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A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to approve the proposed amendment to the Orange County Housing Bond Policy to amend the definition of eligible applicants to include for-profit organizations, but after the funds are expended, that projects funded under this new policy will be evaluated with respect to a) effectiveness of providing affordable housing and b) the degree, if any, the for-profit entities receive County funds and what profits they made as a result. Chair Jacobs asked about the timeframe for this recommendation. Commissioner Gordon said that it should be annually until funds are expended. VOTE: UNANIMOUS w. Annual Contributions to Outside Agencies: Target Funding Allocation and Application Evaluation Criteria The Board considered recommendations on establishing a target funding allocation for outside agencies for FY2008-09 and authorizing evaluation guidelines for applications to be received by the Human Services Advisory Commission. Commissioner Gordon said that the two questions in the evaluation criteria, "does the program funding provides benefits only to Orange County residents" and "does the program align with the County Commissioners' priorities for human services" should both be answered "yes." Assistant County Manager Gwen Harvey said that these two questions could be used as a prelude for the evaluation and as part of the screening process of the applications. Chair Jacobs said that some of those organizations such as Childcare Services and an animal rehabilitation serve more than one county and Orange County provides funding for these. He said that if the County gives them a certain amount of money, and that the priority is the program and who it serves and not so much the location. Commissioner Carey said that he was going to make the same point about multiple counties. He said that one of the objectives of helping these non-profit human service agencies is to help them improve services to the people they serve. He does not want to impose any additional overhead costs. He does not want to exclude organizations just because they serve people outside of Orange County. Chair Jacobs said that staff could probably word something that is satisfactory. This will be brought back as a policy. Commissioner Gordon said that programs funded with Orange County money should primarily benefit Orange County residents. She said that she would leave it to staff to get this point into the evaluation. A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Nelson to authorize implementation of the following proposals, beginning with the FY 2008-09 budget process: 1) Draft Evaluation Criteria for Outside Agency Funding Applications (with the understanding that Commissioner Gordon's concerns will be addressed) 2) Target Funding Amount for Outside Agency Funding to be 1.2% of the County's General Fund Budget for the upcoming FY 2008-09 fiscal year. Chair Jacobs asked Gwen Harvey to give the Board a list of agencies with multi- jurisdictional funding. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Contract Modifications: County Campus