2002 NA RES-2002-063 Heritage Hills Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Completion

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~~l~~~e~ ~ ~~5- zop y._ Q63 ~~ ~ ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS TO RELOCATE AND REUSE TWO HOMES DAMAGED BY HURRICANE FLOYD AND SUBSEQUENTLY ACQUIRED BY ORANGE COUNTY WHEREAS, two homes on Yorktown Drive in the Heritage Hills subdivision in southern Orange County suffered significant flood damage as a result of Hurricane Floyd in September 1999; and WHEREAS, both houses were repaired and restored to livable conditions; and WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides grant funding to assist eligible applicants to relocate to other housing, consequently eliminating previously occupied houses from floodplains under the assumption that the cost of voluntary acquisition will be less than the cost of repairs from repeated floodings over the years; and WHEREAS, Orange County acquired the two Heritage Hills properties in question in Fall 2001 following the successful application by both homeowners to receive buyout and relocation assistance through federal and state emergency management grant funds under FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP); and WHEREAS, HMGP administrators have indicated to County staff that instead of demolishing and landfilling the demolition material from these houses, it is an acceptable alternative under the grant program for the County to relocate and reuse these houses; and WHEREAS, Orange County has determined that the relocation and reuse of these homes is preferable to the other available disposition options; and WHEREAS, County staff have outlined plans under which one home would be moved to Little River Park as a caretaker residence and the other home would be moved to the Pine Knolls Gommunity and used for affordable housing purposes; ~ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Orange County Board of Commissioners does hereby direct the Manager and staff to: ~ 1) carry out the relocation and reuse plans outlined by staff to remove and relocate the two Heritage Hills houses; 2) use Affordable Housing Trust Fund money or 2001 Affordable Housing bond proceeds and 2001 Parks, Recreation, and Open Space (Lands Legacy) bond proceeds, as applicable, to pay those project costs not covered by FEMA/State grant money and Durham County's share of the Little River Park house relocation; 3) take all administrative and financial steps necessary to carry out these plans; and 4) execute all documents associated with completion of the removal and relocation project consistent with the provisions of the HMGP grant agreement previously executed between the County and the State of North Carolina. This, the 17th day of September, 2002.