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A meeting of the Orange County Assembly of Governments was held in the Carrboro Town Hall Board Room <br />on Thursday, September 29, 200 at 7:30 p.m. <br />Carrboro Board of Aldermen A'Iembers Present: Mayor Michael Nelson, Nlayor Pro Tem Diana McDuffee, <br />and Aldermen Joal Hall Broun, Mark Chilton, Jacquelyn Gist, John Herrera, and Alex Zaffron <br />Chapel Hill Town Council Members Present: Councilmen Sally Greene, Mark Kleinschmidt, and Jim t~4'ard <br />Chapel Hill Town C"ouncil 117embers Absent: Mayor Kevin Foy, Councilmen Ed Han•ison, Cam Hill, Bill <br />Strom, Dorothy Verkerk, and Edith Wiggins <br />Hillsborough Town Commissioners Present: Commissioner Eric Hallman <br />Hillsborough Town Comnssioners Absent: I~~Iayor Joe Phelps, Commissioners Frances Dancy, Michael <br />Gering, Evelyn Lloyd, and Brian Lowen <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners Present: Chair Nloses Carey, Commissioners ~%alarie Foushee, <br />Alice Gordon, Barry Jacobs <br />Orange Comity Board of Commnissioners Absent: Corrunissioner Stephen Halkiotis <br /> <br />Mike Nelson «~°elcomed all participants to Carrboro. <br />Moses Carey thanked Alderman Broun for adding the two additional items to the agenda (District Election of <br />County Commissioners and Solid «~'aste Issues). <br />8~%k%k~,kk~%k%kk%k'k- <br />PRESENTATIONS ON THE STATUS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OR=~NGE COUNTY <br />Roy Williford, Carrboro's Plarming Director, made a presentation on affordable housing policies and ordinance <br />provisions endorsed by each unit of government. <br />Tara Fikes, Orange County Housing and Community Development Director, made a report on the County's <br />Affordable Housing Plan. <br />Jacquelyn Gist asked if there has been a study on substandard rental housing. She stated that the Assembly of <br />Governments passed a resolution a few years ago asking for that, but she had not seen anything. <br />Tara Fikes said that it has not yet been done, but it would be done. <br />Alex Zaffron asked if Carolina Springs could be added to the housing inventory. <br />Joal Broun suggested that thought be given to asking for what is common to large urban needs for the rest of the <br />state when we go before the legislature. <br />%k %k~,kk~%k%kkk <br />