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ORANGE CauNTY <br />BOARD aF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 3, 2011 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5 <br />SUBJECT: Consolidated Housin Plan Annual Action PIanIHQME Pro ram <br />DEPARTMENT: HousinglHuman Rights and PUBLIC HEARING: ~YIN~ No <br />Community Development <br />ATTACHMENT~S~: <br />Resolutions <br />FY 2011- 202 Annual,4clron Plan ~Un~er INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Separate Cover) Tara L. Fikes, 245-2490 <br />PURPOSE: <br />1 } To adopt a Resolution approving the FY 2011-2012 Consolidated Housing Plan Annual <br />Action Plan; <br />2} To adopt a Resolution approving the proposed HQME Program Activities for 2011-2012; <br />and <br />3} To authorize the Manager to implement the HQME Program as approved by the BQCC <br />including the ability to execute agreements with partnering non-profit organizations after <br />consultation with the County Attorney. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Consolidated Housin Plan Annual Action Plan <br />In 2010, a Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development Programs in Orange <br />County was developed and approved by the U,S. Department of Housing and Urban <br />Development THUD}. This document details the housing needs of very low income, low income <br />and moderate-income families and special population groups in addition to outlining the <br />strategies and plans for addressing those needs. The Consolidated Plan is required for all <br />communities receiving HOME funds ~Qrange County HOME Consortium} and CDBG <br />entitlement funds Town of Chapel Hill}. <br />Each year, Local communities are required to submit an Annual Action Plan to the Consolidated <br />Plan to the State HUD Office by May 15th. This Update includes the 2011-2012 Community <br />Development Plan far the Town of Chapel Hill and the 2011-2012 HQME Program Action Plan <br />or the Orange County HQME Consortium. Public hearings were held by the Chapel Hill Town <br />Council on February 14 and March 28 and by the BQCC on February 1, 2011 to receive public <br />comments regarding the Update prior to development and subsequent submission to HUD. <br />Public comments received at the hearings are summarized in theAnnual Action Plan. <br />A public comment period as required by HUD was established for April 11 -May 12, 2011 by <br />notice in the Chapel Hill Herald. Copies of the Annual Action Plan were made available at the <br />Qrange County Housing, Human Rights and Community Development Main Office. <br />