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Orange County Consolidated Plan for 1995-2000 Annual Update 1999-2000 Summary BACKGROUND In an effort to streamline several programs, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development now requires all jurisdictions that receive federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, federal HOME Program funds, Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) and grants for Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) to submit a Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development Programs. The Town of Chapel Hill. receives federal Community Development Block Grant funding each year and the Orange County HOME Consortium receives HOME funding each year. Since the Town of Chapel Hill is a member of the Orange County HOME Consortium, the County is permitted to submit one plan that details the housing needs and activities of the entire County including Chapel Hill. The Consolidated Plan not only serves as an application for each of the four programs, but also seeks to further the statutory goals of these programs through a collaborative process whereby a community establishes a unified vision of housing and community development acf~ns to address identified housing needs. The Orange County HOME Consortium submitted the 1995- 2000 Consolidated Plan to HUD on May 16, 1995 that was approved in July 1995. Each year, the Consortium is required to submit an annual update to the 1995 - 2000 Consolidated Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by May 15th. The last Annual Update was submitted to HUD on or about May 15, 1998. Prior to beginning to developing the 1999-2000 Annual Update, public hearings were held to hear citizen comments regarding housing and community development needs and proposed activities which should be included in the Plan. A public hearing was held by the Chapel Hill Town Council on January 27, 1999 and April 6, 1999 to receive citizen comments regarding housing needs and the proposed use of $434,000 in CDBG funds Chapel Hill will receive in the 1998-99 fiscal year, as well as $96,000 in program income, and $437,000 that the Orange County HOME Consortium will receive in the 1999-2000 fiscal year and $20,000 in HOME program income during this fiscal year. The Orange County Board of County Commissioners held a public hearing on March 3, 1999 regarding housing needs and the proposed use of $437,000 in HOME funds the County HOME Gonsortium will receive in the 1999-2000 fiscal year. After the Orange County hearing, a staff working group developed the draft Annual Update document. Once the draft was completed, citizens were allowed to review the document and provide comments to local staff during the official public comment period of April 14, 1999 to May 14, 1999. Each jurisdiction approved the Update prior to submission to HUD.