Agenda Item Name:
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Affordable Housing Strategies: Follow-up on Board Direction from September 17, 2019
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Presenter:
Ken Zeichner, 352-374-5249
Description:
This presentation is a follow-up to the Board of County Commissioners' direction to provide options for affordable housing strategies in the wake of recent state legislation and request for a minimum density recommendation.
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Receive the presentation and direct staff to develop one or more of the following concepts to bring back to the Board for further review and direction:
1. Allow for substitution for non-residential components in Traditional Neighborhood Developments (TNDs) with Affordable Housing;
2. Establish higher minimum density for new development with option for lower density development with provision of Affordable Housing or payment of Fee in Lieu;
3. Require Missing Middle mix of housing types with associated performance and design standards;
4. Evaluate Future Land Use Map and zoning designations in the Urban Cluster to identify areas where higher density Future Land Use categories and/or density ranges may be appropriate.
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Prior Board Motions:
September 17, 2019: (1) Refer to staff to return to the Board with creative options for incentives that would not draw funds from the General Fund and would enable linkage fees to be enacted by the Commission in compliance with State Law which clearly has some ambiguity; (2) Direct staff to return to the Board with a minimum density recommendation that the Board may be able to require.
April 2, 2019:
* Prepare Comprehensive Plan amendment requiring new developments to provide a percentage of workforce affordable housing or pay a "linkage" fee sufficient to provide affordable housing in another location in cooperation with local housing providers
* Prepare a Nexus Study
* County registers opposition to SB 1730/HB 7103
* Chair letter to City of Gainesville to inform that the County is relooking a...
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