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Lauren Clark reviewed the following strategies from pages 2 and 3 of the abstract: <br /> Mayor's Committee on Affordable Rental Housing <br /> Additionally, in May 2013, Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt established a Committee on <br /> Affordable Rental Housing with the following charge. <br /> • Use research and data available and the expertise of the Committee to develop for Town <br /> Council consideration, short, medium and long term options, consistent with the Affordable <br /> Housing Strategy and the Chapel Hill 2020 comprehensive plan, that meet the community's <br /> affordable rental housing needs that the Council could apply to development applications that <br /> propose rental housing; and <br /> • Foster collaborative conversations among the Town, the private sector, and other community <br /> stakeholders to explore possible partnerships and financial resources to increase the <br /> availability of affordable rental housing in Chapel Hill. <br /> The Committee, led by Council members Sally Greene and Donna Bell presented the <br /> Committee's recommendations to the Council on October 15, 2013. The recommendations are <br /> included in this abstract as Attachment III. There are plans for further consideration of <br /> Committee's recommendations by the Chapel Hill Town Council in early 2014. <br /> Proposed Affordable Housing Development <br /> Recently, DHIC, a Raleigh non-profit housing developer has proposed developing up to 80 <br /> family apartments and up to 60 senior apartments on 10 acres of Town-owned land adjacent <br /> to the Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery. Current funding plans include applying for Low Income <br /> Housing Tax Credits from the NC Housing Finance Agency to keep the project affordable. The <br /> preliminary application for this funding would be due in mid- January 2014. <br /> Lauren Clark said this type of tax credit project was the top priority of the Mayor's <br /> Committee on Affordable Rental Housing, and this was their top recommendation. <br /> III. Town of Carrboro <br /> Trish McGuire, Planning Director for the Town of Carrboro, reviewed the following <br /> information from page 3 of the abstract: <br /> The Carrboro Board of Aldermen established an Affordable Housing Task Force in 2012. <br /> Three members of the Board of Aldermen were selected to serve: Dan Coleman, Michelle <br /> Johnson, and Sammy Slade. The purpose of the task force was to evaluate how/whether the <br /> Town's affordable housing density bonus provisions should be restructured and an initial report <br /> was presented on December 4, 2012. (See Attachment IV.) Following Alderman Coleman's <br /> resignation in December 2012, Alderman Lavelle joined the task force, as did representatives <br /> of the Planning Board and Transportation Advisory Board. Additionally, in the Fall of 2012, the <br /> Carrboro Planning Board held three Affordable Housing Dialogues to discuss affordable <br /> housing issues with the general public. The task force reported to the Board of Aldermen again <br /> in June 2013 on next steps related to a comprehensive housing policy. A report from those <br /> sessions is provided at Attachment V. <br /> Trish McGuire said staff has also been working with a class from UNC, who provided <br /> some analysis of affordable housing and transportation. <br /> IV. Town of Hillsborough <br />