Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: July 30, 2025
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: NA
FROM: Tanya Wilson, AICP, Director, Planning, Environmental, and Development Services Department
CONTACT: Mitchell Glasser, Manager
PHONE: 47-836-5190
DIVISION: Housing and Community Development Division
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval and execution of Multi-Family Affordable Housing Developer’s Agreement for Impact Fee Exemption (Barnett Villas) by and among Orange County, Florida, BDG Barnett Villas, LP, and The School Board of Orange County, Florida providing an exemption in the amount of $2,211,036.36. District 6. (Housing and Community Development Division)
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PROJECT: Multi-Family Affordable Housing Developer’s Agreement For Impact Fee Exemption (Barnett Villas)
PURPOSE: On June 22, 2021, Orange County adopted Ordinance Nos. 2021-28 and 2021-29, and on January 10, 2023, adopted Ordinance Nos. 2023-01, 2023-02, and 2023-03, which among other things, provides the opportunity for exemption from the payment of impact fees for school and transportation, fire rescue, law enforcement, and parks and recreation, respectively, for certain affordable housing projects in accordance with Section 163.31801, Florida Statutes. Barnett Villas, LP (Developer) is the owner of a certain tract of real property upon which it plans to construct a multi-family affordable housing project known as Barnett Villas (the Project). The Developer requested to enter into the Multi-family Affordable Housing Developer’s Agreement for Impact Fee Exemption by and among the County, the Developer, and The School Board of Orange County, to be exempted from the payment of school, transportation, fire rescue, law enforcement, and parks and recreation impact fees. The Project is located at Barnett Villas Drive, Orlando and will consist of 156 units, which will be rented to low-income households whose average household income does not exceed 70 percent of the area median income and shall remain affordable for a period of 20 years. The Developer has exceeded the definition of affordable in accordance with Section 163.31801, Florida Statutes (2023), and provided documentation of such to the County’s satisfaction prior to receiving any impact fee exemptions. Upon execution of this agreement and assuming continued compliance with the terms thereof, the Developer shall have documented the affordability of the Project to the County’s satisfaction. Only units that are defined as affordable units shall be entitled to an exemption from school, transportation, fire rescue, law enforcement, and parks and recreation impact fees. The total amount of County impact Fees exempted under the Agreement is $2,211,036.36.
BUDGET: N/A