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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD of COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 22, 2015 Action Agenda Item No. 6 -b SUBJECT: CDBG Program — Economic Recovery Program 1 DEPARTMENT: Housing, Human Rights, and PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes Community Development ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Application Summary James E. Davis, Jr., (919) 245 -2488 PURPOSE: To conduct a public hearing to receive public comments prior to official close -out of the County's FY 2010 Community Development (CDBG) Economic Recovery Program. BACKGROUND: In February 2011 Orange County was officially awarded a $500,000 Community Development Block (CDBG) Grant from the N.C. Department of Commerce for an Economic Recovery Program. Funds from this grant were intended to be used to repair eight (8) deteriorated housing units, reconstruct one (1) dwelling unit and provide urgent repair assistance for an additional 15 dwelling units in the County. All CDBG activities have now been completed and eight (8) homes were substantially rehabilitated and 15 dwelling units received urgent repair assistance. The targeted home for reconstruction activity was not completed due to the owner's reluctance to participate in the program. A summary of the program beneficiaries is attached to this abstract. A public hearing was conducted on December 2, 2013 to receive public comments and the grant was "closed out However, the notice for the hearing was void of the N.C. Department of Commerce's mandatory Spanish - language notification designed to ensure that the Spanish - speaking LE P community was properly informed. In order to complete the official grant close- out process, the N.C. Department of Commerce is requiring that another notice including the referenced Spanish information be published and an additional public hearing occur. Proper notice for this public hearing has been published. FINANCIAL IMPACT: This grant provided $644,444 in this community for this grant program. A total of $484,444 was expended for this program, which includes $369,444 in hard costs associated to rehabilitate the homes, and $125,000 in administrative and other costs. The remaining $16,000 is associated with the clearance and relocation costs for a home that withdrew from the program. Therefore, the $16,000 was retained by the State Community Development Program. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board conduct the public hearing to receive public comments prior to official close -out of the County's FY 2010 Community Development (CDBG) Economic Recovery Program, and then close the public hearing.