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2 <br /> Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the governing boards can <br /> discuss issues related to this item as necessary. <br /> Attachment la - Chapel Hill and Orange County Incentive Policy- Worksheet <br /> b) County Economic Development Districts and County Economic Development <br /> Activities <br /> In preparation for a brief presentation at the meeting, Orange County Economic <br /> Development Director Steve Brantley has provided the attached PowerPoint <br /> presentation. The attachment highlights Orange County Economic Development's <br /> various activities, to include: <br /> • Highlighting successful areas of mutual economic development cooperation <br /> between Orange County and the Town of Chapel Hill. <br /> • Promotion & financial support directed at the growth and retention of local <br /> entrepreneurial start-ups, small businesses, agricultural ventures and the <br /> arts throughout Orange County. <br /> • Examples of local use of the 1/4 cent sales tax proceeds for economic <br /> development (Article 46 funds) <br /> • Examples of overall business prospect recruitment activity & trends. <br /> • Recent local manufacturing assistance, and update on Orange County's <br /> Hillsborough Economic Development District & Buckhorn Economic <br /> Development District. <br /> Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the governing boards can <br /> discuss issues related to this item as necessary. <br /> Attachment lb - Orange County Economic Development Presentation to Board of <br /> Commissioners and Chapel Hill Town Council <br /> 2. Affordable Housing — Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force <br /> On March 22, 2016, Commissioner Bernadette Pelissier petitioned the Board of <br /> Commissioners to create a multijurisdictional work group composed of elected officials to <br /> guide Countywide, collaborative efforts on affordable housing. The Board of <br /> Commissioners discussed this topic during its work session on the Affordable Housing <br /> Strategic Plan as a way to coordinate programs and leverage resources. <br /> During that discussion, Board members asked staff to evaluate whether the existing <br /> HOME Committee could be used as the multijurisdictional entity by simply expanding its <br /> scope as an alternative to creating a new committee. <br /> The HOME Committee has many of the characteristics and orientation necessary to <br /> assume the responsibilities of a multijurisdictional affordable housing committee. <br /> 1. The purpose of the HOME Consortium is to allow jurisdictions to take a more <br /> regional and collaborative approach to affordable housing, recognizing that <br /> housing needs cross Town and County boundaries. <br />