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7 1 2 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Rich for the 3 Board to adopt the Statement of Consistency, contained within Attachment 2, and the 4 Ordinance amending the Comprehensive Plan and UDO contained within Attachment 3, as 5 recommended by the Planning Board and staff. 6 7 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 8 9 b. Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan — FY 2015-2020 10 The Board considered: 1. Receiving comments from the public regarding the FY 2015- 11 2016 Annual Action Plan for the HOME Program in Orange County; 2) Closing the public 12 hearing; and 3) Adopting the resolution approving the FY 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan. 13 Audrey Spencer-Horsley, Director of the Department of Housing, Human Rights and 14 Community Development, said there will probably not be many public comments due to the 15 amount of outreach their departments and other organizations did ahead of time. The plan's 16 primary focus is to determine the housing needs in Orange County and to develop goals from 17 that. 18 She reviewed some of the highlights of the findings from the needs assessment from 19 the Consolidated Plan: 20 • Affordable housing for older adults 21 • Affordable rental housing 22 23 PUBLIC COMMENT: 24 Minister Robert Campbell said he lives in the Rogers — Eubanks neighborhood. He said 25 the Orange County Community Development Plan, as related to housing, does not assist those 26 who live in manufactured homes, and his application was denied. He said his home is still 27 under the guidelines of zoning and policies, but the stipulations do vary. He said if the BOCC 28 desires to maintain affordable homes, owners of manufactured housing are left out of the loop, 29 though they are on minimum incomes. He said it was hurtful that it took the people who visited 30 him only ten minutes to tell him his application was denied, though on his original application a 31 year ago he noted he lived in a mobile home. 32 Chair McKee asked the Housing Director to address Minister Campbell. 33 Audrey Spencer-Horsely said the rehab funding received through the State is not an 34 eligibility process. The State has to go out to look at a property to see if a house can be 35 brought up to a certain standard, with the understanding that only a certain dollar amount can 36 be spent on bringing the property up to that standard. She said the applications are addressed 37 in the order in which they are received, which is likely why it took a year for Minister Campbell's 38 application to be reviewed. She added many times applications are received, but there is not 39 enough time or staff to follow up on all applications. 40 Chair McKee said he would be interested in how the process addresses a manufactured 41 home that is brought in on a chassis, versus one that is set up on the site. 42 Audrey Spencer-Horsely said she would do further research. She said it is her 43 understanding that manufactured housing is not eligible for the rehabilitation funding. She said 44 there is no other source of funding for rehabilitation. 45 Chair McKee asked for a definitive statement on state regulation to be gathered, for 46 future reference. 47 Commissioner Dorosin said there has been a real disconnect between the issue raised 48 by Minister Campbell and the State. He said the Board believes this is a priority and he said if 49 this State funding does not address rehabilitation for manufactured housing, then Orange 50 County should create funding locally.