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7 <br /> 1 Commissioner Burroughs suggested thinking broadly on this, like the model in <br /> 2 Charlottesville. <br /> 3 Commissioner Jacobs suggested having a one-meeting working group to discuss the <br /> 4 aspects of land banking, such as whether or not to use public land; mobile home parks; what <br /> 5 are the alternatives, etc. He said there must be action soon or there will be no mobile homes <br /> 6 left in the urban areas of Orange County. <br /> 7 Commissioner Dorosin asked if the discussion of land banking is limited to <br /> 8 manufactured housing, or if it is broader, including developments like Phoenix Place. He asked <br /> 9 if the Board should be looking at a 20-unit project or larger, and if the Board wants to look at <br /> 10 ones that have water and sewer, or access to public transportation. He said Justice United just <br /> 11 did a survey on residents of mobile home parks, which may be useful to review. <br /> 12 Audrey Spencer Horsley said there is the overall inventory of mobile homes in Orange <br /> 13 County, and then there are the mobile home parks. <br /> 14 Commissioner Dorosin said the manufactured housing has overlaps with the land <br /> 15 banking issue, but not wholly. He asked if there should there be funds in the emergency repair <br /> 16 program that are available to do minor repairs in these units. <br /> 17 Commissioner Rich said the original intent for the safety net was for mobile home <br /> 18 residents that lost their property, and to use the safety funds for new homes for these residents. <br /> 19 Chair McKee said that is correct. <br /> 20 Commissioner Rich said she did not want to lose sight of the original thought for this <br /> 21 funding. <br /> 22 Commissioner Dorosin said the safety net would be more than moving the mobile unit if <br /> 23 a park is sold. He said many units are too old to be moved. He asked if the safety net should <br /> 24 be a County or non-profit owned park, to which people could simply move. <br /> 25 Commissioner Jacobs said the County could provide land and some infrastructure, and <br /> 26 let others provide the housing, similar to a business park. <br /> 27 Chair McKee asked if the Board agreed with Commissioner Jacobs' suggestion <br /> 28 regarding a one-time working group, and having staff set up a day and time. <br /> 29 The Board agreed. <br /> 30 Commissioner Dorosin asked if there was a priority list of the lands legacy land banking. <br /> 31 David Stancil, Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (DEAPR) <br /> 32 Director, said the lands legacy program already has a list of priority lands to land bank. <br /> 33 Bonnie Hammersley said this would help give staff direction for land banking. <br /> 34 Commissioner Rich suggested involving the Planning Department as well. <br /> 35 Craig Benedict, Planning Director, presented this portion of the PowerPoint: <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Mobile Homes in the County: Affordable Housing Strategies <br /> 38 Total mobile homes in Orange County 4236 <br /> 39 Number of Mobile Home Parks 100 <br /> 40 Number of Mobile Homes outside of parks in rural area 1959 <br /> 41 Vacancies (in Mobile Home Parks) 250 <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Mobile Homes in the County: Affordable Housing Strategies (chart) <br /> 44 There are 2,017 homes in the 100 mobile home parks of the County; a summary of conditions <br /> 45 is shown below. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Mobile Homes in the County: Affordable Housing Strategies <br /> 48 Vacancies in Mobile Home Parks (chart) <br /> 49 • Mobile Homes in the County: Affordable Housing Strategies <br /> 50 • Sustaining existing inventory <br />