AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE MAINSTREET WORKFORCE RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT (BLOCK 4) BETWEEN THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK, GSR RE PARTNERS, LLC, AND DRP GREENBOUGH 1, LLC; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE, TO EXECUTE AND IMPLEMENT THE MAINSTREET WORKFORCE RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANT (BLOCK 4).
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Coconut Creek has long supported affordable and workforce housing initiatives intended to promote housing opportunities for residents of varying income levels and maintain a varied socio-economic community. The City continues to experience rising housing costs and limited availability of attainable housing, making it increasingly difficult for workforce households to live locally.
GSR RE Partners, LLC (GSR) and DRP Greenbough 1, LLC (DRP) (GSR and DRP collectively, “Developer”) are the current primary property owners developing the MainStreet at Coconut Creek Project consistent with the requirements of the MainStreet at Coconut Creek Development Agreement, which requires implementation of a workforce housing rental assistance program. GSR has proposed the construction of approximately four hundred and two (402) multifamily residential rental units within Block 4 of the development.
DISCUSSION:
In furtherance of the City’s workforce housing goals and the Development Agreement, the City and the Developer have negotiated a MainStreet Workforce Rental Housing Agreement and Declaration of Restrictive Covenant that will require fifteen percent (15%) of the residential rental units within Block 4, up to sixty (60) units, to be maintained as workforce affordable rental units for a period of thirty (30) years. The affordable units will be available to qualified renter households earning no greater than one hundred and forty percent (140%) of the Broward County Area Median Income (AMI), adjusted for household size, and rents will be restricted in accordance with Florida Housing Finance Corporation rent limits.
The proposed agreement establishes the terms, conditions, and long-term affordability requirements associated with the Workforce Rental Housing Assistance Program for Block 4 of the MainStreet development. The agreement provides for the waiver of certain building and engineering permit fees, not to exceed $50,000 per affordable unit for up to sixty (60) affordable units, in exchange for the Developer’s commitment to provide and maintain workforce rental housing units for a thirty (30)-year term.
The agreement further establishes requirements related to tenant eligibility, income verification, annual compliance reporting, fair housing lottery procedures, audit rights, monitoring, and enforcement mechanisms. The agreement also requires that affordable units be integrated throughout the development and comparable in quality, appearance, and access to amenities as the market-rate units.
Approval of the resolution and agreement will further the City’s workforce housing objectives and provide additional housing opportunities for workforce income households within the community. The program is consistent with the City’s Comprehensive Plan and housing goals and provides a lottery-based selection process to ensure fairness, transparency, equitable access, and legal defensibility.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of this resolution.
FISCAL IMPACT:
REVENUES: N/A
EXPENDITURES: N/A
BUDGETED? N/A
NOTES: The proposed agreement will result in the waiver of building and engineering permit fees of up to $50,000 per affordable unit for a maximum of sixty (60) workforce housing units within Block 4 of the MainStreet at Coconut Creek development.