2015-135 Housing - Memorandum of Understanding between Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough: OC Partnership to End Homelessness

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PI)F 4-ab_ 70" a66-/*is' Memorandum of Understanding between Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough: Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness Whereas, in April 2008, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, Chapel Hill Town Council, Carrboro Board of Aldermen, and Hillsborough Board of Commissioners endorsed the Orange County 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness and entered into a memorandum of understanding to fund and support the Plan's implementation by the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness, and Whereas, the Partnership has made significant progress in ending and preventing homelessness in Orange County over the past six years, and Whereas, reflecting a combination of national best practices, national funding models, and local experience, the Orange County 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness has evolved to become an ongoing program, the Orange County Plan to End Homelessness, and Whereas, the role of the Partnership is to implement Orange County's Plan to End Homelessness, and Whereas, the parties to this Memorandum understand the value of this work to each jurisdiction and accordingly intend to continue to fund and support it, and Whereas,the initial 10-Year Plan created a body called the Executive Team, now called the Leadership Team, consisting of representatives appointed from each of the above governmental partners and a cross-section of community representation, charged with providing oversight and direction to the plan, and the parties to this Memorandum intend for the Leadership Team to continue to perform this role, and Whereas, the parties to this Memorandum intend to continue funding the Partnership's Homeless Programs Coordinator, whose responsibilities have been outlined in a Job Description (Attachment A), and Whereas, the four elected appointees recommend the creation of an Executive Team, which shall consist of the four elected appointees, to ensure that the interests of all four funding jurisdictions are consistently represented; The parties to this Memorandum hereby clarify the roles and responsibilities of each body as it relates to funding and oversight. A. The Executive Team will: 1. Provide ongoing supervision of the Coordinator through the County Manager by: