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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 24, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Housing Bond Program <br />DEPARTMENT: Housing/Community Dev. PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Location Map <br />Site Map <br />Water/Sewer Map <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Tara L. Fikes, 245-2490 <br />PURPOSE: To consider awarding housing bond funds in the amount of $450,000 to Habitat for <br />Humanity to assist with the infrastructure costs for the Purefoy Drive subdivision in the Rogers <br />Road community in Chapel Hill and authorize the Manager in consultation with the County <br />Attorney to enter into a Development Agreement detailing the conditions of award. <br />BACKGROUND: An application for Housing Bond funds was received on or about February 5, <br />2007 from Habitat for Humanity requesting $450,000 for a portion of the infrastructure costs in <br />the proposed Purefoy Drive subdivision in the Rogers Road community. As additional <br />information, in November 2005 the Board approved $205,000 in housing bond funds to <br />purchase three parcels of property for this subdivision. Attached to this abstract are two maps <br />highlighting the location of the property. <br />This property is in the Chapel Hill planning jurisdiction near the Rusch Hollow subdivision <br />recently completed by Habitat for Humanity. Preliminary plans include the provision of public <br />water and sewer provided by the Orange Water and Sewer Authority by extension from Rusch <br />Hollow to serve this property. (See Water-Sewer Map) Additionally, this neighborhood is in an <br />area that the Town of Chapel Hill has targeted for a Small Area Plan currently under <br />development. <br />As required by the Orange County Housing Bond Policy, the Project Review and Selection <br />(PRS) Committee held a pre-application conference with staff from Habitat to discuss the <br />proposed application, reviewed the submitted application, and then. met with the organization to <br />discuss the committee's funding recommendation. Members of the Project Review and <br />Selection Committee include: County Staff Members: Gwen Harvey, Ken Chavious, Paul <br />Thames, Craig Benedict, Perdita Holt, and Tara Fikes; Commissioners Valerie Foushee and <br />Barry Jacobs; and Affordable Housing Advisory Board Members Barbara Mull, Jabrina <br />Robinson, and Gary Gaddy. The Committee also includes representatives from the Towns of <br />Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough in the person of James Harris, Loryn Barnes, and <br />Margaret Hauth respectively. <br />