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6 <br /> 1 Commissioner Jacobs said Orange County does have a housing rehab program that is <br /> 2 built into their budget annually. He said, with a new director, it would be a good idea to have a <br /> 3 chart listing all of the housing programs administered by the County, including information on <br /> 4 the criteria, and available funds. He said this would help them understand the full gamut of <br /> 5 opportunities and challenges. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to <br /> 8 open the public hearing. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 11 <br /> 12 PUBLIC COMMENT: <br /> 13 NONE <br /> 14 <br /> 15 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to <br /> 16 close the public hearing. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 19 <br /> 20 b. CDBG Program — Economic Recovery Program <br /> 21 The Board conducted a public hearing to receive public comments prior to official close- <br /> 22 out of the County's FY 2010 Community Development (CDBG) Economic Recovery Program, <br /> 23 and then close the public hearing. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner Burroughs to <br /> 26 open the public hearing. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 29 <br /> 30 James Davis reviewed the following background information: <br /> 31 <br /> 32 BACKGROUND: In February 2011 Orange County was officially awarded a $500,000 <br /> 33 Community Development Block (CDBG) Grant from the N.C. Department of Commerce for an <br /> 34 Economic Recovery Program. Funds from this grant were intended to be used to repair eight <br /> 35 (8) deteriorated housing units, reconstruct one (1) dwelling unit and provide urgent repair <br /> 36 assistance for an additional 15 dwelling units in the County. <br /> 37 All CDBG activities have now been completed and eight (8) homes were substantially <br /> 38 rehabilitated and 15 dwelling units received urgent repair assistance. The targeted home for <br /> 39 reconstruction activity was not completed due to the owner's reluctance to participate in the <br /> 40 program. A summary of the program beneficiaries is attached to this abstract. <br /> 41 A public hearing was conducted on December 2, 2013 to receive public comments and the <br /> 42 grant was "closed out". However, the notice for the hearing was void of the N.C. Department of <br /> 43 Commerce's mandatory Spanish-language notification designed to ensure that the Spanish <br /> 44 speaking LEP community was properly informed. In order to complete the official grant closeout <br /> 45 process, the N.C. Department of Commerce is requiring that another notice including the <br /> 46 referenced Spanish information be published and an additional public hearing occur. Proper <br /> 47 notice for this public hearing has been published. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 FINANCIAL IMPACT: This grant provided $500,000 in this community for this grant program. <br /> 50 A total of$484,000 was expended for this program, which includes $359,000 in hard costs <br /> 51 associated to rehabilitate the homes, and $125,000 in administrative and other costs. The <br />