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Commissioner Gordon made reference to the applications and asked if the point information was included and Tara Fikes said that it was provided previously. a. Community Revitalization Program The bold print in the document represents the changes made as requested by the County Commissioners on April 4tn Commissioner Brown asked Tara Fikes if she planned to come back with what this particular program would accomplish and Tara Fikes said that she would do this as part of all the HOME improvements for the year. Commissioner Jacobs asked why the County has not funded Mental Health requests for funding. Tara Fikes said that Mental Health needs more than the $40,000 than is allocated each year. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to a chart of the different types of housing and asked if any of this was for special populations. Also, he would like to know which is rental and which is owner occupied on this chart. Tara Fikes said that this information would be provided. Commissioner Brown asked about property standards for the handicapped and Tara Fikes said that if there is a need for a handicapped person, it is addressed in the property standards. Commissioner Gordon made reference to page three, the fourth paragraph under the recapture/resale provisions. She thought there was some mention in the document about how to find a buyer, etc. Tara Fikes said that the statement was in the Long Term Housing Affordability Policy. Commissioner Gordon feels that there needs to be something in here about the right of first refusal. Geof Gledhill will provide the verbiage to include in this section. Tara Fikes said that when someone wants to apply for this money, they would present a proposal. She would review the proposal, based on the guidelines, before submitting to the County Commissioners for approval. A motion was made by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to approve the Revised Operational Guidelines far the Community Revitalization Program as amended. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Tara Fikes will provide a clean copy and revise the chart as requested by Commissioner Jacobs. b. Affordable Housing Task Forces Tara Fikes said that the purpose of this item was to discuss how the County Commissioners wanted the task forces developed and also the charges for these groups. Commissioner Gordon said that she feels there would be value in having one task force with subcommittees working on the different aspects of affordable housing. Chair Carey made reference to the housing summit and said that he was surprised at the impact the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has on the price of housing. Also, there are some misconceptions about affordable housing. At the housing summit, people were unclear on the role the County should play in providing affordable housing. He thought one of the committees would include all the stakeholders including the towns, the non-profits, citizens, and university. There would be another group to advise the County Commissioners on affordable housing issues. Commissioner Jacobs distributed a list of how a Housing Task Force would advise the Board of County Commissioners. He wants to know how every organization fits into this effort. He talked about the different focus of the two groups. Commissioner Brown said that at the housing summit she came away with the need for an education component with anything that is done. One of the big issues was working with the university because of the enormous impact they have on the housing market. She said that she feels the Board needs an overall understanding of how much housing is needed for the elderly, mental health patients, and all the other groups. She said that there should be a limit on haw long