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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 7, 2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5 -e <br />SUBJECT: Consolidated Housina Plan Annual Action Plan /HOME Proaram <br />DEPARTMENT: Housing /Human Rights and PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />Community Development <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Resolutions Tara L. Fikes, 245 -2490 <br />FY 2013 -2014 Annual Action Plan (under <br />separate cover) <br />PURPOSE: To: <br />1) Adopt a Resolution approving the FY 2013 -2014 Consolidated Housing Plan Annual <br />Action Plan; <br />2) Adopt a Resolution approving the proposed HOME Program Activities for 2013- <br />2014; and <br />3) Authorize the Manager to implement the HOME Program as approved by the BOCC <br />including the ability to execute agreements with partnering non - profit organizations <br />after consultation with the County Attorney. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Consolidated Housing Plan Annual Action Plan <br />In 2010, a Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development Programs in Orange <br />County was developed and approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban <br />Development (HUD). This document details the housing needs of very low income, low income <br />and moderate - income families and special population groups in addition to outlining the <br />strategies and plans for addressing those needs. The Consolidated Plan is required for all <br />communities receiving HOME funds (Orange County HOME Consortium) and CDBG <br />entitlement funds (Town of Chapel Hill). <br />Each year, local communities are required to submit an Annual Action Plan to the Consolidated <br />Plan to the State HUD Office by May 15th. This Update includes the 2013 -2014 Community <br />Development Plan for the Town of Chapel Hill and the 2013 -2014 HOME Program Action Plan <br />or the Orange County HOME Consortium. Public hearings were held by the Chapel Hill Town <br />Council on February 27 and April 10 and by the BOCC on February 5, 2013 to receive public <br />comments regarding the Update prior to development and subsequent submission to HUD. <br />Public comments received at the hearings are summarized in the Annual Action Plan. <br />A public comment period as required by HUD was established for April 8 — May 10, 2013 by <br />notice in The Chapel Hill Herald. Copies of the Annual Action Plan were made available at the <br />Orange County Housing, Human Rights and Community Development Main Office. <br />