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r - <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action <br /> Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> V-6 - <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 26, 1995 <br /> SUBJECT: Resolution to Enter into a Lease Agreement <br /> with the Inter-Faith Council for Project Home Start <br /> ----------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT: Human Rights & Relations PUBLIC HEARING: Yes XNo <br /> --------------------------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Resolution <br /> Memo to Manager Lucy Lewis , ext 2251 <br /> Lease Agreement TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> . Construction Budget Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Site Plan Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> . Floor Plan Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> -------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To receive an update on Project Home Start (the <br /> transitional family housing initiative) from the Emergency <br /> Family Support and Shelter Task Force (EFSSTF) and approve a <br /> lease agreement with the IFC for Project Home Start . <br /> BACKGROUND: On February 6, the Board of Commissioners <br /> requested that the Inter-Faith Council and the Orange-Durham <br /> Coalition for Battered Women return to the Board with a <br /> specific report detailing the progress of Project Home <br /> Start , including a preliminary long-range financial plan, a <br /> lease arrangement between the County and the IFC, and site <br /> plans pertaining to the three acre parcel . <br /> Since February 6 there has been progress in a number of <br /> areas , including the following: <br /> HUD has received and approved all second submission <br /> paperwork, and will give final approval to the Inter-Faith <br /> Council when there is site control (a formal lease) and" <br /> when the balance of the capital funds is in hand. <br /> . The Orange-Durham Coalition for Battered Women has decided <br /> to continue with plans for co-location of a transitional <br /> housing residence for battered women alongside transitional <br /> housing residences for homeless families, rather than <br /> pursue an option for a separate rural location. <br /> . IFC has contracted with Brendan Associates as a consultant <br />