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d. Orange County Family Resource Center -After School Program <br />$10,000 <br />e. Chapel Hili Carrboro YMCA -After School Program $10,000 <br />f. Volunteers far Youth ~ "Every Girl Counts'" Program $10,OOQ <br />6. Administration $117,695 <br />Total $614,539 <br />DISCUSSIaN <br />We propose the following activities for the 2a11-~o1~ Community Development <br />grant totaling $614,539. n response to the increased demand for funding for both <br />affordable housing and community service projects, we were unable to recommend <br />full funding for some requests received. <br />~: <br />~. ; <br />1~ Town of Chapel Hill -Renovation of Public Housing: $115,aaa <br />Requested Amount: $3DD,000; ZD~ D~ZO~ 1 Allocafr"on:~~40,3~~_ <br />We recommend that the Council budget $115,000 . ~o perform comprehensive <br />renovations at the Colony Woods west Public Housrnq Community. renovation work <br />would include: installation of new furnaces, air :conditioners and' water heaters; <br />replacement of interior and exterior doors; r~~.l~cement of wall and base cabinets <br />and countertops to include new range hoods. and sinks; installation ol"''new washer <br />and dryer hookups, upgrade of electrical services <br />2. InterFaith Council - Pre~DevelaPment Costs.- $5~,aaa <br />(Requested Amount: $ZOD,D00; Z0~0=Zn.~~ Allocation: :~~n,00D~ <br />We propose that the Council allocate $~1,a~p tv the inter: Faith Council for Social <br />Services for infrastructure and predevelopment'cass related ~o the development of a <br />54-plus bed transitional housing facility; for homeless .r~en located on a 1.66-acre of <br />property located on Martin:•..l~~uther ring, fir. boulevard. The preliminary HOME <br />Program plan also inclines are additional $~.~'S,OOo for this request. <br />3t Community Homy Trust ~ ~l~mebuye~~ ,A- sistance Programx $225,aaa <br />(Requested Amount: ~~5,OOQ~ .~~~o-~Q;~.~ Allocation: $9D,000~ <br />We propase that the Council al~oca~e $~5,~~o to the Community Home Trust for its <br />Homebuyer Assistance Program to assist low-income buyers to purchase Land Trust <br />homes ~n chapel bill, The pr~lironary HDME Program plan includes an additional <br />$185ri~Q~~~ far this request. <br />4. Neighborhood Revitalization: $28,844 <br />We propase ;ghat the Council allocate $28,544 of Community Development funds to <br />continue nesghbarhoo~ revitalization activities throughout Town. Most projects <br />would be adrr~inistered by Town staff. Funds could be used for second <br />mortgage/hameov~r~ership assistance, property acquisition or renovation, code <br />enforcement, energy efficiency grants, demolition, rehabilitation, or public service <br />activities. Activities must serve households earning less than 80°/0 of the HUD <br />published area median income. Examples of previously funded Neighborhood <br />Revitalization projects include construction of sidewalks in the Northside <br />neighborhood, homeownership .assistance for buyers of EmP~WERment and <br />Community Hame Trust homes, improvements at the Hargraves Recreation Center, <br />and the demolition of property, <br />We recommend, that the Council continue to authorize the Manager ar his designee <br />to approve specific projects for use of these funds. We also recommend that the <br />FY Zo11-2o1Z Action Plan 9 <br />