
B
Okay,
then
now
I'm
going
to
ask
the
board
to
vote
on
them
and
do
two
board
members
participating
remotely
I'll
ask
for
your
vote
of
this
item
individually
by
roll
call.
When
I
call
your
name,
please
tell
the
board
whether
you
approve
or
oppose
the
staff
recommendation
for
this
item.
Vice
chair,
Camacho
I
approve
board
member
Kemp
I
approve.
E
B
Members
Chenault
I
approve
board
member
Santiago
I
approve
board
member
heptane
and
I
prove
as
well.
The
minutes
are
approved
item
three
citizens
to
be
heard
regarding
items
not
on
the
agenda,
I
will
now
ask
if
there
are
any
members
of
the
public
wishing
to
speak
to
items
not
on
today's
agenda.
We
have
multiple
ways
for
the
public
to
present
comments,
so
I'll
need
to
ask
staff
at
various
locations.
If
there
is
anyone
from
the
public
wishing
to
speak
mr.
A
G
H
B
B
Okay,
then
seeing
no
one
else
has
come
forward.
We'll
move
on
to
the
next
item:
item
four
new
business:
Adam
four
point:
one
recommend:
City
Council
approval
of
the
city
of
Clearwater's
fiscal
year,
2021
through
I'm;
sorry,
your
twenty
twenty
twenty
one
through
twenty
twenty
four
twenty
five
five-year
consolidation
plan,
con
plan
and
the
twenty
twenty
twenty
twenty
one
annual
action
plan
to
implement
the
goals
and
objectives
set
forth
in
the
complan,
as
required
by
HUD.
Mr.
lane
will
present
this
item.
A
H
A
I'll
be
using
a
brief
PowerPoint
to
present
to
you
our
five-year
consolidated
plan
in
our
fiscal
year,
2021
annual
action
plan.
So,
as
you
know,
we
receive
annual
allocations
from
the
home
investment
partnership
program
and
the
Community
Development
Block
Grant
Program
both
are
from
United
States
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development,
which
of
course
is
hug.
The
Kahn
plan
and
the
annual
action
plan
guide
us
in
our
expenditures
of
these
funds
throughout
the
year.
It's
throughout
the
five-year
plan
actually.
A
That
requires
entitlement
communities
to
produce
a
consolidated
plan
every
five
years.
The
Kahn
plan
is
based
on
data
and
community
feedback.
The
plan
identifies
the
goals
and
objectives
and
guiding
our
expenditures
or
federal
funds
in
the
areas
of
affordable
housing
and
community
development.
We're
also
required
to
produce
an
annual
action
plan
for
each
year
of
the
Kahn
plan.
The
annual
action
plan
identifies
projects
and
activities
that
are
in
line
with
the
comp
plans,
goals
and
objectives,
so
our
objectives
are
fairly
simple.
A
Of
course,
we
have
affordable,
housing
and
I
think
you
can
group
the
other
three
objectives
on
the
screen
under
Community
Development.
These
are
the
components
to
the
comp
plan
to
building
the
comp
plan.
We
held
community
meetings
to
get
an
understanding
of
community
needs
and
we
used
HUD
approved
data
sources
to
conduct
a
housing
market
analysis.
A
So
we
took
that
information
and
we
and
it
was
used
to
create
a
strategic
plan
which
I'll
explain
in
more
detail
on
the
next
slide
from
there
we
create
the
annual
action
plan
to
plan
and
budget
activities
in
the
coming
year.
The
citizens
participation
plan
guides
how
we
engage
the
public
through
the
planning
process,
so
the
strategic
plan
addresses
these
six
goals
that
they're
actually
seven
goals,
the
seventh
being
administration.
A
A
A
So
these
are
some
of
the
major
steps
we've
taken
to
date
and
you've
been
involved
in
some
of
them.
We
conducted
an
online
survey
to
collect
community
feedback.
We
conducted
several
public
meetings,
including
they
have
meetings.
We
received
28
applications
for
funding.
We
convened
a
technical
review
committee
to
help
us
determine
our
recommended
funding
allocations.
You
all
approve
those
recommendations
at
our
last
meeting
and
now
we're
nearing
our
final
stages
with
with
this
public
hearing
today,
and
hopefully,
council
approval
on
Thursday.
A
So
these
are
the.
These
are
entitlement
amounts
from
HUD
from
the
previous
two
years,
the
funding
funding
from
the
federal
programs
has
been
fairly
reliable
over
the
last
several
years,
with
slight
increases
annually
this
year
we
got
a
bigger
increase
than
normal,
which
is
terrific.
What
you
don't
see
here
is
the
state
allocation.
The
state
housing
initiative,
partnership
allocation
I
talked
a
little
bit
more
about
that
and
and
the
directors
report
section
in
this
meeting,
but
coming
honest
to
the
state
legislature,
the
state
state
legislative
session.
A
We
were
to
receive
the
highest
allocation
in
our
in
our
city's
history.
Governor
understand
this
line-item
veto
that
allocation
statewide
in
the
midst
of
the
pandemic,
as
you
as
I'm
sure
you
all
are
all
aware
of
so
public
service
is
the
most
competitive
accident
aspect
of
our
grant
application
cycle.
It's
all.
It's
also
how
we
reach
most
of
the
people
that
we
serve
through
our
programs.
We
received
21
applications
for
public
services.
We
convened
a
technical
review
committee
to
review
and
rank
the
applications.
A
A
The
reason
for
the
the
application
process
for
public
services
is
so
challenging
is
because,
because
HUD
limits
us
to
spending
no
more
than
15%
of
our
allocation
in
a
given
year
on
public
services
this
year,
that
amount
is,
is
one
hundred
twenty
five
thousand
six
hundred
four
dollars.
We
had
12
successful
applications
that
are
subject
to
that
cap,
we're
also
funding
homebuyer
education
services
with
three
nonprofits.
This
activity
is
not
subject
to
the
15
percent
cap,
important
to
note,
because
of
kovat.
A
1907
in
the
current
year
and
next
year,
with
a
caveat,
any
funds
used
that
exceed
this
cap
must
be
used
to
prepare
for
respond
to
and
prevent
koban
19.
So
we
have
to
be
very
careful.
For
that
reason,
we
need
to
budget
non
kovat
related
public
services,
as
if
the
cap
is
still
in
place,
it
will
handle
any
koban
related
public
services
separately.
We've
taken
advantage
of
the
cap
waiver,
we've
we've
partnered
with
four
organizations
to
address
foreclosure
prevention.
A
We
took
the
rankings
from
our
technical
review
committee
and
use
the
rankings
the
ranking
order
to
place
applicants
in
a
predetermined,
three-tier
funding,
matrix
with
the
top
tier
receiving
45%
of
the
funding,
the
second
tier
receiving
35%
of
the
funding
and
the
lowest
tier
recieving
20%.
So
you
can
see
the
difference
between
the
total
amount
requested
and
the
total
Grant's
were
able
to
fund
well
less
than
half
of
the
requested
grant
funding.
That's
where
the
15%
cap
makes
the
selection
process
highly
competitive.
A
So
this
is
homebuyer
education.
These
organizations
are
all
qualified
to
provide
that
service.
This
year,
stud
HUD
has
stiffened
the
licensing
requirement
for
homebuyer
education,
their
work
they're
going
to
be
requiring
one-on-one
one-on-one
counseling
for
homebuyers
funded
with
HUD
assistance,
for
example
our
downpayment
assistance
program.
Up
until
now,
it's
all
been
done
by
group
training.
A
A
So
these
are
the
public
facilities
projects
that
we're
proposing
to
fund
directions
for
living
is
planning
upgrades
to
his
headquarters
on
Belcher
Road
ATP
is
planning
a
rehab
at
its
adult
shelter
facility.
Rcs
Pinellas
is
planning
improvements
to
its
food
bank
facility,
just
south
of
downtown
The
Salvation
Army
is
planning
security
upgrades
to
its
facility
on
Druid
Road.
A
So
we're
able
to
use
a
portion
of
the
funds
for
administrative
activities,
which
is
primarily
staff
salaries.
You
can
see
we're
able
to
take
a
portion
of
program
income
for
administration,
as
well
as
entitlement
I,
think
you're
all
aware.
The
program
income
is
the
revenue
that
it's
generating
from
borrowers,
paying
back
loans.
A
We
do
what
most
of
our
housing
activities
in
the
form
of
loans,
and
we
do
most
of
our
community
development
activities
in
the
form
of
grants,
so
economic
development,
micro
enterprise,
we
support
Tampa,
Bay
black
business
investment
corporation
and
Prospera
both
provide
technical
services
to
entrepreneurs
and
micro
enterprise
businesses
in
Clearwater.
We
also
budgeted
funds
to
perform
facade
improvements
throughout
our
low
to
moderate
income
areas,
and
we
also
have
a
revolving
loan
fund
for
future
economic
development
projects.
A
So
the
housing
pool
is
it's
where
we
have
the
largest
balance
of
available
funds,
we're
able
to
pay
processing
fees
to
three
organizations
that
process
down
payment
assistance
loans.
For
us,
the
remaining
funding
is
see
on
the
screen
goes
towards
housing
development
projects,
so
we
have
about
3.6
million
dollars
in
available
available
for
housing
projects,
and
when
you
consider
that
your
average
unit
for
construction
is
about
$200,000
a
unit
in
construction
costs,
you
begin
to
realize
how
important
it
is
to
leverage
this
money
with
other
funds.
A
A
Community
development,
community
housing
development
organizations
Chodos-
this
is
HUDs-
always
required
to
set
aside
a
small
portrait
portion
of
our
home
entitlement
or
Chodos.
It's
it's
really
HUDs
way
of
encouraging
local
governments
to
work
with
small
community
to
get
community-based
development
firms.
Hud
has
has
has
softened
this
requirement
for
the
next
for
the
foreseeable
future,
really
where
it's
actually
not
even
a
requirement.
If
you
don't
spend
that
money
in
the
required
time,
you
can
convert
the
money
back
to
your
local
account.
A
So
next
steps
we
have
a
few
remaining
steps
to
take
to
complete
the
submit.
All
of
our
con
plan
submitting
the
complaint
is
actually
the
local
government's
way
to
apply
for
for
HUD
funding.
So
with
that
said,
we're
not
going
to
flirt
with
that
August
15th
deadline
we'll
get
this.
This
plan
submitting
well
submitted
well
prior
to
that
and,
of
course,
the
con
plan
and
the
anti
annual
action
plan
they
they
take
effect
at
the
beginning.
A
A
A
D
B
Move
and
do
I
have
a
second
I.
Second
I
will
now
ask
the
board
individually
to
vote
on
this
item.
Vice-Chair
Camacho
I
had
poop
board
member
Kemp
approve
board
member
Chenault
I
approve
board
member
Santiago
I
approve
board
member
heptane
office
and
I
approve
as
well.
The
motion
carries
unanimously
the
next
item
on
our
agenda
item
4.2.
The
staff
will
update
us
regarding
the
recent
sale
of
prospect
hours.
Mr.
lien
will
present
this
item
as
well.
Thank.
A
You
at
our
previous
council
meeting
in
June
council
member
Hamilton,
requested
an
update
on
the
recent
sale
of
prospect
hours
and
really
how
it
would
affect
the
folks
that
are
living
there
prospect
I'll
begin
with
a
brief
overview
of
the
tower's
history.
Then
I'll
get
into
the
the
current
events
prospect.
Ours
is
a
208
unit
apartment
tower
in
downtown
historically
reserved
for
senior
living
at
affordable
rates.
A
Several
years
ago,
the
tower
was
owned
by
a
nonprofit
organization,
whose
mission
was
to
maintain
the
asset
for
the
benefit
of
senior
citizens
that
need
an
affordable
home
prior
to
the
nonprofit
prior
to
the
nonprofit
selling.
The
property
rents
were
kept,
the
range
I
believe
an
efficiency
apartment
was
$476
and
a
one-bedroom
was
six
hundred
and
six
dollars.
I
think
there's
a
hundred
and
twelve
one-bedroom
apartments
and
the
remainder
are
efficiencies.
The
sale
by
the
nonprofit
occurred
in
2015.
A
The
subsequent
owner
raise
rents
incrementally,
but
still
maintained
in
limited
the
power,
the
tower
to
senior
citizens
and
maintain
relatively
affordable
rates.
So,
while
these
two
ownership
groups
maintain
relatively
low
rates,
there
were
other
factors
that
contributed
to
keeping
rents
at
affordable
rates.
Small
size
of
the
apartment
units
apartment
units
range
from
I
think
about
330
square
feet
to
about
530
square
feet,
the
the
towers
age,
lack
of
amenities.
These
these
factors
help
keep
rents,
naturally
low
and
that's
what's
going
on
here.
A
There
were
also
several
subsidies
in
place:
senior
citizens
services
as
a
local
nonprofit.
They
created
a
fund
from
the
proceeds
of
a
prior
sale
of
the
tower,
which
was
used
to
subsidize
52
apartments
in
the
in
the
tower
and
an
average
subsidy
of
about
three
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
a
month.
That's
about
a
quarter
of
it!
That's
a
quarter
of
the
tenants.
There
are
several
units,
assisted
with
section
8
vouchers,
the
city's
housing
division.
A
That
loans
been
paid
off,
but
that
restriction
will
remain
in
place
regardless
of
the
sale
of
the
property.
So
if
that's
forward
to
the
more
recent
sales
of
the
tower
the
property
sold
to
an
investor
in
January
for
2019
about
18
months
ago,
a
third
for
thirteen
point,
five
million
dollars.
This
transaction
really
opened
the
door
for
a
potential
shift
and
how
prospect
ours
was
to
be
managed.
When
the
property
changed
hands.
A
There
were
no
requirements
to
maintain
the
age
restriction
except
Bowsher
or
maintain
any
affordability
standards
other
than
the
20
that
are
under
restriction
with
the
city.
This
ownership
group
was
was
planning
major
renovations,
but
they
change
gears
and
they
opted
to
put
the
property
on
the
market
and
they
marketed
the
property
widely
the
property
sold
to
covered
in
Capital
Group
they're
based
in
Nashville
Tennessee.
This
group
owns
more
than
10,000
apartment
units
in
the
southwest
and
mid-atlantic
region.
A
They
have
a
total
market
value
in
these
assets
they
own
of
about
1.2
billion
dollars.
They
operate.
Let's
say
prospect.
Ours
was
not
their
first
acquisition
in
Clearwater
in
January
2019.
They
purchased
Clearwater
Oaks
on
the
southeast
corner
of
true--and
Road
and
South
Martin
Luther
King
jr.
Avenue.
They
purchased
that
for
sixteen
point,
five
million
dollars
they
acquired
prospect
towers
on
May
26th
of
this
year
with
the
purchase
price
of
16
million
dollars,
and
they
plan
to
put
another
three
million
dollars
in
renovations
into
the
building
very
quickly
after
they
acquired
the
tower
they
eliminated.
A
The
age
restriction
and
they've
shown
that
they
will
be
applying
a
very
different
management
style
to
the
apartment.
Community,
I
spoken
with
Devon
white
he's
the
principal
and
co-founder
of
capital
of
covenant.
Capital
we've
been
in
touch
with
them
quite
a
bit
over
the
last
several
weeks
since
they
acquired
it.
So
he
told
me
about
the
investments
they
plan
to
make.
A
They're
gonna
upgrade
the
units
that
upgrade
the
exterior
to
common
areas,
they're
eventually
going
to
charge
full
market
value
throughout
the
complex.
When
I
first
spoke
with
mr.
white
several
several
weeks
ago,
he
told
me
they
were
not
planning
to
accept
Section
eight
vouchers,
and
there
are
several
in
the
building.
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
when
I
spoke
with
him
more
recently,
he
told
me
that
he's
now
accepting
Section
eight
vouchers
as
a
short
term
to
mid-term
strategy
to
help
help
help
tenants
stay
in
their
homes.
For
the
time
being,
mr.
A
white
expressed
concerns
to
me
with,
with
regard
to
the
impact
of
rent
increases.
He
knows
that
most
tenants
are
financially
strained.
The
planning
to
increase
rents
incrementally
keeping
them
under
market
value,
at
least
in
the
short
term,
they'll,
be
raising
rent
space
percent
as
leases
expire,
which
is
an
average
about
$50
a
month.
A
concerning
turning
point
is
coming
in
October
of
this
year,
as
I
mentioned
earlier.
This
is
about,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
there's
a
nonprofit
organization
providing
$18,000
and
rent
subsidy
to
subsidize
50
to
52
units
about
$350
per
all.
A
52
of
these
leases
expire
in
October
in
this
subsidy
will
end.
So
when
you
tack
on
a
$50
rent
increase
and
you
eliminate
a
$350
subsidy,
that's
fit
for
dollars
more
that
these
folks
will
have
to
pay,
which
is
nearly
double
what
their
what
they're
paying
now
out
of
pocket.
Mr.
white
has
told
me
that
his
management
team
has
communicated
with
each
of
these
residents
and
they're
working
to
find
solutions
for
all
of
them.
A
The
fact
of
the
matter
is
the
new
owners
plans
for
the
property
will
change
what
prospect
ours
is
to
Clearwater.
It's
no
longer
reserved
for
senior
citizens.
Planned
improvements
will
raise
market
value
rent.
Eventually,
the
new
ownership
will
seek
market
rent
and
most,
if
not
all,
units,
and
those
of
us
that
are
familiar
with
prospect
towers
knows
that
this
means
many
of
the
current
tenants
will
be
displaced.
A
Over
the
last
several
weeks,
I've
had
discussions
with
Pinellas
County
Human
Services
Department,
the
Clearwater
Housing
Authority,
the
tinel's
County
Housing
Authority,
the
Pinellas
Community
Foundation,
as
well
as
a
number
of
other
nonprofits
all,
are
willing
to
combine
efforts
to
find
solutions
for
tenants
facing
displacement,
although
that
would
be
a
large
task.
Mr.
mr.
Gavin
white,
well,
actually
the
property
Manton,
a
regional
property
manager
yesterday
was
on
the
call,
with
counsel,
did
answer
some
questions.
They
are
engaged.
They
pick
up
the
phone
every
time.
A
I
call
they've
been
transparent
with
me,
so
you
know
that
they're
showing
a
willingness
to
cooperate
as
needs
arise,
but
you
know
it
just
it's
unfortunate.
It
is
what
it
is
I
think
there's
someone
here
public
that
will
speak
to
this
item,
but
at
this
time
that
concludes
my
presentation.
Happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
may
have.
B
Thank
You
Chuck
I
have
one
question:
I
just
want
to
understand.
At
one
time
the
city
made
a
loan
on
this
building
that
loans
been
repaid,
but
thankfully
the
city
was
able
to
at
least
get
20
units
in
that
building
that
will
remain
rent
affordable
until
2042.
Is
that
correct?
That's
correct,
okay!
So
so
there's
some
good
news
in
there
yep,
okay,
just.
D
A
That's
a
great
question
and
you
know
there
are
I've
seen
a
number
of
correspondences
between
concerned
citizens,
residents
and
and
the
council
members
and,
and
you
keep
hearing
the
question
asked,
or
at
least
at
least
implied
what
is
the
city
going
to
do
about
this,
and
and
and
that's
a
tough
one?
We
have
the
20
units
we
do
plan
to
enforce
that
Laura
land
use
restriction
agreement.
The
owner
has
indicated
to
me
that
they
have
full
intention
to
comply
with
the
Laura,
but
beyond
that
there
just
isn't
much
the
city
can
do.
A
You
know
we
live
in
a
capitalistic
society,
and
that
comes
with
its
benefits
and
clearly
it
comes
with
its
negatives
as
well.
The
city
does
not
have
the
ability
to
require
any
any
type
of
rent
structure
outside
of
those
20
units
can't
require
that
they
accept
about
or
can't
require
that
there's
an
age
restriction.
There's
that's
out
of
our
you
know
in
communicating
with
our
City
Attorney's
Office.
That
really
is
out
of
our
purview.
So
the
answer
to
your
question
is
there
very
little,
though
we
can
affect.
H
F
Saying
is
there
any
way
for
because
you
you
mentioned
you
mentioned
that
we
plan
on
making
investments
to
upgrade
the
property?
Is
there
any
way
that
we
can
partner
with
them
in
making
those
improvements,
so
that
some
of
the
most
and
all
more
of
the
units
remain
affordable
through
our
program?
Yeah.
A
I've
raised
that
and
to
see
if
they'd
be
interested
in
us
investing
which
would
require
more
units,
and
the
answer
was
no,
you
know,
they're
they're
gonna
make
those
improvements,
and
you
know
what
the
way
I
see
this
is.
Is
you
know
the
the
end
goal
of
this
group?
Isn't
going
to
change?
I,
don't
see
that
changing.
This
is
a
group
that
that
has
a
business
model
and
they've
done
it
a
number
of
times
they
it's
not
their
first
rodeo
they're
going
to
get
to.
A
A
You
know,
I
I,
hope
I
do
believe
that
they're
that
they're
interested
in
trying
to
soften
this
as
much
as
they
can.
But
you
know
I'm
I'm
speaking
with
the
owner,
he's
telling
me
that
you
know
they're
telling
me
what
you
know
what
they
want
me
to
know
know
and
we're
getting
we're,
also
getting
feedback
from
the
residence
which
is
concerning
as
well.
A
B
There's
52
units
52
persons,
52
people
or
more
than
they're,
going
to
be
impacted
by
this,
and
it
sounds
like
the
owner
of
the
building.
He
has
his
business
plan,
whose
business
model
and
he's
going
to
follow
that,
but
it
also
sounds
like
there's
some
room
to,
as
you
say,
soften
to
blow.
Is
there
any
way?
If
somebody,
if
we're
working
with
some
of
these
other
agencies
and
we're
trying
to
help
find
relocation
for
the
these
52
units
would
the
owner?
Maybe
they
don't
have
to
get
an
October?
B
A
A
B
G
B
B
B
A
There
are,
and
it's
kind
of
beginning
stages-
I
first
raised
this-
this
issue
last
October
with
the
housing
authorities,
because
at
that
time
it
was
announced
that
that
subsidy,
that
I
mentioned
they
announced
that
that
subsidy
would
end
this
coming
October.
So
the
housing
authority
begin
working
immediately
to
try
to
qualify
ten
for
vouchers
and
they
say
they've
qualified
in
excess
of
40
people
additional
people
at
this
time.
The
only
problem
is,
they
don't
have
the
vouchers
they
expect.
They
may
get
some
vouchers.
A
A
new
round
of
ouch
errs
beginning
of
the
calendar
year,
but
they're
working
on
it.
Both
housing
authorities
are,
you
know,
are
engaged
and
it'll
do
what
they
can.
You
know.
I
I
have
to
I
have
to
believe
that
that
all
of
those
52
folks
I,
think
the
ownership
group
will
be
communicating
with
all
of
them
should
have.
A
They
told
me
that
they've
communicated
with
each
of
them
at
this
point
we'll
see
what
happens
and
it's
a
matter
of
trying
to
trying
to
help
get
folks
together,
get
that
nonprofits
together
and
housing
authorities
together
to
come
up
with
solutions
because
they're
not
going
to
be
one
solution.
For
this
whole
thing,
it's.
C
Can
I
ask
a
question:
is
there
any
way
that
this
city
can
do
a
survey
with
those
52
folks
families
and
and
get
an
input
about
how
they
have
really
received
any
communication
from
from
the
owner
about?
You
know
the
process,
because,
obviously
this
gentleman,
you
know
he
hasn't
heard
her
or
you
know,
maybe
the
communication.
The
way
that
they
are
communicating
with
them
is
not
the
best
one.
A
G
G
A
H
H
This
topic
is
especially
near
and
dear
to
my
heart.
So
I'm
you
know
always
thinking
about
what
can
we
do
better
for
those
most
in
need
in
our
community
and
in
I
received
the
same
presentation
you
just
received
from
mr.
Lane
about
our
five-year
plan,
as
well
as
the
twenty
one
or
twenty
twenty-one
plan,
and
in
reading
that
document
there
are
some.
You
know
pretty
shocking
steps
that
we're
working
with
and
we're
not
the
only
city
nationally,
that's
challenged
that
way
for
sure
what
I
would
ask
you
to
read
or
be
sure
you're
you.
C
H
But
the
glaring
truth
is
that
there
are
far
far
more
needs
than
there
are
dollars
to
help
those
most
in
need.
And
so
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
what
I'm
planning
to
do
is
is
try
to
think
more
creatively
and
out
of
the
box
and
figure
out
how
we
can
fill
some
of
that
gap
and
I
know
that
it's
been
referred
to
as
a
mountain.
But
just
because
it's
a
mountain
doesn't
mean
we
can't
try
to
chip
away
at
it.
I
certainly
know
we're
not
going
to
eliminate
it.
H
If
you
know
you're
interested,
please
reach
out
to
me,
I
have
a
councilmember
Facebook
page
that
I
kind
of
put
that
request
out
there
and
different
some
city
officials
from
other
cities
have
have
shared
some
ideas,
and
you
know
everyday
residents
have
ideas
and
so
I
think
that's
valuable.
These
are
the
kinds
of
things
that
I
just
thought:
I'd
articulate
two
or
three
ideas
just
to
demonstrate
kind
of
the
road
I'm
thinking
about
so
I'm
thinking.
Could
we,
for
example,
waive
permit
and
inspection
fees?
H
If
a
church,
a
local
church
wants
to
sponsor
a
home
renovation
within
our
community?
Can
we
offer
free
bus
passes
to
members
of
a
family
who
are
employed
and
classified
as
extremely
low,
lower,
moderate
income?
Again,
that's
some
expense,
but
I
think
the
goal
is:
we've
got
to
keep
these
people
if
they
have
jobs,
we've
got
to
allow
them
to
maintain
that
job,
and
if
transportation
is
the
challenge
as
it's
been
articulated
in
our
appendix,
and
what
can
we
do
to?
H
You
know
make
sure
that
they're
not
losing
a
job
because
their
car
broke
down
or
something
in
that
appendix
we
talked
about
because
up
to
25
percent
of
residents
who
live
in
our
high
poverty,
neighborhoods
do
not
have
a
high
school
diploma.
Can
we,
as
a
city,
do
something
to
help
those
people
who
you
know
attain
the
diploma
or
their
GED?
Can
we
can
we
allow
our
libraries
to
be
open?
H
You
know
real
early
on
Saturday
mornings
or
later
at
night,
when,
when
working
parents
or
adults
can
can
use
that
facility
to
study
with
a
tutor
to
get
their
GED,
so
those
are
like
low
cost.
I
think
ways
that
that
maybe
we
could
start
to
make
a
little
Dent.
Can
we
wave
business
permits
at
business
fees?
H
So
I
just
I
believe
that
you
all
this
is
near
and
dear
to
your
heart
because
you're
serving
on
this
board
and
you
certainly
have
expertise,
people
you
hear
that
that
are
sitting
there
while
unzoom
right
now,
not
on
that
diet.
But
but
if,
if
you're,
you
know
willing
to
take
that
on
I'd
love
to
you
know,
have
you
complete
that
and
and
share
with
me
any
interests
you
have
so
any
thoughts.
H
H
A
We've
always
had
some
since
I've
been
in
this
seat.
We've
always
had
support
from
from
City
Council,
with
with
the
programs
that
we
administer
miss,
Beckman
and
Eve
all
met
her
she's
come
to
our
last
several
meetings.
She's
shown
a
particular
interest
in
passion,
and
it's
it's
refreshing
to
see
that
it's
great
to
see
that
you
haven't
heard
the
last
from
her
I'm
sure,
and
and
we
would
appreciate
it
being
that
way.
Thank
you.
Miss
Beckman
thank.
D
Mr.
Lane,
just
one
thought
that
I
have
on
the
prospect
hours
and
the
upcoming
issue.
I
know
that
when
Southern
Comfort
mobile
home
park
closed
down,
the
county
formed
a
task
force
to
to
perhaps
provide
some
assistance
and
work
as
a
team
to
to
work
through
that
I.
Don't
know
if
any
thoughts
been
put
to
whether
that
could
be
put
together
for
these
20
units
that
are
facing
issues
in
October
or
not,
and
I
really
have
no
idea
what
other
agencies
could
bring
to
the
table.
A
A
And
you
know
that
wasn't
a
certain
to
that
this
will
be
a
series
of
rolling
evictions
or
displacements,
not
necessarily
evictions.
I've
spoken
with
Daisy
Rodriguez,
director
of
the
Human
Services
Department,
with
the
county,
she's
she's
very
busy
right
now,
as
you
might
imagine,
with
the
tenant
with
the
rent
program,
but
she
has
expressed
an
absolute
willingness
to
participate
and
help
where
they
can.
You
know
I've
talked
to
some
other
folks
who
are
part
of
that
effort.
I
think
you
know
there's
a
model
there
that
we
can
replicate
to
some
degree
and
getting
folks
together.
C
Have
one
last
comment,
and
it's
some
you
know
we're
talking
about:
how
can
we
help
those
folks
in
most
need?
But
you
know
it
would
be
great
if,
if
this
group,
along
with
the
city,
can
advocate
for
for
an
increase
in
minimum
wage,
because
that's
the
bottom
of
you
know
all
these
issues,
you
know
minimum
wage
being
so
low.
C
You
know
people
are
working
really
hard
to
jobs,
sometimes
three
jobs,
but
they
can
still
not
make
ends
meet
so
advocating
for
a
minimum
wage
would
be
actually
one
way
to
allow
people
to
be
dignified
by
working
and
making
the
money
that
they
they
need
to
make.
You
know
more
than
you
know,
because
I
I
know
we're
trying
to
help
and
all
those
ideas
are
great
ideas.
C
B
B
There
is
that
it
for
comments.
Chai
me
there's
no
other
comments.
There's
no
phone
calls
there's
no
one
else
here
over
here.
Oh
am
I
right.
This
is
a
discussion
only
item,
so
there's
no
motion
is
required.
That's
correct,
then.
That
concludes
the
scheduled
business.
For
today's
meeting.
I
will
now
ask
board
members
individually
if
they
have
any
additional
comments.
This
may
include
any
old
or
new
business,
as
well
as
general
comments
for
the
public,
the
board
and
for
staff
vice
chair
Camacho,.
B
B
A
A
couple
things
to
update
you
on:
we,
as
you
know,
we
started
the
rent
mortgage
and
assistance
utilities
assistance
program
for
for
our
for
our
residents.
Now
it
was
very,
you
know.
We
really
only
had
kind
of
a
corner
of
the
issue
because
the
county
they
had
all
the
cares,
money,
multiple
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
and
they
and
they
raised
up
a
rent
mortgage
and
utilities
assistance
program
and
they
were
assisting
folks
from
zero
income
to
200%
of
poverty
limit.
A
So
what
we
did
were
able
to
help
people
up
to
area
up
to
eighty
percent
of
area
median
income.
So
we
we
took
people
and
we
said:
okay,
if
you
exceed
the
county's
income,
you
make
more
than
200%
of
the
poverty
limit
and
you
make
less
than
eighty
percent
of
area
median
income.
You
will
qualify
for
our
rent
program.
So
what
that
did?
Is
that
allowed
us
to
eliminate
the
possibility
of
duplication?
The
benefits
the
county
is
much
more
well-funded
to
handle
that
the
program.
So
we
tried
not
to
duplicate
the
county's
program.
A
We
tried
to
try
to
complement
it
and
because
that
that
income
window
was
shown
arrow.
We
were
able
to
help
very
few
people,
I
think
we
were
able
to
help
five
people
with
actual
financial
assistance.
But
what
happened
is
we
got
hundreds,
hundreds
of
phone
calls
and
emails
and
we're
able
to
give
people
professional
guidance
on
where
they
could
find
help?
Most
of
them
refer
to
the
county's
program.
So,
although
we
weren't
able
to
help
a
lot
of
people,
I
think
I
think
we
did
well.
A
A
Last
week
the
county
changed
ears.
They
eliminated
that
that
income
cap
so
now
they're
I
believe
they're
approving
everybody
that
is
showing
a
loss
in
income
due
to
Kovac
19.
So
now
that
really
pushes
us
out
of
the
way
in
terms
of
standing
up
this
program,
so
we've
put
up,
we
put
our
program
on
pause.
Okay
now
that
may
change
very
quickly.
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
the
state
housing
initiative
partnership
program.
We
were
to
get
our
largest
single-year
allocation
this
year.
A
In
excess
of
1.2
million
dollars,
the
Sadowski
Act
was
fully
funded
and
at
the
11th
hour
the
governor
and
and
it
wasn't
unexpected,
he
line-item
veto
the
ship
allocation
statewide.
He
kept
in
place
the
sale
program
and
the
money
that's
going
towards
the
Hurricanes,
but
he
line-item
veto
it
about
125
million
dollars
of
ship
allocations
that
were
to
go
to
local
governments.
A
So
we
don't
have
that
now
now
what
what
they're
telling
us
is
that
that
money
hasn't
been
hasn't
been
reallocated,
it's
it's
sitting
there
I,
don't
believe
we'll
see
it,
but
that
remains
to
be
seen.
But
what
they're
telling
us
now
is.
The
federal
government
is
going
to
it's
going
to
funnel
money
through
the
state
program
that
we'll
go
to
that
will
be
distributed
and
on
a
formula
basis
to
the
local
governments.
So
we
will
get
some
form
of
an
allocation
and
the
what
we're
being
told
now
is
that
money.
A
We
will
be
required
to
spend
that
money
on
rent
mortgage
and
utilities
assistance.
So
when
that
comes
down,
we
will
reopen
the
program
and
we
will
do
our
best
to
not
duplicate
benefits
with
the
county.
I
think
we'll
take
maybe
a
different
approach:
we'll
try
to
really
market
heavily
to
the
landlord's
rather
than
the
tenants,
but
also
to
the
tenants
as
well.
So
when
that
comes
about
I'll,
let
the
board
know
what
our
plans
are
and
how
that's
coming
about
the
back
to
business
program.
The
the
county
also
met
on
that
last
week
same
meeting.
A
They
made
some
changes
to
that
program.
I
missed
Anderson's
on
the
line
she
may
want
to
speak
to
it.
I
think
they've
expanded
the
eligibility
of
that
program
and
what
it's
really
done.
It's
caused
us
to
pause
on
that
as
well
again,
the
county
has
the
cares,
money,
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
in
that
fund.
That
is
funneling
this
program.
We
were
funding
it
out,
mostly
out
of
general
fund,
some
out
of
state
EBG,
which
is
which
is
tough
for
us
to
do.
It's
not
something
government
that
we've
done
in
the
past.
A
E
Business
program
we
had
over
a
thousand
businesses
register
about
770
completed
the
pre-qualification
component,
our
program
different
from
the
counties
and
that
we
had
home-based
businesses
in
there
and
we
set
aside
our
CDBG
Coe
bid
money
for
that
purpose.
Our
legal
department
determined
we
could
use
general
fund
reserve
for
brick-and-mortar
establishments,
but
we're
unable
to
establish
what
is
known
as
a
public
benefit,
which
is
a
requirement
of
use
of
general
funds,
cannot
establish
a
public
benefit
for
the
expenditure
of
general
fund
reserves
for
home-based
brick-and-mortar
versus
home-based
businesses.
E
Those
applications
came
in
at
about
a
three
to
one
ratio.
We
were
unable
to
approve
those
for
any
home-based
businesses.
We
followed
criterias
similar
to
Pinellas
County
in
terms
business
types
and
it
really
restricted
that
pool
for
home-based
businesses.
We
do
have
a
couple
in
the
pipeline
we
may
be
able
to
approve,
but
because
the
coven
money
we
received
is
income
restricted.
There
is
the
income
verification
process
that
we
cannot
get
around
and
that's
become
quite
challenging
in
terms
of
getting
these
home-based
businesses
to
the
finish
line.
A
E
I
spoke
with
Mike
my
Dell,
my
counterpart
at
the
Pinellas
County
Economic
Development,
and
they
are
they
also
set
aside
funds
for
child
care
facilities,
both
home-based
and
facilities,
commercial
facilities.
Those
facilities
will
not
need
to
go
through
an
application
process.
There's
over
two
there's
about
280
residential
child
care
facilities
in
Pinellas
County,
they
will
automatically
receive
a
$5,000
grant
without
application.
Those
funds
will
be
going
out.
The
grant
program
that
does
require
applications
they'll
be
outsourcing
that
application
process
they
have
not
identified
yet
to
enter
into
contract
negotiations.
G
E
Know
we
have
a
similar
process.
Bottom
line
is
County
set-aside,
fifty
four
point:
nine
million
dollars
last
Tuesday
for
direct
assistance
of
businesses
to
include
creative
arts,
micro
enterprises,
minority
and
a
diversity
program
to
include
micro
enterprises
and
and
assistance
by
organizations
like
Prospera
and
BB
IC
to
assist
these
businesses
and
accessing
these
funds
because
we're
unable
to
print
money
because
we
did
not
get
a
federal
allocation
in
to
the
tune
of
170
million
dollars
like
the
county.
I
think
the
county's
program
is
very
robust.
E
There's
some
discussion
about
at
the
federal
level
that
the
city
could
receive
a
substantial
allocation
in
the
next
stimulus
package
and
the
county
has
set
aside
twelve
point:
nine
million
dollars
to
redistribute
to
the
cities
for
to
compensate
for
some
of
their
COBIT
related
costs.
Those
funds
cannot
be
used
to
pay
for
the
grant
program,
but
it
can
offset
some
of
the
other
costs
that
the
city
has
incurred
over
the
last
several
months.
So
we're
waiting
to
see
kind
of
what
comes
down
in
the
federal
plan.
H
E
Should
council
agree
to
pause
the
program,
they
can
certainly
take
it
up
again
in
early
August
at
the
next
council
meeting
and
we
are
prepared
at
any
time
to
move
forward
on
a
phase
two
and
have
established
new
criteria
and
simplified
our
application
process.
So
if
it
were
directed
to
to
move
forward
with
a
Phase,
two
were
able
to
move
to
implementation
very
quickly,
but
that
was
my
recommendation
on
Tuesday
and
I
believe.
There's
consensus
to
support
that
recommendation.
E
A
second
grant,
I
asked
counsel
yesterday
to
separate
those
two
that
contingency
so
that
we
can
pay
that
second
grant
immediately.
We
recognized
that,
with
the
resurgence
of
coated,
the
financial
stress
has
not
been
alleviated
in
many
ways,
and
so
we
like
to
be
able
to
issue
that
$2,000
grant
immediately
and
then
move
or
continue
to
move
forward
with
those
professional
services
without
that
requirement
in
place.
Why
add
stress
to
what
these
businesses
are
already
feeling
so
you'll?
Take
that
up
on
Thursday.
A
B
Thank
you
mr.
Lane,
then
our
next
Naha
be
meeting
is
scheduled
for
Tuesday
I'm.
Sorry,
I
moved
ahead
of
myself.
That
concludes
the
scheduled
business.
For
today's
meeting.
I
will
now
ask
board
members
individually
if
they
have
any
additional
comments.
This
may
include
any
older
new
business
as
well
as
general
comments
of
the
public
order
for
the
staff
vice
chair,
Camacho.