Florida Housing Finance Corporation (“Florida Housing”) will conduct a public hearing in accordance with the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (“TEFRA”) to which all interested persons are invited. To conduct a TEFRA hearing ...

 

FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation announces a hearing to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME: May 31, 2007, 10:00 a.m. (Tallahassee local time)

PLACE: Florida Housing Finance Corporation, 227 North Bronough Street, Suite 5000, Tallahassee, Florida 32301

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Florida Housing Finance Corporation (“Florida Housing”) will conduct a public hearing in accordance with the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (“TEFRA”) to which all interested persons are invited.

To conduct a TEFRA hearing concerning the potential future issuance of tax-exempt bonds by Florida Housing to finance the acquisition and construction of the following multifamily residential rental development in the aggregate face amount, not to exceed the amount listed below:

Bennett Creek Apartments, a 264-unit multifamily residential rental development located 500 feet south of Bowden Road, 1,100 feet east of Salisbury Road, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL 32216. The prospective owner and operator of the proposed development is Bowden Road Housing, Ltd., 580 Village Blvd., Ste. 360, West Palm Beach, FL 33409, or such successor in interest in which The Richman Group of Florida, Inc., or an affiliate thereof, is a managing member, general partner and/or controlling stockholder. The prospective manager of the proposed development is WRMC, Inc., 340 Pemberwick Road, Greenwich, CT 06831. The total tax-exempt bond amount is not to exceed $33,000,000.

All interested parties may present oral comments at the public TEFRA hearing or submit written comments regarding the potential bond issuance for the development being financed. Written comments should be received by Florida Housing by 5:00 p.m. (Tallahassee local time), May 30, 2007, and should be addressed to the attention of Wayne Conner, Deputy Development Officer. Any persons desiring to present oral comments should appear at the hearing.

If requested in writing, a fact-finding hearing will be held in the county where the property is located. When possible, the local hearing will be held before the formal TEFRA hearing and comments received at the local hearing will be placed on record at the TEFRA hearing.

If any person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, he/she will need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence from which the appeal is to be issued.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting Wayne Conner at [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).