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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda - 01-22-2015 - 5a 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date:January 22, 2015 Action Agenda Item No.5-a SUBJECT: CDBG Program –Scattered Site Housing RehabilitationProgram DEPARTMENT:PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)Yes Housing, Human Rights, and Community Development ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATION CONTACT: Application SummaryJames E. Davis, Jr.,(919) 245-2488 PURPOSE: To conduct a public hearing to receive publiccomments prior to official close-out of the County’s FY 2010 Community Development (CDBG) Scattered Site Housing Rehabilitation Program. BACKGROUND: In February 2011Orange Countywas officially awarded a $400,000 Community Development Block (CDBG) Grant from the N.C. Department of Commerce for a Scattered Site Housing Rehabilitation Program. Funds from this grant were intended to be used to repair eight (8) deteriorated housing units in the County. All CDBG activities have now been completed and seven (7) homes were substantially rehabilitated. A summary of the program beneficiaries is attached to this abstract. A public hearing was conducted on December 2, 2013 to receive publiccomments and the grant was “closed out”.However, the notice for the hearing was void of the N.C. Department of Commerce’s mandatory Spanish-language notification designed to ensure that the Spanish- speakingLEP community was properly informed. In order to complete the official grant close- out process, the N.C. Department of Commerce is requiringthat another notice including the referenced Spanish information be published and an additionalpublic hearing occur.Proper notice for this public hearing has been published. FINANCIAL IMPACT: This grant provided $400,000 in this community for the repair of seven (7) homes. The total hard cost for the completion of the housing rehabilitation was $311,257 plus $40,000 administrative costs for a total of $351,257. The remaining $48,743 was associated with one of the selected housesthat was determined to be too deteriorated for repair. Thus, $48,743 wasretained by the State Community Development Program. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board conduct the public hearing to receive public comments prior to official close-out of the County’s FY 2010 Community Development (CDBG) Scattered Site Housing Rehabilitation Program, and then close the public hearing.