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BARRYJACOBS, CHAIR <br />EARL MCKEE, VICE- -CHAIR <br />MARKDOROSIN <br />ALICE M. GORDON <br />B E R NA D E T T E 'PEG / S S I E R <br />RENEEPRICE <br />PENNYRICH <br />June 10, 2013 <br />Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt <br />Town of Chapel Hill <br />405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27514 <br />Dear Mayor Kleinschmidt, <br /> <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />200 South Cameron Street <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />rt <br />ear°% <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners welcomes the transit opportunities presented to us by -the <br />voters in November 2012, including the chance to promote planning for affordable housing around the light rail <br />stations within the county's borders. <br />Our representative on the Triangle Transit Board of Trustees, Commissioner Bernadette Pelissier, <br />recently informed the Board of Commissioners that Durham County has initiated planning for station -area <br />affordable housing. <br />We recognize that at least two of the light rail station areas in Orange County are largely controlled by <br />the UNC Main- Campus master planning process. Nevertheless the Orange County Commissioners wish to <br />encourage the Town of Chapel Hill to add to your already ambitious affordable housing work program the topic <br />of affordable units in station areas. <br />With stops coming at Hamilton Road, Woodmont, and Gateway, presumably there will be opportunities <br />for the community to identify ways to expand the affordable housing stock at these key locations. The Town of <br />Chapel Hill of course has the lead within its jurisdiction, but the Board of Commissioners stands ready to work <br />with you to advance the goal of improving affordable housing at these sites. We believe that staff from <br />Triangle Transit and Durham City- County Planning would also be willing to assist with this effort. <br />Best, <br />Barry Jacob: <br />Orange Cou <br />cc: Roger Stancil <br />air <br />oard f Commissioners <br />www.co.oran,qe,nc.0 s <br />Protecting and preserving — People, Resources, Quality of Life <br />Orange County, North Carolina — You Count! <br />(919) 245 -2130 • FAX (919) 644 -0246 <br />