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' 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 14, 2001 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. —m <br /> SUBJECT: Community Development Block Grant Award — Housing Rehabilitation Program <br /> DEPARTMENT: Housing/Comm. Development PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): <br /> Program Summary INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Grant Agreement Tara L. Fikes, ext 2490 <br /> Funding Approval Form <br /> Signatory Form and Certification TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Resolution Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Grant Project Ordinance Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve the execution of the Grant Agreement; Funding Approval Form; <br /> Signatory Form and Certification cards; and Resolution for the FY 2001 Community <br /> Development Block Grant Award and adopt a Grant Project Ordinance for the award. <br /> BACKGROUND: Orange County has now been officially awarded a $400,000 Community <br /> Development Block (CDBG) Grant from the N.C. Department of Commerce for a Scattered Site <br /> Housing Rehabilitation Program. The County was initially notified of the availability of funds in <br /> late Fall 2000 and was invited to submit a formal application in March 2001. <br /> Funds from this grant will be used to repair approximately 14 substandard housing occupied by <br /> low income families in the Towns of Carrboro and Hillsborough as well as the unincorporated <br /> areas of Orange County. See the attached program summary. <br /> In order to proceed with grant activities, the attached Grant Agreement, Funding Approval form, <br /> and Signatory Form and Certification must be executed by the Chair of the Board and returned <br /> to the N.C. Department of Commerce. Additionally, in order to receive the funds, a Grant <br /> Project Ordinance must be adopted by the BOCC. <br /> Further, many grant implementation documents that were signed in previous years by County <br /> staff are now required to be signed by the Chief Elected Official or the Chair of the Orange <br /> County Board of Commissioners. These implementation documents are very routine <br /> documents that must be submitted throughout the life of the grant. To facilitate the execution of <br /> these documents, a resolution has been prepared to give signatory authority to the Chair of the <br /> Board of Commissioners for all documents required to meet the grant implementation <br /> requirements for the FY 2001 CDBG Award in accordance with the Grant Agreement and <br /> Funding Approval for this grant award. <br />