On Wednesday, February 22nd, the Tallahassee City Commission will consider the approval for payment of $19,104 in traffic concurrency mitigation fees to support the conversion of a Motel 6 into affordable housing for low-income individuals. If approved, the City will use funds from the American Rescue Plan Act Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Relief Funds (ARPA) as payment for the fees.
The former Motel 6 located at 2738 North Monroe Street will be transformed into 105 studio apartment units, as proposed by the developer. The agenda item notes that the suggested rental rate meets the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) affordable rent limit for low-income individuals.
Although the project complies with the local zoning and land use regulations for the motel-to-residential conversion, it was deemed the project would significantly impact the existing roadway segment in the vicinity. Under current policy, the developer would be required to pay $40,156 in mitigation fees, based on the initial analysis of the project as a standard multifamily development. However, staff worked with the developer to certify the project as affordable, which prompted a lower mitigation fee of $19,104. Now, staff recommends the fees be waived using ARPA funds. The project will be able to seek a building permit after the concurrency mitigation fee is paid.
Previously, the City Commission approved ordinance 21-0-04, an amendment to the Tallahassee Land Development Code, which amended the definition of Dwelling Unit of hotel/motels conversions into residential. According to staff, conversion of former hotel/motels into single room occupancy or one-bedroom units provides additional housing inventory, particularly as it applies to “missing middle” housing which is a spectrum of housing between single-family housing and high-rise housing.
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I think it’s a good idea. Residents have to be working or have some income to qualify for the rent right? It’s on Taltran so people can get to employment and services around Tally. Sometimes all people need is a dry roof over their heads and and bathroom and shower facilities to move forward! Hope it works.
I think it’s a good idea. Residents have to be working or have some income to qualify for the rent right? It’s on Taltran so people can get to employment and services around Tally. Sometimes all people need is a dry rod over their heads and and bathroom and shower facilities to move forward! Hope it works.
The renovations for low income rental will get completed. But then HUD wont issue the vouchers needed for people to live there. And the developer will be able to say he tried and couldn’t rent, and then be able to raise rents and obtain regular renters.
I think this is a great idea and awesome opportunity for the homeless who do wish to get off the streets but haven’t had the means to. Nobody deserves to sleep outside nor does being homeless automatically make you a criminal. The bible tells us to pick our brothers up when they fall and if they ask to borrow 1 quarter, with a giving heart, give them two. I spent many nights on the streets, in these hotels(the Quality Inn on the Pkwy was closed due to radon, and is now non function and contains no wiring or plumbing on all 4 floors, it DOES need to be demolished) and In tents for 11 years on and off and I would rather see someone helped off the streets than to see another homeless friend die all alone outside. Y’all should be ashamed for being so selfish snd heartless.
The area is already a haven for drugs and prostitution. What could be better than adding free housing for the habitual drug user to the area?????
This should increase crime north along Monroe Street, destroy property values and make it more dangerous to shop at the Walmart across the street.
I am always glad to see Empty Buildings get repurposed instead of Land being cleared for a new Building. Why doesn’t the Big Bend Homelessness Coalition do the same? There is a Hotel on the Parkway that has been shut down for a few Years now and is an Eyesore.
Our Dailey gtifters gave $20 million to the FSU staduim for wealthy folks to rest their butts in comfort. Throwing a measly $19,104 towards housing for the low income to rest their heads seems is smart infill. So much better than a Ghazvini or Boulos project that lays permanent waste to a beautiful forest or wetland area. A cost benefit analysis would show the Motel 6 redevelopment is much less costly than the permanent loss of what little remaining natural areas we have at the hands of those clearcut loving developers.
The City of Tallahassee SHOULD NOT be in the housing business!!!!