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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 05-21-1997 - 5b a 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. rj Zj ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 21, 1997 SUBJECT: Consolidated Housing Plan Annual Update/1997 HOME Program Design DEPARTMENT: Housing and Community Development PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Annual Update(under separate cover) Tara L. Fikes Resolution TELEPHONE NUMBERS: -- eat. 2490 Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 PURPOSE: To adopt a resolution approving the Consolidated Housing Plan Annual Update and approve the proposed HOME Program Activities for 1997-98. BACKGROUND: In 1995, a Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development Programs in Orange County was developed and approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This document details the housing needs of very low, low income and moderate income families and special population groups in addition to outlining the strategies and plans for addressing those needs. The Consolidated Plan is required for all communities receiving HOME funds(Orange County) and CDBG entitlement funds (Chapel Hill). Each year, local communities are required to submit an Annual Update to the Consolidated Plan by May 15, 1997. County staff has asked for an extension of the submission date to May 22, 1997. This Update includes the 1997-98 Community Development Plan for the Town of Chapel Hill and the 1997-98 HOME Program Action Plan for the Orange County HOME Consortium. Public hearings were held by the Chapel Hill Town Council on January 29 and by the BOCC on March 5, 1997 to receive citizen comments regarding the Update prior to development. The Update has now been developed and the established comment period is April 1 - 30, 1997. In order to inform the general public of this opportunity and encourage participation, a Notice of Public Comment was placed in the Chapel Hill Herald. A copy of the plan was included under separate cover with the May 5 BOCC Agenda. Further, in accordance with the Orange County HOME Consortium Agreement approved in June 1996, as amended, the HOME Program Design for each year must be approved by all jurisdictions prior to submission to HUD. This document has been approved by Carrboro(May 6), Chapel Hill (April 28) and Hillsborough(May 12). 2 RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends 1) adopting the resolution approving the 1997 Consolidated Plan Annual Update; and 2) approving the proposed HOME Program activities for 1997-98. J 3 t RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE 1997-98 HOME PROGRAM DESIGN BE IT RESOLVED, by the Orange County Board of Commissioners, that the Commissioners as a member of the Orange County HOME Consortium approve the following activities for the 1997-98 HOME Program. Site Improvements Funds would be allocated to Habitat for Humanity, Orange County for site improvements for one (1) lot in Culbreth Park and five (5) lots in the Efland community to be developed for low income homebuyers. $60,000 Emergency Housing Repair Program Funds would be available for small emergency repair projects (i.e. leaking roofs) for housing occupied by low income elderly families. $50,000 Neighborhood Revitalization Homeownership Revolving Loan Fund Funds would be used to capitalize a Neighborhood Revitalization Loan Fund to purchase and rehabilitate housing in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area for resale to very low to low income families. $60,000 Acquisition Funds would be used to assist the Orange-Person-Chatham Mental Health Association with the purchase and necessary renovation of dwellings for rental occupancy by severely and persistently mentally ill Orange County residents. $40,000 Housing Rehabilitation Funds would provide deferred loans to rehabilitate low income owner-occupied and rental housing units. Homeowners with less than 60% of median income would be eligible for these loans. $131,100 Program Administration $37,900 TOTAL PROGRAM FUNDS $379,000 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Manager is hereby designated as the authorized representative of the County to act in connection with the submission of this revision and to provide such additional information as may be required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. This the 21 st day of May 1997.