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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 5, 2016 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-b <br /> SUBJECT: Approval of 2016 - 2017 HOME Program Design for Consolidated Plan —Annual <br /> Action Plan Update <br /> DEPARTMENT: Housing, Human Rights and <br /> Community Development <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) Resolutions Audrey Spencer-Horsley, Housing, <br /> 2) FY 2016-2017 Annual Plan Human Rights and Community <br /> Also Available Electronically At: Development Director, (919)245- <br /> http://www.orangecountync.gov/Dra 2492 <br /> ft%20FFY%202016%20Annual%20 <br /> Action%20PIan%20(2).pdf <br /> PURPOSE: To: <br /> (1) Receive comments from the public regarding the FY 2016 - 2017 Consolidated Plan — <br /> Annual Action Plan for Housing and Community Development Programs in Orange <br /> County; <br /> (2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign a Resolution approving the proposed HOME <br /> Program Activities for 2016-2017 including: <br /> a) $285,000 in Homeownership Assistance funds for Orange County Habitat for <br /> Humanity; <br /> b) $50,000 in Housing Rehabilitation funds for Rebuilding Together of the Triangle; <br /> c) $114,655 in Housing Rehabilitation funds for the Orange County Housing, Human <br /> Rights and Community Development Department; and <br /> d) $30,854 in Project Administration funds for the Orange County Housing, Human <br /> Rights and Community Development Department; <br /> (3) Adopt a Resolution approving the FY 2016-2017 Consolidated Housing Plan - Annual <br /> Action Plan; and <br /> (4) Authorize the Manager to implement the HOME Program as approved by the BOCC <br /> including the ability to execute agreements with partnering non-profit organizations after <br /> consultation with the County Attorney. <br /> BACKGROUND: In May 2015, the Five-Year FY 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan for Housing <br /> and Community Development Programs in Orange County was developed and approved by the <br /> U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This document details the <br /> housing needs of very low income, low income and moderate-income families and special <br />