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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. _ <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 16, 1997 <br /> SUBJECT: HOME Program- Acquisition Program <br /> DEPARTMENT: Housing and Community Development PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) >` <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Development Agreement Tara L. Fikes <br /> 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 approve a Development Agreement with the Orange Community Housing Corporation for <br /> HOME funding available for rental property acquisition and rehabilitation in the County on behalf-of <br /> the Orange County HOME Consortium. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The Orange County HOME Consortium designated $40,000 of 1996-97 HOME Program and <br /> $40,000 of 1997-98 HOME funding to assist Orange-Person-Chatham Mental Health Agency(OPC- <br /> MH)with the acquisition and any necessary renovations of available condominiums in the Chapel <br /> Hill/Carrboro area. These units would then be rented to OPC-MH severely and persistently mentally <br /> ill clients and OPC-MH will provide the necessary support services to ensure the successful <br /> independent living. <br /> Because the Mental Health Authority cannot own land for this purpose, they have entered into a <br /> Memorandum of Agreement with the Orange Community Housing Corporation(OCHC)to purchase <br /> and manage the acquired properties. This is the second time that OPC-MH and OCHC have entered <br /> into this arrangement. OCHC is presently managing a property occupied by a OPC-MH client which <br /> was purchased with State HOME funds. <br /> In order to facilitate this program, the County as the lead administrative entity for the Orange County <br /> HOME Consortium, would enter into the agreement with Orange Community Housing Corporation <br /> (OCHC) on behalf of the Consortium for this purpose. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): <br /> The Manager recommends authorizing the execution of Development Agreement with the Orange <br /> Community Housing Corporation for HOME funding available for rental property acquisition and <br /> rehabilitation in the County on behalf of the Orange County HOME Consortium upon the County <br /> Attorney's review and approval. <br />