Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 01-10-12 regular — reading text

and police protection. See attached map. S Packet Pg. 34  8. 2. z Barriers to Affordable Housing. As per the requirements of the adopted SHIP Affordable Housing Incentive Plan, the City will undertake the following actions to remove barriers to affordable housing ( these actions will not necessarily be funded through the CDBG program): expedite processing of permits for affordable housing projects, modification of street requirements; down payment assistance and closing cost assistance; minor repairs to existing single family owner occupied housing units through the World Changer program, which is a faith -based partnership; and acquisition of property for low- to moderate -income housing. The City' s Comprehensive Plan also outlines a Housing Element and a plan to provide for affordable housing as it relates to local policy, land use, and zoning. Fair Housing. The City will provide fair housing educational and investigative services to limit housing discrimination, as well as other activities to remove barriers to affordable housing. The steps to be taken by the City are outlined in the City' s Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing. There are approximately 9,737 households located in Fort Walton Beach. Of these households, a 59.2% are owner occupied and 32. 6% are renter occupied, with 8. 1% being vacant. The following tables are a special cross -tabulation of the 1990 Census of Population and Housing prepared by the U. S. Census Bureau for the Shimberg Center for Housing Studies at the University of Florida. UM0m Households by Household Size 0N0 County I Place I Size 2000 2005 2010 2015 N Okaloosa J Ft. Walton Beach 1- 2 5136 5419 5530 5603 Okaloosa I Ft. Walton Beach 3- 4 2747 2897 2946 2970 NN Okaloosa I Ft. Walton Beach 5+ 675 711 724 731 Hrnisehnlda by Household Income County Place Income 2000 2005 2010 2015 Okaloosa Ft. Walton Beach 30% AMI 721 760 776 791 Okaloosa Ft. Walton Beach 30. 01- 50% AMI 873 917 939 960 Okaloosa Ft. Walton Beach 50. 01- 80% AMI 1594 1674 1696 1711 Okaloosa Ft. Walton Beach 80. 01 - 120 o AMT 1964 2068 2093 2100 Okaloosa Ft. Walton Beach 120. 01 +% AMI 3407 3609 369 3740 S ecified Renter- Occupied Units Place 200 200- 300. 500- 750- 1000- Total County 299 499 749 999 1499 Okaloosa FWB 128 101 722 1514 323 123 10 1 47 12968 Sound Side Affordable Housing. Over the last several years, the City has partnered with the Fort Walton Beach Housing Authority to develop a 200 -unit affordable housing development unit known as Sound Side. Because of the limited amount of CDBG funds, they are not used to directly support the FWBHA or its programs. The City will be contributing approximately $ 2.5 million to the project. The project is located at the intersection of Carson Drive SE and Third Street SE in the City of Fort Walton Beach and is comprised of 36 platted parcels totaling approximately 13. 39 acres. It is a redevelopment of the existing Germany Terrace public housing 9 Packet Pg. 35  8. 2. a development. There are currently 50 low -in come residential dwelling units located on the proposed development site comprised of duplex and single unit dwellings. The site i N!I currently provides 3. 74 gross units per acre, lie awl although 15 gross units per acre is permitted under the City' s Future Land Use Map FLUM) Medium Density Residential i MDR) designation. The majority of the buildings were constructed prior to 1970 1965 for most residential dwellings) and have been outdated and costly to repair. c s+ Sound Side is currently moving forward and ww ill b ee owneowne d anan d operaopera t ee d b yy th e FWBHA ConstructionConstruction isis scheduledscheduled toto beginbegin inin AprilApril 2012.2012. PublicPublic HousingHousing ThereThere areare currently currently twotwo CityCity publicpublic housinghousing areasareas inin FortFort WaltonWalton Beach:Beach: FortFort WaltonWalton BeachBeach HousingHousing AuthorityAuthority onon RobinwoodRobinwood DriveDrive SWSW andand GermanyGermany TerraceTerrace onon CarsonCarson DriveDrive SE,SE, containingcontaining 5050 units.units. TheThe FWBHAFWBHA receivesreceives assistanceassistance throughthrough thethe ComprehensiveComprehensive Improvement Improvement AssistanceAssistance ProgramProgram ( ( CLAP).CLAP). TheThe FWBHAFWBHA hashas notnot beenbeen designated designated asas" " troubled"troubled" byby HUD.HUD. Also,Also, thethe CityCity isis workingworking withwith thethe FWBHAFWBHA andand HUDHUD onon redevelopmentredevelopment ofof thethe GermanyGermany TerraceTerrace publicpublic housinghousing development,development, describeddescribed asas SoundSound SideSide inin thethe AffordableAffordable HousingHousing sectionsection ofof thisthis Plan.Plan. TheThe ChesterChester PruittPruitt SummerSummer EnrichmentEnrichment programprogram andand afterafter schoolschool tutoringtutoring areare availableavailable andand inin closeclose proximityproximity toto FWBHAFWBHA residents.residents. TheThe CityCity alsoalso coordinatescoordinates itsits transportationtransportation planningplanning toto helphelp meetsmeets thethe needsneeds ofof thosethose whowho dependdepend onon publicpublic housing.housing. TheThe CityCity worksworks withwith OkaloosaOkaloosa CountyCounty toto ensureensure fixedfixed - - routeroute transittransit serviceservice atat thethe housinghousing units.units. PHAPHA ParticipationParticipation RoleRole TheThe City,City, throughthrough thethe developmentdevelopment ofof aa neighborhoodneighborhood actionaction plan,plan, providedprovided thethe FWBHAFWBHA withwith aa conceptconcept planplan toto redevelopredevelop aa partpart ofof theirtheir propertyproperty toto increase increase thethe numbernumber andand typestypes ofof unitsunits availableavailable toto low-low- andand moderate-moderate- incomeincome households.households. TheThe CityCity donateddonated overover twotwo acresacres ofof CityCity propertyproperty andand $ $ 2.2. 55 millionmillion inin fundingfunding toto makemake thethe projectproject feasible.feasible. ComplianceCompliance withwith URAURA TheThe CityCity isis inin compliancecompliance withwith thethe acquisitionacquisition andand relocationrelocation requirements requirements ofof thethe UniformUniform RelocationRelocation AssistanceAssistance andand RealReal PropertyProperty AcquisitionAcquisition PoliciesPolicies ActAct ofof 1970.1970. LeadLead - - BasedBased PaintPaint HazardsHazards TheThe City'City' ss leadle- ad - basedbased paintpaint hazardhazard reductionreduction strategystrategy isis threethree - - fold:fold: education,education, testing,testing, andand remediation.remediation. TheThe educationeducation objectiveobjective includesincludes providingproviding handoutshandouts andand booklets,booklets, specificallyspecifically ProtectProtect YourYour FamilyFamily fromfrom LeadLead inin YourYour Home"Home" atat CityCity Hall,Hall, ThisThis yearyear thethe CityCity workedworked toto continuecontinue leadle- ad - basedbased paintpaint hazardhazard compliancecompliance throughthrough makingmaking availableavailable andand distributingdistributing leadle- ad - safesafe 1010 PacketPacket Pg.Pg. 3838  8. 2. a painting pre -kits to homeowners. The testing objective includes evaluating and/ or testing for the presence of lead -based paint for units proposed for painting and /or re-roofing. The remedialion objective includes having a certified consultant/contractor remove paint and repair the surface if such hazards are determined to exist on units proposed for rehabilitation. During this year, the City has made strides in better educating its inspectors and the public on new legislation governing the renovation of residences with lead paint. The estimated number of housing units containing lead -based paint hazards occupied by extremely low, low, and moderate income families: 3,652. 3. Continuum of Care The City of Fort Walton Beach works with many public and private agencies to administer the CDBG program and achieve the goals and objectives set forth in the plan. . Institutional Structure, Resources and Coordination The City provides funding to extremely low, low -, and moderate- income families through services provided by non- profit organizations. Funding may be sought by these organizations through an application process during the formation of the CDBG annual program. Funding for public service programs is highly competitive due to limited funds and an abundance of need. Therefore, the City has not solicited projects which target specific needs. The City