Notice is hereby given that the 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 ...

FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.
DATE AND TIME: June 15, 2010, 10:00 a.m. (Tallahassee Local Time)
PLACE: The Offices of Florida Housing Finance Corporation, 227 North Bronough Street, Suite 5000, Tallahassee, Florida 32301
GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Notice is hereby given that the 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 provide additional financing for the acquisition, construction or rehabilitation of the following multifamily residential rental development in the aggregate face amount, not to exceed the amount listed below:
Colonial Lakes Apartments, a 132-unit multifamily residential rental development located on or about the Southwest corner of the intersection of Lake Worth Road and Westview Street, Greenacres, Palm Beach County, Florida. The owner and operator of the development is Colonial Lakes Apartments, Ltd., 340 Pemberwick Road, Greenwich, Connecticut 06831 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 Richman Property Services, Inc., 340 Pemberwick Road, Greenwich, Connecticut 06831. The tax-exempt bond amount is not to exceed $11,000,000.
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), June 14, 2010, and should be addressed to the Attention: Len Stirrat, Multifamily Bond Administrator. 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.
A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Len Stirrat at [phone].
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: Len Stirrate 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).
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.