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Construction Standards Committee that this committee will look very closely at environmental issues in these standards. A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to adopt the Elementary School #9 Construction Capital Project Ordinance, which is incorporated herein by reference. VOTE: UNANIMOUS b. Heritage Hills Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Completion Options The Board was asked to provide feedback to staff on options for the disposition of two lots and houses acquired by Orange County under the federal- and state-funded Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. Rod Visser said that about 2 %2 years ago Orange County suffered some damage resulting from Hurricane Dennis and Hurricane Floyd. In the Heritage Hills subdivision there was flash flooding and several homes sustained extensive damage. Shortly after, the residents in the subdivision came to the Board and asked for any help that the County could provide. The staff has made significant progress in helping out two homeowners that applied for hazard mitigation grant funds. The County now owns those properties and the families have relocated. The County needs to make decisions about how to proceed with restoring the lots, which was one of the requirements in accepting the grant funding. The options include (1) removal and relocation of the houses, (2) deconstruction, (3) donation to an entity willing to remove the homes at no cost to the County, and (4) demolition. If they were to move one of the houses to the Little River Park location it would cost $83,000. If the other one were moved to a vacant lot in Pine Knolls, it would cost $88,000. Federal and State funds of approximately $30,000 were included in the approved grant to the County to pay for the demolition option. If the demolition option were used, the estimated cost is $25,000 and if they were deconstructed, the estimated cost is $35,000. He is asking for feedback from the County Commissioners on these options. Commissioner Gordon asked about trying to compare the cost of moving one of the houses to how much it would cost to construct a caretaker's house at Little River Park. Public Works Director Wilbert McAdoo said that if the same house (1895 square feet) were built at Little River Park, it would cost $145,000. If it were built new at Pine Knolls the cost would be $94,000. If the house was moved it would be $88,000 minus $11,000 which would be paid by federal funds for deconstructing the portion of the house that cannot be moved and for clearing the lot. He said that with both properties they would be able to get approximately $11,000 for each one from the federal funds for deconstructing the portion of the house that cannot be moved and for clearing the lot. Commissioner Gordon would like both of the homes to be permanently affordable. For example, they could be given to the Land Trust. Commissioner Brown said that she supports moving one house to Little River Park and using the other house for affordable housing in Pine Knolls. Commissioner Carey agreed with Commissioner Brown. He supports contributing to the affordable housing stock and contributing to a direct County need. Commissioner Halkiotis said that the concept of deconstruction has not yet arrived in Washington and Raleigh, but Orange County carries with it the award achieved by our state organization of the ultimate recycling -deconstruction. He spoke about a meeting that he, the Chair, and the Manager had with the Congressman, urging him to take this idea to Washington and to Raleigh. Commissioner Halkiotis agrees with Commissioner Brown that this is an opportunity to do something at Little River Park and also at Pine Knolls. Chair Jacobs asked if any of the money from the park development grant could be used to move the house to Little River Park. Rich Shaw said that the grant money from the Land and Water Conservation Fund did allocate $10,000 for relocating a house to Little River Park. Chair Jacobs said that he feels that we should see if we can apply some of the money for developing Little River Park for rehab, moving, or setting up a foundation in order to bring the cost down further. Commissioner Gordon verified that the existing building at Little River Park was dilapidated.