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