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Colleen Bridger said that process is under way. A motion was made by Commissioner porosin, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier for the Board to approve Budget Amendment#6-A transferring $10,000 from the Social Justice Fund to the Health Department to pay for Family Success Alliance attendance at the Harlem Children's Zone Practitioners Institute. VOTE: UNANIMOUS c. Land "Swap" Transaction —416 Faucette Mill Road, Hillsborouqh The Board considered: 1) approving a land recombination ("land swap") transaction with AlterVue, LLC involving adjacent parcels to mutually benefit the County and AlterVue, LLC with regard to the integrity of a single family residential property located at 416 Faucette Mill Road and adjacent County owned property that may be used for future affordable housing development; 2) donating the resulting County parcel to Habitat for Humanity of Orange County for the purpose of developing an affordable single family housing unit; 3) authorizing the Chair to sign the necessary paperwork upon final review of the County Attorney; and 4) supporting the Manager's efforts in pursuing similar efforts to analyze under-utilized or vacant parcels owned by the County that may be suitable for future affordable housing development. Jeff Thompson introduced Nick Nickerson, an Orange County resident and the owner of this property. Jeff Thompson referred to a map and said Nick Nickerson has purchased the property on Faucette Mill Road as an investment, with plans to put it back on the market as a residential unit. He referred to another map showing that the property line straddles a County property that was acquired in a tax foreclosure. He said staff has been able to work out a land swap of the Alterview property plus non-monetary compensation in exchange for County property. He said the non-monetary compensation is the engineering work and due diligence and survey work to generate the swap. He said this allows the AlterVue/Nickerson property to be conforming to the UDO, and it also allows a County property, that has not been worthy of anything prior to today, to potentially be used as a single family home lot for affordable housing. He said the donation of this lot has been accepted by Habitat for Humanity, pending final attorney review of this transaction. He said staff will continue supporting the Manager's efforts to analyze vacant County properties for possible generation of lots for affordable housing. Commissioner Price asked how the County decided to give the lot to Habitat for Humanity versus other affordable housing entities. Jeff Thompson said this was a result of the County's relationship with Habitat and their acceptance of that lot as part of the due diligence. Commissioner Price asked if there is an agreement with only Habitat to take these kinds of County properties. Jeff Thompson said no. He said this could be available to other organizations as well. Commissioner Price asked what her answer would be if someone asked why Habitat got this. John Roberts said this is just a proposal to dispose of a residential property that the County can only use to build affordable housing. He said the prior relationship with Habitat led staff to suggest this to the Board. He said if the Board decides to do something else, that is their choice.