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0go-7 <br /> 1 <br /> APPROVED 11/16/93 MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN <br /> AND <br /> CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL <br /> OCTOBER 14 , 1993 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners, Carrboro Board of Aldermen, <br /> Chapel Hill Town Council and the Hillsborough Town Commissioners met in joint <br /> session on Thursday, October 14, 1993 at 7:30 p.m. in the OWASA Community Room <br /> in Carrboro, North Carolina. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr. , and Commissioners <br /> Alice M. Gordon, Stephen H. Halkiotis, Verla C. Insko (arrived at 8:30) and <br /> Don Willhoit. <br /> CARRBORO ALDERMEN PRESENT: Jay Bryan, Tom Gurganus, and Randy Marshall <br /> CHAPEL HILL COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Kenneth Broun, Joyce Brown, <br /> Joseph Capowski, Mark Chilton and Barbara Powell <br /> sILLsBOROUGs COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Mayor Horace Johnson, Evelyn Lloyd, <br /> Allen L. Lloyd and Robert Rose <br /> &j. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR <br /> Chair Carey welcomed everyone to the meeting. <br /> PUBLIC CHARDS <br /> Chair Carey dispensed with the reading of the Public Charge. <br /> C. JOINT PUBLIC EMING <br /> .J.L COMPREHENSIVE sOUSING AFFORDABILITY STRATEGY FOR ORANGE COUNTY <br /> Housing and Community Development Director Tara Fikes presented for <br /> the purpose of receiving public comments the draft Comprehensive Housing <br /> Affordability Strategy for Orange County. In summary, the Comprehensive <br /> Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) is a five year comprehensive planning <br /> document that identifies the overall housing needs in the County and outlines <br /> a five-year strategy as well as a one year plan to address those needs. The <br /> CHAS is a planning document which guides future planning and implementation <br /> of housing programs in Orange County. It is not an application for funding, <br /> nor does it commit any local funds for housing programs. Any jurisdiction <br /> participating in the Federal Community Development Block Grant Program (Chapel <br /> Hill) and/or the Federal ROME Investment Partnership Program (Orange County <br /> including the Towns) must have an approved CHAS. <br /> The Public Hearing was open to receive comments. <br /> Adele Thomas stated she feels it is important to make an assessment of <br /> how much money will be available and then to determine how much the County and <br /> the Towns can afford. Included in this should be a determination of whether <br /> the elderly should be kept in their homes or whether the homeless should be <br /> moved into houses. The CDBG will provide some money for rehabilitation but <br /> nearly not enough. She feels that it needs to be decided if this is the <br /> number one priority. She does not feel it disgraceful to have a privy in the <br />