Granting a Petition for Waiver or Variance. NAME OF PETITIONER: Town of Horseshoe Beach, Florida. DATE PETITION WAS FILED: June 30, 2008. RULE NUMBER AND NATURE OF THE RULE FROM WHICH THE WAIVER OR VARIANCE IS SOUGHT: That portion of Rule 9B-...

 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Division of Housing and Community Development

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
9B-43.005: Application Criteria

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT on August 1, 2008, the Department of Community Affairs has issued an order.

Granting a Petition for Waiver or Variance.

NAME OF PETITIONER: Town of Horseshoe Beach, Florida.
DATE PETITION WAS FILED: June 30, 2008.

RULE NUMBER AND NATURE OF THE RULE FROM WHICH THE WAIVER OR VARIANCE IS SOUGHT: That portion of paragraph 9B-43.005(8)(a), Florida Administrative Code, which requires that any procurement which must be publicly noticed allow at least 12 days for receipt of the bids or proposals. This was a regular request – not temporary or emergency in nature.

REFERENCE TO THE PLACE AND DATE OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE OF PETITION: F.A.W., July 18, 2008, Vol. 34, No. 29.

THE DATE THE SECRETARY APPROVED THE VARIANCE OR WAIVER: July 31, 2008.

THE GENERAL BASIS FOR THE DECISION: The Department concludes that the petitioner’s practices have achieved the underlying statutory purpose for the Rule, and that the procurement was conducted with full and open competition, consistent with the standards of 24 CFR §85.36.

A copy of the Order may be obtained by contacting: Paula P. Ford, Agency Clerk, Department of Community Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100.