Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: April 10, 2025
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: N/A
FROM: Tanya Wilson, AICP, Director Planning, Environmental, and Development Services Department
CONTACT: Mitchell Glasser, Manager
PHONE: (407) 836-5190
DIVISION: Housing and Community Development Division
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval and execution of 1) Project Administration Agreement between Orange County, Florida and Bright Community Trust, Inc. regarding the donation of County-owned properties for the construction of permanent affordable housing and 2) County Deed for Parcel Identification Number 14-22-31-6539-12-090 and authorization for the Manager of the Real Estate Management Division to exercise all delegations of authority expressly provided by the Project Administration Agreement and perform all actions necessary and incidental to closing to facilitate the donation and conveyance of property located at 2002 Bonneville Drive. District 5. (Housing and Community Development Division)
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PROJECT: Bright Community Trust, Inc.
PURPOSE: In March of 2023, the Governor signed Senate Bill 102, the Live Local Act, amending section 125.379, Florida Statutes, which requires each county to prepare an inventory list every three years of real property, to which the county holds a fee simple title and is appropriate for use as affordable housing. As a result of the Live Local Act, Orange County's most recent property inventory list was adopted on October 24, 2023, via Resolution No. 2023-M-49 and includes 25 lots identified as appropriate for use as affordable housing and provides for the authority for the Real Estate Management Division to transfer the deeds to those properties. The Statute provides five ways in which the County may dispose of these properties, including the donation of the property to a non-profit housing organization for the construction of permanent affordable housing. The County additionally established the surplus lot...
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