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11 <br /> 1 • Access to Amenities (Services and Shopping including Grocery Stores/Food) <br /> 2 • Coordinating and Collaboration Among Other Related Initiatives For Stronger <br /> 3 Community Outcomes (e.g., Anti-poverty, FSA, Aging and Homelessness Initiatives) <br /> 4 • Assistance to persons transitioning from incarceration to community life <br /> 5 • Preservation of Existing Affordable Housing <br /> 6 • Access to Educational and Employment Opportunities <br /> 7 • Learning from Past Efforts (Studies, Plans and Projects) <br /> 8 • Learning from New Initiatives, Strategies and Evaluating Different Housing Models <br /> 9 • Dedicated Source of Future Funding <br /> 10 • Prepared for and or Creating Opportunities (Land Banking, strategic partnerships, etc.) <br /> 11 • Community Partnerships (including Nonprofits, Neighborhoods, Faith Based <br /> 12 Organizations and Intergovernmental and Private Sectors) <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Criteria Important to the Board from Previous Discussions and from Community <br /> 15 Engagement <br /> 16 Discussion Question #6 <br /> 17 Are there any other major areas of emphasis or criteria the Board would like considered <br /> 18 for addressing affordable housing in the County? <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Chair McKee said this is a living document and will continue to evolve. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Affordable Housing Strategic Plan: 2016 —2020 <br /> 23 Next Steps <br /> 24 • Consider approval to direct staff to prepare the final draft of the Orange County <br /> 25 Affordable Housing Strategic Plan 2016 - 2020 for the Board's adoption <br /> 26 • The Plan is intended to be a "living" Plan and will need to be implemented in phases <br /> 27 • Comments and information provided will be incorporated into the final draft of the Plan <br /> 28 • With the Board's approval of the Plan, staff will bring back to the Board more detailed <br /> 29 work plans and metrics in consultation and collaboration with community and municipal <br /> 30 partners and county agencies. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Bonnie Hammersley said staff will provide ongoing updates at regular Board of County <br /> 33 Commissioners (BOCC) meetings, as information becomes available. She said this practice <br /> 34 will allow for momentum to continue. <br /> 35 Chair McKee asked if any updates from the Towns could be shared as well, noting that <br /> 36 a strong partnership between the County and the Towns is important. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 2. Greene Tract Historical Information and Options <br /> 39 <br /> 40 BACKGROUND: The Greene Tract (164 acres)was acquired in 1984 for $608,000 and came <br /> 41 to Orange County as an asset in the Solid Waste Fund. As a result of the 1998 Interlocal Solid <br /> 42 Waste Agreement, 60 acres of the Greene Tract was conveyed to Orange County for "Solid <br /> 43 Waste management purposes" (now known as Orange County SW 60 Acre Tract). The <br /> 44 Interlocal Agreement (amended April 12, 2000) provided for the three owning partners to <br /> 45 determine, over a two-year period, the ultimate disposition of the remaining 104 jointly held <br /> 46 acres. The Agreement further included a repayment mechanism to the Solid Waste Enterprise <br /> 47 Fund. The financial reimbursement to the Solid Was Fund began on July 1, 2008. <br /> 48 This link http://server3.co.orange.nc.us:8088/WebLink8/DocView.aspx?id=27031&dbid=0 <br /> 49 provides a history of the Greene Tract from 1999 through 2008 which is a compendium of <br />