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4 <br /> B. COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY STRATEGY <br /> Tara Fikes, Housing and Community Development Director, gave <br /> an overview of a plan to develop a Comprehensive Housing Affordability <br /> Strategy for Orange County along with the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro <br /> and Hillsborough. She explained that the new National Affordable <br /> Housing Act of 1990 replaces many of the old HUD housing assistance <br /> programs and provides new opportunities for local governments to provide <br /> housing assistance to their low/moderate income residents. In order to <br /> participate, a Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy which <br /> assesses housing needs in a jurisdiction and outlines future <br /> plans/strategies to address these identified needs must be developed. <br /> Housing staff from Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough <br /> has begun developing a Consolidated Comprehensive Housing Affordability <br /> Strategy which would address the entire County. They expect to have a <br /> draft plan available for public comment by September 15, 1991. <br /> Various questions from the members of the Board were answered <br /> by Tara Fikes. The report was received by the Board as information. <br /> VIII. ITEMS FOR DECISION - REGULAR AGENDA <br /> A. TRIANGLE TRANSIT AUTHORITY VEHICLE TAX <br /> Motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by <br /> Commissioner Insko to adopt the resolution as stated below approving <br /> the levying of a $5 vehicle registration tax. <br /> A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION WHEREBY, DURHAM, ORANGE AND WAKE COUNTIES <br /> APPROVE THE LEVY OF A VEHICLE REGISTRATION TAX BY THE RESEARCH <br /> TRIANGLE REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY <br /> WHEREAS, on December 1, 1989, the Research Triangle Regional Public <br /> Transportation Authority was chartered pursuant to General Statute 160A- <br /> 602 after concurrent resolution by Durham, Orange, and Wake Counties; <br /> and, <br /> WHEREAS, on July 13, 1991, the General Assembly of North Carolina <br /> ratified and enacted House Bill 80 as Chapter 666, which shall be known <br /> and may be cited as "an Act to Authorize a Regional Public <br /> Transportation Authority to Levy a Vehicle Registration Tax, " and <br /> referred to herein as the "Tax Act"; and, <br /> WHEREAS, Durham, Orange, and Wake Counties, respective major <br /> municipalities, the general public, and other interested parties, both <br /> public and private, have actively and consequentially participated in <br /> the regional issue and consensus development process fundamental to the <br /> establishment of the Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation <br /> Authority and the ratification of the Tax Act; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the purpose of the Research Triangle Regional Public <br /> Transportation Authority is to finance, provide, operate, and maintain <br /> a safe, clean, reliable, and economically and environmentally sound <br /> public transportation system for Durham, Orange, and Wake Counties in <br /> order to enhance mobility in the Research Triangle region and to <br /> encourage sound growth patterns; and, <br />