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<br />c. Ten (141 Year Plan to End Homelessness <br />The Board considered acceptance of the 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness in Orange <br />County. <br />Chair Carey said that he represented the Board of County Commissioners on this board <br />and the County Commissioners will all get copies of the plan. The report will be available <br />online. He said that this is the culmination of many community people and even homeless <br />residents. This plan focuses primarily on chronic homelessness. There are other efforts to <br />address people who are not chronically homeless. He said that Housing and Community <br />Development Director Tara Fikes helped shepherd this plan through. <br />Tara Fikes said that the process in developing this ten-year plan to end homelessness <br />first started in October 2005 and ended in March 2007. She said that the main focus of the plan <br />is to end chronic homelessness and this plan contains five goals to end homelessness in five <br />years. The five goals are as follows: <br />Goal 1: Reduce Chronic Homelessness <br />Goal 2: Increase Employment <br />Goal 3: Prevent Homelessness <br />Goal 4: Increase Access to Services <br />Goal 5: Increase Public Participation in Ending Homelessness <br />She made reference to the Housing First Model that is planned in the implementation of <br />this plan, which has as its premise that it is most important to house the homeless rather than <br />provide services first. She said that to implement this plan will require resources from the <br />community as a whole. This plan will be presented to the funding partners -the County, the <br />towns, and the Triangle United Way. <br />Chair Carey said that, now that there is a plan and all endorse it, the hard work begins <br />Haw. The immediate request will be far all of the jurisdictions and the Triangle United Way to <br />contribute to the support of a position that is necessary to help implement this plan. <br />Commissioner Jacobs thanked Chair Carey and Tara Fikes for their work on this plan <br />and this is a good start. He made reference to the beginning of the executive summary, which <br />states how much one has to earn to afford atwo-bedroom apartment. He suggested adding this <br />information for gone-bedroom apartment. He also suggested pulling out items that are within <br />the County's purview to help sift through the information. <br />3. Public Comments <br />a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br />b. Matters on the Printed Agenda <br />(These matters were considered when the Board addressed that item on the agenda <br />below.} <br />e. Final Approval of Projects for Alternative Financing iformerly item 6-bl <br />The Board considered approving the list of School and County Capital projects to be <br />included in the proposed alternative financing scheduled for Local Government Commission <br />approval on June 5, 2007. <br />Laura Blackmon said that the Board had previously approved the timetable for this <br />financing and it also approved the staff going out for an RFP. The staff came back on April 10tH <br />with the private placement of financing with Sun Trust Bank. The only item that must be dealt <br />with is approval of the list of projects. There are three projects with a few concerns - <br />Elementary School #10, bids on the justice facility, and the development of the West Ten <br />Soccer Complex. <br />