May 30, 2023 OHA Board Meeting Minutes

The Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the City of Orlando, Florida (OHA) held a Special Board Meeting Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at 325 North Hillside Avenue, Orlando, FL 32803. The meeting was called to order by Chair Carson at 2:08 p.m. This was the seventh (7th) meeting for the 2023 fiscal year. The meeting lasted twenty-three (23) minutes.

I. PRESENT:
Ed Carson, Chair (4/3)
Vicki Brooks, Vice Chair (7/0)
Brunilda Alfaro (5/2)
John Crossman (5/2)
Nancy Peed (4/3)

ABSENT:
Brice Aikens, Esq. (4/3)
Stephen Smith (6/1)

II. PUBLIC APPEARANCES
None

III. RESOLUTIONS

CONSENT AGENDA
The Board of Commissioners acted upon the following consent agenda items through a single vote, which was moved by Vice Chair Brooks, seconded by Commissioner Alfaro, and carried that the Board adopt the Resolutions as introduced, read, and discussed.

A. RESOLUTION NO.: 3754
Approval and authorization to submit the amendment of the Orlando Housing Authority's Moving to Work Year 13 Plan covering the period April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024, which includes the addition of an application for a Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Planning Grant to include one or more of the following Public Housing sites: Lorna Doone Apartments and Lake Mann Homes to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

C. RESOLUTION NO.: 3756
Authorization to amend the Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy (ACOP) to comply with the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA) for Public Housing residents whose incomes exceed 80% of the area median income for twenty-four (24) consecutive months.

NON-CONSENT AGENDA
Commissioner Peed asked to pull Consent Agenda Items B and D for further discussion. Ms. Vivian Bryant, Esq., President/CEO of the Orlando Housing Authority, presented the Resolutions. After a thorough discussion, the Resolutions were approved. It was moved by Commissioner Peed, and seconded by Commissioner Alfaro.

B. RESOLUTION NO.: 3755
Authorizing the amendment of the Reasonable Accommodation Policies And Procedures for the Low Rent Public Housing (LRPH) Program Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy (ACOP).

D. RESOLUTION NO.: 3757
Authorizing the amendment of the Reasonable Accommodation Policies and Procedures for The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program Administrative Plan.

ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 2:31 p.m.