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a <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. rj Zj <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 21, 1997 <br /> SUBJECT: Consolidated Housing Plan Annual Update/1997 HOME Program Design <br /> DEPARTMENT: Housing and Community Development PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Annual Update(under separate cover) Tara L. Fikes <br /> Resolution TELEPHONE NUMBERS: -- eat. 2490 <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> To adopt a resolution approving the Consolidated Housing Plan Annual Update and approve the <br /> proposed HOME Program Activities for 1997-98. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> In 1995, a Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development Programs in Orange County <br /> was developed and approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). <br /> This document details the housing needs of very low, low income and moderate income families and <br /> special population groups in addition to outlining the strategies and plans for addressing those needs. <br /> The Consolidated Plan is required for all communities receiving HOME funds(Orange County) and <br /> CDBG entitlement funds (Chapel Hill). <br /> Each year, local communities are required to submit an Annual Update to the Consolidated Plan by <br /> May 15, 1997. County staff has asked for an extension of the submission date to May 22, 1997. <br /> This Update includes the 1997-98 Community Development Plan for the Town of Chapel Hill and <br /> the 1997-98 HOME Program Action Plan for the Orange County HOME Consortium. Public <br /> hearings were held by the Chapel Hill Town Council on January 29 and by the BOCC on March 5, <br /> 1997 to receive citizen comments regarding the Update prior to development. <br /> The Update has now been developed and the established comment period is April 1 - 30, 1997. In <br /> order to inform the general public of this opportunity and encourage participation, a Notice of Public <br /> Comment was placed in the Chapel Hill Herald. A copy of the plan was included under separate <br /> cover with the May 5 BOCC Agenda. <br /> Further, in accordance with the Orange County HOME Consortium Agreement approved in June <br /> 1996, as amended, the HOME Program Design for each year must be approved by all jurisdictions <br /> prior to submission to HUD. This document has been approved by Carrboro(May 6), Chapel Hill <br /> (April 28) and Hillsborough(May 12). <br />