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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 1, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. `"~~ <br />SUBJECT• Consolidated Housing Plan Annual Update/HOME Program <br />DEPARTMENT: Housing/Community Dev. PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Resolutions Tara L. Fikes, 245-2490 <br />Annual Update Summary <br />PURPOSE: To adopt resolutions approving the 2008 Consolidated Housing Plan Annual <br />Update and the proposed HOME Program Activities for 2008-2009 and to authorize the <br />Manager to implement the HOME Program as approved by the BOCC including the ability to <br />execute agreements with partnering non-profit organizations after consultation with the County <br />Attorney. <br />BACKGROUND: In 2005, a Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development <br />Programs in Orange County was developed and approved by the U.S. Department of Housing <br />and Urban Development (HUD). This document details the housing needs of very low income, <br />low income and moderate-income families and special population groups in addition to outlining <br />the strategies and plans for addressing those needs. The Consolidated Plan is required for all <br />communities receiving HOME funds (Orange County HOME Consortium) and CDBG entitlement <br />funds (Town of Chapel Hill). <br />Each year, local communities are required to submit an Annual Update to the Consolidated Plan <br />to the State HUD Office by May 15th. This Update includes the 2008-2009 Community <br />Development Plan for the Town of Chapel Hill and the 2008-2009 HOME Program Action Plan <br />for the Orange County HOME Consortium. Public hearings were held by the Chapel Hill Town <br />Council on January 30 and March 26 and by the BOCC on February 5, 2008 to receive public <br />comments regarding the Update prior to development and subsequent submission to HUD. <br />The current Orange County HOME Consortium Agreement establishes a HOME Program <br />Review Committee to provide general oversight of the program. Specifically, the Committee is <br />authorized to provide policy oversight for planning, operations, and evaluation of OHC and the <br />HOME Program. The Manager or his/her designee from each participating unit of local <br />government and one (1) elected official from each jurisdiction shall be a member. The OHC <br />Program Review Committee shall prepare a proposed HOME program design each year and <br />consortium program application to HUD, in compliance with the Act, the Regulations, and the <br />Federal Program Requirements, including reallocation of any funds from previous years not <br />expended or any repayments or other program income consistent with this Section. Each year's <br />proposed HOME program design and the consortium program application should be consistent <br />with the Consolidated Plan. Each year's program design shall be subject to the approval of <br />