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Aye: Dalrymple, Del Palazzo, Knecht, Reives, Sharpe, Smith No: None Absent: Dodson The Chair ruled the motion had carried unanimously. C. Trianale J COG Housina Study Presentation Karen Kennedy, with the City of Sanford and the S3 Housing Connect committee, introduced Erika Brown with Triangle J COG who worked on a housing study for the City of Sanford/County of Lee. Ms. Brown presented a PowerPoint presentation of their findings to the Board. Triangle J COG is a 43 member governmental organization that provides regional planning expertise and houses the Area Agency on Aging. Ms. Brown talked about the goal of the study and the key trends and opportunity sites it identified. She explained that a housing study is one that shows the socio -demographic data and housing needs that exist within a community. The key trends that they found as part of the study, included a diverse population growth, a rapid growth, and that different types of people need different types of available housing. One in three households are paying more than 30% of their income toward housing. There are also a lot of housing mismatches and significant deferred maintenance needs. Primarily what exists in Lee County are single-family homes and mobile homes. There are few rental units affordable at 30% AMI or less. Another portion of the report was to create opportunity sites analysis. They conducted a parcel level GIS analysis to identify parcels that may be suitable for affordable housing developments. They were thinking about it from the City ownership's perspective that the City could work together with developers to get grants and tax credits. They also looked at infill developments, less than 4 acres, and looked at only publicly owned sites. She then went through twelve potential policy driven, program/partnership driven, and funding driven strategies that the community can consider as it looks at affordable housing. No action taken. At 7:52 p.m. the Chair called for a six minute recess. D. Recommendation by LCTC on Rankina of Transportation Proiects to Submit to TARPO Removed from the Agenda. E. Uodate from Sanford Area Growth Alliance CEO of SAGA, Michael Smith, provided an over of SAGA's plan of work. Mr. Smith provided an update on their activities over the past four months. He stated they have traveled regionally to build site consultant relationships and worked with Regional Partnerships. SAGA is using paid media and communication with stakeholders and trying not to overwhelm the Commissioners with emails, but is trying to keep them updated. The area's manufacturing strength continues to be a draw, while life -science projects have increased. Food and beverage projects are also seeing an increase. In area of education and workforce, SAGA works with public and private schools, CCCC, and several private staffing agencies. Their labor force is half a million people. They continue to advocate for quality of life programs for the county, and their residential task force has been meeting and hope to have an announcement soon. The shell building is generating a tremendous amount of activity, including visits by several potential tenants for the building. SAGA held 21 events in 4 months, not including neighborhood groups and church meetings. He thanked the Board for their cooperation. He has been given additional 417