Subject:
Title
Appointments, Re: Community Development Block Grant Citizens Advisory Committee
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Fiscal Impact:
Fiscal Year 2020/2021 - There will be no impact to the General Fund.
Dept/Office:
Housing and Human Services
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners appoint Trina Gilliam (Rockledge), Melissa Byron (Cocoa Beach), and Elizabeth Alward (Satellite Beach) to the Community Development Block Grant Citizens Advisory Committee.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
On December 17, 2019, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) created and established a citizens advisory committee to increase the identification and resolution of housing and urban problems, designated as the Brevard County Community Development Block Grant Citizens Advisory Committee (Committee) through the adoption of Resolution No. 19-248. The Committee membership includes seven individuals appointed by the Commissioner representing each of the designated Neighborhood Strategy Areas and eight members appointed by the Board, at-large, from unincorporated areas or partner municipalities (which have signed a Community Development Block Grant Interlocal Cooperation Agreement) of Brevard County to represent low-income residents. Of the eight appointees appointed at-large, four shall be residents of the partner municipalities.
The Housing and Human Services Department has reached out to the municipalities which have signed the CDBG Interlocal Cooperation Agreement and three of them (waiting for responses from 4 other cities) responded by identifying the following individuals to represent their respective cities on the Committee:
1) Trina Gilliam (non-resident), Planner - City of Rockledge
2) Melissa Byron (resident), Director of Marketing and Public Relations - City of Cocoa Beach
3) Elizabeth Alward (resident), Assistant City Manager - City of Satellite Beach
The Board can choose to accept these recommendations, reject them and request ...
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