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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 17, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. g- h <br />SUBJECT: Impact Fee Reimbursements <br />DEPARTMENT: Housing/Comm. Development PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Tara L. Fikes, ext 2490 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: <br />To approve the impact fee reimbursement requests from Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, NC, <br />Inc. in the amount of $9,750 and EmPOWERment, Inc. for $6,000 for newly constructed owner- <br />occupied housing. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />On November 1, 1995, the BOCC approved a policy for impact reimbursement to local non-profit <br />organizations meeting the established eligibility criteria. This policy was last revised on March 4, 1998. <br />The policy requires the following: <br />1. Housing must be developed for first-time homebuyers with incomes at or below SO% of HUD <br />published median income for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA; <br />2. Affordable. housing is defined asowner-occupied housing which can be purchased for no more <br />than 2.5 times annual family income; and <br />3. The non-profit organization must certify in writing that, for owner-occupied housing, it will <br />remain affordable to the anticipated beneficiary or beneficiaries for a period of a minimum of <br />twenty (20) years or longer if required by HUD policy. <br />The County has received reimbursement requests from Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, NC, <br />Inc. and EmPOWERment, Incorporated. These requests have been reviewed for eligibility according to <br />the approved BOCC policy and have been determined eligible for reimbursement. <br />Specifically, Habitat for Humanity is asking for $9,750 in impact fees paid for the following newly <br />constructed houses: <br />