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0 (BCD MAY 3 0 2006 May 2$, 2006 Sunrise Coalition, Inc. P.O Box 16722 Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Ms. Tara Fikes Director Orange County Housing and Community Development Orange County Housing and Community Development 300. West Tryon Street Hillsborough, NC 27278 Dear Ms. Fikes: In February 2003, Habitat for Humanity of Orange County (HHOC) entered into a Development Agreement with Orange County for the Sunrise Ridge project. The Sunrise Coalition has reviewed and compared the Development Agreement, Deed of Trust, Restrictive Covenants, and studies submitted by HHOC to the concept plan presented to the Town of Chapel Hill Town Council on April 19, 2006. We have ~~ identified several major non-compliant items. Consequently, we are requesting an independent audit of this project. If the audit finds that HHOC is not in compliance with the agreements, we request; that as per the agreement, the County declare HHOC in default, recall the loan and suspend any further funding for the Sunrise Ridge project. Based on the documents provided to us by the County, HHOC has been non-compliant with the Development agreement in the following areas: 1) HHOC did not submit a site specific development plan to the Town of Chapel Hill by December 31, 2005 as required by the agreement. In fact, HHOC has only submitted a concept plan to the Town of Chapel Hill in January 2006. A concept plan is only a very high level proposal and does not constitute "a sound site specific development plan" as required in the agreement. It should be noted that the plan submitted in January of 2006 . and presented to the Town Council by HHOC on April 2006 was significantly different from the one submitted to the Town Council by HHOC in October 2004. 2) HHOC did not' engage the neighbors in the development of the concept plan submitted in January and presented to the Town Council on April 19, 2006 as required by the Development Agreement. In fact, there was no opportunity for input from the surrounding community regarding this plan. The plan was merely presented to us without an opportunity for input. According to the Agreement, HHOC must provide evidence that the surrounding community has been involved in the development plan. The Sunrise Coalition has submitted documentation to HHOC, the Town of Chapel Hill, ,and Orange County about the lack of any "meaning~fitl" involvement in the development of earlier plans and we have had no involvement in the second plan.