Notice of Meeting/Workshop Hearing

FLORIDA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION
Departmental
The Florida Housing Finance Corporation announces a hearing to which all persons are invited.
DATE AND TIME: October 5, 2006, 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: To conduct a TEFRA hearing concerning the potential future issuance of refunding bonds by Florida Housing to refinance the following multifamily residential rental development in the aggregate face amount, not to exceed the amount listed below:
Sterling Palms, a 248-unit multifamily residential rental development located at 1919 Sterling Palms Court, Brandon, Hillsborough County, Florida 33511. The owner and operator of the development is JSP Sterling LLC, c/o Jackson Square Properties, 500 Washington Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, California 94111, or such successor in interest in which Rohnert Civic, LLC, or an affiliate thereof, is a managing member, general partner and/or controlling stockholder. The manager of the development is Stonemark Management, LLC, 1300 Parkwood Circle, Suite 400, Atlanta, Georgia 30339. The total tax-exempt bond amount is not to exceed $14,170,000.
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 5:00pm (Tallahassee local time), October 4, 2006, 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.
A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Wayne Conner, Deputy Development Officer, Florida Housing Finance Corporation, (850)488-4197
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, Deputy Development Officer, Florida Housing Finance Corporation, (850)488-4197. 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.