Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: May 16, 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 Multi-Family Affordable Housing Developer's Agreement for Impact Fee Exemption (Catchlight Crossing Phase 1) by and among Orange County, Florida, WHFT Affordable II, Ltd., and The School Board of Orange County, Florida in the amount of $2,805,796.90. District 6. (Housing and Community Development Division)
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PROJECT: Multi-Family Affordable Housing Developer's Agreement For Impact Fee Exemption (Catchlight Crossing Phase 1)
PURPOSE: WHFT Affordable II, Ltd., a Florida limited partnership submitted a request for impact fee exemptions for Catchlight Crossings under Orange County Ordinance Nos. 2021-28, 2021-29, 2023-01, 2023-02, and 2023-03, which provide the opportunity for exemption from the payment of impact fees for school, transportation, fire rescue, law enforcement, and parks and recreation, respectively, for certain affordable housing projects in accordance with Section 163.31801, Florida Statutes. The Catchlight Crossings multi-family development will be located at Destination Parkway in Orlando and will consist of 300 units, which will be rented to low-income households whose average household income does not exceed 60 percent of the area median income and shall remain affordable for a period of 30 years. The County supports the exemption of all or a portion of County Impact Fees for the purpose of providing affordable rental units for low to extremely low-income Orange County residents. The County desires to provide the impact fee exemptions in the amount of $2,805,796.90 for units that are defined as affordable. The agreement provides the terms and conditions and ensures long-ter...
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