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create housing for their service people, and she would like to look at this possibility and build a <br /> framework to support the service people of Orange County. <br /> Alderman Chaney said the people that come to purchase Habitat homes are State <br /> employees. She said this challenges them to raise their wages so that subsidies can be used <br /> for those who really need it. She said the State Employee Credit Union (SECU) is heavily <br /> invested in workforce housing, and she said is it worth opening a conversation with SECU <br /> about a public partnership on this issue. She said she is glad that Orange County is investing <br /> some of the bond money in affordable housing. <br /> Alderman Chaney said the affordable housing discussion did not start off with a vision, <br /> and if it had the allocation of bond funds, it may have gone differently. <br /> Alderman Chaney said if the right mechanism and a strategic plan for affordable <br /> housing can be established, she believes the County can move forward. <br /> Chair McKee said Bonnie Hammersley was writing down the idea about SECU. He <br /> said the point that the conversation started with the schools is the primary reason the BOCC <br /> has asked Audrey to create a master plan for affordable housing. He said additionally a plan <br /> for seniors has been requested, so a vision can be determined for these issues. He said this <br /> will not change the past bond discussion, and this bond will not cover all needs; but the focus <br /> of the bond was on the schools. <br /> Chair McKee said there is not just $5 million in the bond, but additionally the Board of <br /> County Commissioners voted to put a minimum of$1 million in the annual CIP, which could go <br /> to both capital and operating needs. <br /> Mayor Lavelle said all plans to address affordable housing must be creative. <br /> Chair McKee said in the spring Commissioner Jacobs proposed land-banking land for <br /> affordable housing, and Orange County has dedicated $1 million for this purpose. <br /> Alderman Slade said there is a tiny home movement for homeless people that are <br /> mentally disabled. He said there is a project in Chatham County that could be a good <br /> resource. He said there are benefits to locating affordable homes in urban areas since there is <br /> public transportation. <br /> Commissioner Pelissier said there was a presentation about the Chatham County <br /> Project at the Partnership for Homelessness. She said at the Assembly of Governments <br /> (AOG) meeting in November that the Greene Tract will be discussed. She said Chapel Hill, <br /> Carrboro and Orange County own this property, and it would be a great place for an <br /> experiment with tiny homes. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said Ms. Spencer-Horsley had called and was following time <br /> frames on the agenda and did not think she needed to be at the meeting until 9:10 p.m. <br /> 4. Update on One-Quarter(1/4) Cent Sales Tax Proceeds and Uses <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said this presentation was given to the BOCC on Tuesday night. <br /> Paul Laughton, Orange County Director of Finance and Administrative Services, <br /> reviewed the financial side of the '/4 cents sales tax and proceeds, as of 2015. He said 50 <br /> percent of the Article 46 sales tax goes toward education, and 50 percent towards economic <br /> development. He reviewed the tables in Attachment 4-b, Article 46 Sales Tax Proceeds <br /> Budgeted and Use (since Inception on April 1, 2012). <br /> Steve Brantley made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> Orange County Economic Development <br /> Discussion of Article 46 <br /> (One Quarter Cent Sales Tax for Economic Development) <br />