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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 09-05-2017 - 5-a - Community Development Block Grant – Economic Development Public Hearing 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 5, 2017 Action Agenda Item No. 5-a SUBJECT: Community Development Block Grant — Economic Development Public Hearing DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1. Public Hearing Notice Ashley Moncado, Planner II, 919-245-2589 2. Closeout Documents Craig Benedict, Director, 919-245-2575 PURPOSE: To receive comments from the public regarding the Community Development Block Grant — Economic Development (CDBG-ED) #13-E-2606 (Morinaga America Foods, Inc.) and authorize the Chair to sign the required grant closeout documents on behalf of the Board. BACKGROUND: In 2013, Orange County received a CDBG-ED award from the State of North Carolina for infrastructure improvements related to the construction of the Morinaga America Foods, Inc. The construction of the infrastructure supporting Morinaga America Foods, Inc.'s facility is complete. The project provided critical infrastructure improvements that allowed Morinaga America Foods, Inc. to build and staff a U.S. production facility in Orange County. The improvements consisted of 3,700 linear feet of 12-inch water line and 1,500 linear feet of 8 to 10 inch sewer line that was constructed to the site. Orange County was awarded $750,000 from CDBG for construction, and the County provided the match of $250,000 for engineering design work and grant administration related to the project. The construction project came in under budget at $716,903.08, which equals the total amount of CDBG-ED funds utilized for this project. Actual Orange County funds for this project total $232,995. Morinaga has documented the creation of at least 91 jobs during the first three years of operation, of which 72% are low and moderate income individuals, which exceeds the program goal of at least 60%. Morinaga America Foods, Inc. is a Living Wage Certified Employer. As a result of Morinaga America Foods, Inc. meeting the required hiring goal of at least 90 hires, the County has begun the grant closeout process. This process requires a public hearing to receive comments from the public regarding the Community Development Block Grant — Economic Development #13-E-2606 (Morinaga America Foods, Inc.). Attachment 1 includes the public hearing notice published in The Herald Sun and News of Orange on August 23, 2017. The required closeout documents are contained in Attachment 2. Recently, Orange County received praise from the North Carolina Department of Commerce regarding the County's initial application and grant administration efforts throughout this process. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact regarding this item. SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to this agenda item: 2 • GOAL: ENSURE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY The creation and preservation of infrastructure, policies, programs and funding necessary for residents to provide shelter, food, clothing and medical care for themselves and their dependents RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: 1. Open the public hearing and receive comments from the public; 2. Close the public hearing; and 3. Authorize the Chair to sign the required closeout documents on behalf of the Board. 3 Attachment 1 ®� �ge : ors,'` • 17 —' 52 ryolib Caro``�a PUBLIC HEARING Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. Whitted Meeting Room 300 W. Tryon St. Hillsborough, NC 27278 Orange County: Morinaga America Foods, Inc. Infrastructure Project CDBG-ED Closeout Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that Orange County will hold a public hearing on September 5, 2017 at 7 p.m. at the Whitted Meeting Room, 300 W. Tryon St, Hillsborough. The purpose of this hearing is to review the budget and activities that have been accomplished through the CDBG Economic Development program, 2013 CDBG-ED#13-E-2606. The activities are complete and the County is in the process of closing out the grant. The construction of the infrastructure supporting Morinaga America Foods, Inc.'s facility is complete. The project provided critical infrastructure improvements that allowed Morinaga America Foods, Inc. to build and staff a U.S. production facility in Orange County, North Carolina. The improvements consisted of 3,700 linear feet of 12-inch water line and 1,500 linear feet of 8 to 10 inch sewer line that was constructed to the site. Orange County was awarded $750,000 from CDBG and the County provided the match of$250,000. The project came in under budget and the exact amount reimbursed by CDBG-ED was $716,903.08. Morinaga has documented the creation of at least 91 jobs during the first three years of operation, of which 72% are low and moderate income individuals, which exceeds the program goal of at least 60%. Citizens will also be given the opportunity to provide oral and written comment on Orange County's use of CDBG-ED funds. All interested citizens are encouraged to attend. For additional information or to submit written comments, send to Craig Benedict, Director, Planning & Inspections Department 919-245-2575, P.O. Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278. Comments should be postmarked by September 1, 2017. If you plan to attend and require special accommodations because of a disability or physical impairment, please contact the Orange County ADA Coordinator at (919)245-2300 or TDD#644-3045 by September 1, 2017 prior to the hearing. This information is available in Spanish or any other language upon request. Please contact the Orange County ADA Coordinator at(919)245-2300 or TDD#644-3045 for accommodations for this request. Esta informacion esta disponible en espanol o en cualquier otro idioma bajo peticion. Por favor, pongase en contacto con el Coordinado de ADA del Condado de Orange al (919)245-2300 o al TDD#644-3045 para el alojamiento para esta solicitud. Attachment 2 4 Data entry page %`/ COMMERCE FINANCE CENTER CDBG Closeout Forms Grantee Orange County Grantee Address 131 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC 27278 Grant Number #13-E-2606 Project Name Morinaga America Foods Water/Sewer Project 1st Project Number E-1 2nd Project Number 3rd Project Number Period September, 2017 Authorized Representative Name Mark Dorosin Title Chair, Board of County Commissioners Preparer of Information Name Alice Briggs, Grant Administrator Address 34 Orange Street, Suite 2, Asheville, NC 28801 Telephone Number 828-232-6153 Property acquired with CDBG funds? [] Yes ® No Page 1 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION 5 1. Grantee: Orange County 2. Grant Number: #13-E-2606 3. Project Name: 131 West Margaret Lane,Hillsborough,NC 2727 4. Project Number: E-1 5. Final Statement of Costs To Be Completed by To Be Completed by Recipient RD Paid Costs Unpaid Costs Total Costs Approved Program Activity Categories (Col.b+c) Total Costs (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) a. Acquisition b. Disposition c. Public facilities and improvements (1) Senior and handicapped centers (2) Parks,playgrounds and recreation facilities (3) Neighborhood facilities (4) Solid waste disposal facilities (5) Fire protection facilities and equipment (6) Parking facilities (7) Public utilities,other than water and sewer (8) Water and sewer improvements (9) Street improvements (10) Flood and drainage improvements (11) Pedestrian improvements (12) Other public facilities (13) Sewer improvements 277532.14 277532.14 (14) Water improvements 439370.94 439370.94 d. Clearance activities e. Public services f. Relocation assistance g. Construction,rehab.and preservation activities (1) Construction or rehab.of com.&indust.bldgs. (2) Rehabilitation of privately owned buildings (3) Rehabilitation of publicly owned buildings (4) Code enforcement (5) Historic preservation h. Development financing (1) Working capital (2) Machinery and equipment i. Removal of architectural barriers J. Other activities k. Subtotal $ 716,903.08 716903.08 1. Planning m. Administration n. Total $ 716,903.08 716903.08 o. Less: Program Income Applied to Program Costs p. Equal: Grant Amount Applied to Program Costs $ 716,903.08 716903.08 6. Computation of Grant Balance To Be To Be Completed By Completed By Description Recipient RD (a) Amount Approved Amount (b) (c) (1) Grant Amount Applied To Program Costs(From Line p) $ 716,903.08 (2) Estimated Amount For Unsettled Third-Party Claims $ - (3) Subtotal $ 716,903.08 (4) Grant Amount Per Grant Agreement $ 750,000.00 (5) Unutilized Grant To Be Canceled(Line 4 Minus Line 3) $ 33,096.92 (6) Grant Funds Received $ 716,903.08 (7) Balance of Grant Payable(Line 3 Minus Line 6)* zero * If Line 6 exceeds Line 3,enter the amount of the excess on Line 7 as a negative amount. This amount shall be repaid to DOC by check, unless DOC has previously approved use of these funds. 7. Program Income a) Amount of existing program income: zero b) Amount of anticipated program income: zero 6 c) If program income exists or is anticipated,describe the proposed application(s): 8. Unpaid Costs and Unsettled Third Party Claims Are there any unpaid costs or unsettled third party claims against the recipient's grant. Type"yes"or"no" no If yes,describe the circumstances and amounts involved. N/A 9. Remarks(For DOC Use Only) 10- Certification of Recipient It is hereby certified that all activities undertaken by the Recipient with funds provided under the grant agreement identified on page 1 hereof, have,to the best of my knowledge,been carried out in accordance with the grant agreement;that proper provisions have been made by the Recipient for the payment of all unpaid costs and unsettled third party claims identified on page 1 hereof;that the State of North Carolina is under no obligation to make any further payment to the Recipient under the grant agreement in excess of the amount identified on Line 7 hereof; and that every other statement and amount set forth in this instrument is,to the best of my knowledge,true and correct as of this date. Date Typed Name and Title of Recipient's Signature of Recipient's Authorized Representative Authorized Representative Mark Dorosin (Name) Chair,Board of County Commissioners (Title) 11. DOC Approval This Certification of Completion is hereby approved. Therefore,I authorize cancellation of the unutilized contract commitment and related funds reservation and obligation of $ 33,096.92 ,less$ 0 previously authorized for cancellation(from Section 6,line 6,page 1). Date Typed Name and Title of DOC Signature of DOC's Authorized Representative Authorized Representative Iris Payne Acting Director,CDBG Programs 7 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE COMMERCE FINANCE CENTER (CFC) SMALL CITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM CLOSEOUT PERFORMANCE REPORT Grantee Name: Orange County Grant Number: #13-E-2606 Grantee Address: 131 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC 27278 1. Citizens' Written Comments. (Attach the following three items unless each item was previously submitted to CFC, in which case they may be incorporated by reference.) a. A copy of each written citizen comment, which was received during the reporting period on the grantee's community development performance under this grant; b. The grantee's assessment of the comment; and c. A description of any action taken or to be taken in response to the comment as required by 4 NCAC 19L .1002. 2. The grantee's authorized official representative must certify the following: a. To the best of his/her knowledge and belief, data in this report is true and correct; b. The records described in 4 NCAC 19L .0911 are being maintained and will be made available upon request; and c. In accordance with Section 101(c)(9) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, the assistance made available under this CDBG grant is not substantially reducing, below the level of support prior to start-up of the CDBG grant reported here, the amount of local financial support for community development activities. 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Officials and Managers — Occupants requiring administrative personnel who set broad policies, exercise overall responsibility of execution of these policies and individual departments or special phases of a firm's operations. This includes: Officials, Executives, middle management, plant managers and superintendents, salaried supervisors who are members of management, purchasing agents and buyers and kindred workers. 2. Professional — Occupants requiring either college graduation or experience of such kind and amount as to provide a comparable background includes: accountants and auditors, airplane pilots and navigators, architects, artists, chemists, designers, dietitians, editors, engineers, lawyers, librarians, mathematicians, natural scientists, registered professional nurses, professional and labor relations workers,physical scientists,physicians, social scientists, teachers and kindred workers. 3. Technicians— Occupants requiring a combination of basic scientific knowledge and manual skill which can be obtained through about 2 years of post-high school education such as is offered in many technical institutions and junior colleges or through equivalent on the job training. This includes: computer programmers and operators, drafters, engineering aides, junior engineers, mathematic aides, licensed practical or vocational nurses, photographers, radio operators, scientific assistants, surveyors, technical illustrators, technicians (medical, dental, electronic physical science) and kindred workers. 4. Sales — Occupants engaging wholly or primarily in direct selling. This includes: advertising agenda and sales workers, insurance agents and brokers, real estate agents and brokers, sales workers, demonstrators and retail sales workers and sales clerks, grocery clerks and cashiers and kindred workers. 5. Office and Clerical — Includes all clerical-type work regardless of level of difficulty, where the activities are predominantly non-manual though some manual work not directly involved with altering or transporting the products is included. This includes: bookkeepers, cashiers, collectors (bills and accounts), messengers and office helpers, office machine operators, shipping and receiving clerks, stenographers, typists and secretaries, telegraph and telephone operators and kindred workers. 6. Craft Worker (skilled) — Manual workers of relatively high level having a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the processes involved in their work. Exercise considerable independent judgment and usually receive an extensive period of training. This includes: the building trades, hourly paid supervisors and lead operators (who are not members of management), mechanic and repairers, skilled machining occupations, compositors and typesetters, electricians, engravers, job setters (metal), motion picture projectionists, pattern and model makers, stationary engineers, tailors and kindred workers. Page 9 13 Job Category Definitions 7. Operatives (semi-skilled)— Workers who operate machines or other equipment or perform other factory-type duties of intermediate skill level which can be mastered in a few weeks and require only limited training. This includes: apprentices (auto mechanics, plumbers, electricians, machinists, mechanics, building trades, metal working trades, printing trades, etc.), operatives, attendants (auto service and parking) plasters, chauffeurs, delivery workers, dress makers and sewers (except factory), dryer's furnaces workers, heaters (metal), laundry and dry cleaning, operatives, milliners, mine operatives and laborers, motor operators, pliers and greasers (except auto), painters (except construction and maintenance), photographic process workers, boiler tenders, truck and tractor drives, weavers (textile), welders and flame metals workers and kindred workers. 8. Laborers (unskilled) — Workers in manual occupations which generally require no special training perform elementary duties that may be learned in a few days and require the application of little or no independent judgment. This includes: garage laborers, car washers and greasers, gardeners (except farm) and groundskeepers, stevedores, wood choppers, laborers performing lifting, digging, mixing, loading and pulling operations and kindred workers. 9. Service workers — Workers in both protective and non-protective service occupations. This includes: attendants (hospital and other institutions, professional and personal service, including nurses aides and orderlies), barbers, chairworkers and cleaners, cooks (except household), counter and fountain workers, elevator operators, firefighters and fire protection guards, door keepers, stewards, janitors, police officers and detectives, porters, waiters and waitresses and kindred workers. Definitions are provided by the Economic Development Administration Page 10