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24 1 conforming to the UDO, and it also allows a County property, that has not been worthy of 2 anything prior to today, to potentially be used as a single family home lot for affordable housing. 3 He said the donation of this lot has been accepted by Habitat for Humanity, pending final 4 attorney review of this transaction. He said staff will continue supporting the Manager's efforts 5 to analyze vacant County properties for possible generation of lots for affordable housing. 6 Commissioner Price asked how the County decided to give the lot to Habitat for 7 Humanity versus other affordable housing entities. 8 Jeff Thompson said this was a result of the County's relationship with Habitat and their 9 acceptance of that lot as part of the due diligence. 10 Commissioner Price asked if there is an agreement with only Habitat to take these kinds 11 of County properties. 12 Jeff Thompson said no. He said this could be available to other organizations as well. 13 Commissioner Price asked what her answer would be if someone asked why Habitat got 14 this. 15 John Roberts said this is just a proposal to dispose of a residential property that the 16 County can only use to build affordable housing. He said the prior relationship with Habitat led 17 staff to suggest this to the Board. He said if the Board decides to do something else, that is 18 their choice. 19 Commissioner Price said there are several affordable housing organizations in the 20 County, and she wonders how one is chosen over another. 21 Chair McKee said he would suggest taking the first and second recommendations as 22 separate motions. 23 24 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Price to 25 approve a land recombination ("land swap") transaction with AlterVue, LLC involving adjacent 26 parcels to mutually benefit the County and AlterVue, LLC with regard to the integrity of a single 27 family residential property located at 416 Faucette Mill Road. 28 29 Commissioner Dorosin said he echoes Commissioner Price's comments regarding the 30 selection of the organizations they work with moving forward. He praises this effort, and he 31 thinks it is a good way to maximize resources. He said he wishes that two homes could be built 32 on the lot. He said this is the kind of opportunity where the County could approach Hillsborough 33 to ask for flexibility in these efforts to work on affordable housing. 34 35 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 36 37 Chair McKee opened the floor for a discussion on the issue of donating to the various 38 affordable housing entities. He asked if anyone else is following Habitat's scattered site model. 39 Jeff Thompson said not directly. He said Habitat was approached by AlterVue as part of 40 the due diligence process to see if this lot was attractive to them. He said other organizations 41 can certainly be approached. 42 Nick Nickerson said it was his initiative to contact Habitat, and it was not a conscious 43 decision to not go with someone else. 44 Commissioner Rich questioned whether this is a lot where only one home can be built. 45 Jeff Thompson said, per the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) for Hillsborough, it 46 is available for only for one home. He said it is possible to go back and ask for a special 47 exception, but as it stands now, it is an administrative adjustment to the UDO. 48 Bonnie Hammersley said this can be done in a way that will allow proposals from other 49 organizations. This can be for this one parcel or for other properties going forward. She said