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11 <br /> 1 NEXT STEPS: County Manager's Office to coordinate regular progress reporting to BOCC and <br /> 2 other stakeholders. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 AR 30.1 <br /> 5 NEW: Seek and support opportunities to partner with community and municipal partners on <br /> 6 major projects and or funding applications to federal, state and private funders <br /> 7 NEXT STEPS: County Manager and Town Managers to assign a intergovernmental staff work <br /> 8 group to support the elected leaders. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 AR 19 <br /> 11 UNDERWAY WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED: Expand the County's Urgent <br /> 12 Repair Program to serve 50 to 60 senior residents and or persons with disabilities, thereby <br /> 13 substantially reducing or practically eliminating a long waiting list to serve this population for <br /> 14 urgent housing repair needs. This would require an additional $150,000 to $200,000 to the <br /> 15 current fiscal year funding level of$75,000 allocated to complete approximately 25 owner- <br /> 16 occupied housing units of senior households and or households with persons with a disability. <br /> 17 NEXT STEPS: BOCC to consider additional funding in the FY2016- 17 Budget. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 AR 16.3 <br /> 20 UNDERWAY WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED: More permanent supportive <br /> 21 housing for disabled homeless people including creative and non-traditional affordable housing <br /> 22 options that reduce cost and provide for more affordable units; and service needs of <br /> 23 unaccompanied minors/youth. <br /> 24 NEXT STEPS: Housing, Homeless Programs Coordinator, and DSS to work with community <br /> 25 partners including Cardinal Innovations to address the need to more supportive housing for <br /> 26 people with disabilities. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 AR 21 <br /> 29 UNDERWAY WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED <br /> 30 Leverage maximum funding through the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency Single-Family <br /> 31 Rehabilitation Loan Pool (SFRLP)funds. Each recipient of SFRLP funds is now eligible with <br /> 32 recent program changes for up to $500,000 (instead of $170K) to conduct financially-feasible, <br /> 33 moderate housing rehabilitation for households that are below 80% AMI. Due to the extent of <br /> 34 rehabilitation required for typical older homes of Orange County applicants, few homes can be <br /> 35 completed based on the state requirement of only $45K to bring each home up to code. <br /> 36 Additional funds of $200,000 - $250,000 will allow the County to complete approximately 10 <br /> 37 homes instead of three (3) homes and fully and more effectively leverage the state funding. <br /> 38 NEXT STEPS: As priorities are defined by the BOCC, the County Manager will recommend <br /> 39 funding options for priorityship team. This group will work on cooperative proposals for major <br /> 40 projects and funding applications. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 AR 8 <br /> 43 UNDERWAY: With the completion of a conditions survey and SWOT analysis of mobile home <br /> 44 parks in the County, immediately pursue opportunities to preserve the inventory, expand and or <br /> 45 improve this source of affordable housing through acquisition, land banking and partnership <br /> 46 opportunities. This may include and is not limited to minor to moderate repairs and or <br /> 47 conversion of underutilized parks to modular housing, cottages, and or small (micro/tiny) <br /> 48 homes. <br /> 49 NEXT STEPS: Housing, Asset Management Services, Planning, DEAPR land <br /> 50 acquisition/disposition staff to collaborate on a project proposal for Board of County <br />