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B. CONSOLIDATED HOUSING PLAN ANNUAL UPDATE/1997 HOME PROGRAM DESIGN <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner Carey to approve <br />the resolution as stated below: <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE 1997-98 HOME PROGRAM DESIGN <br />BE IT RESOLVED, by the Orange County Board of Commissioners, that the Commissioners as a <br />member of the Orange County HOME Consortium approve the following activities for the 1997-98 HOME <br />Program. <br />Site Improvements <br />Funds would be allocated to habitat for Humanity, Orange County for site improvements for one (1) lot in <br />Culbreth park and five (5) lots in the Efland community to be developed for low income homebuyers. <br />$ 60,000 <br />Emergency Housing Repair Program <br />Funds would be available for small emergency repair projects (i.e. leaking roofs) for housing occupied by <br />low income elderly families. <br />$ 50,000 <br />Neighborhood Revitalization Homeownership Revolving Loan Fund <br />Funds would be used to capitalize a Neighborhood Revitalization Loan Fund to purchase and rehabilitate <br />housing in the Chapel Hill -Carrboro area for resale to very low to low income families. <br />$ 60,000 <br />Acquisition <br />Funds would be used to assist the Orange-Person-Chatham Mental Health Association with the <br />purchase and necessary renovation of dwellings for rental occupancy by severely and persistently <br />mentally ill Orange County residents. <br />$ 40,000 <br />Housing Rehabilitation <br />Funds would provide deferred loans to rehabilitate low income owner-occupied and rental housing units. <br />Homeowners with less than 60% of median income would be eligible for these loans. <br />$131,100 <br />Program Administration $ 37,900 <br />TOTAL PROGRAM FUNDS $379,000 <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Manager is hereby designated as the authorized <br />representative of the County to act in connection with the submission of this revision and to provide such <br />additional information as may be required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />C. SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF THE ORANGE COUNTY DISABILITY AWARENESS <br />COUNCIL <br />Introductory remarks were made and the proclamation was read by Management Analyst <br />Sharron Siler. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, Commissioner Halkiotis, to approve the <br />resolution as stated below: <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />RESOLUTION