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15 <br /> 1 reach out to, and which we have not done as good a job of reaching in many of our other <br /> 2 affordable housing supported projects. <br /> 3 Commissioner Price seconded. <br /> 4 Commissioner Rich agreed with having this conversation in the near future. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 7 <br /> 8 8. Reports <br /> 9 <br /> 10 a. Discussion of the Proposed Orange County FY 2016 — 2020 Affordable Housing <br /> 11 Strategic Plan <br /> 12 The Board reviewed and discussed the information provided on the Proposed 2016— <br /> 13 2020 Affordable Housing Strategic Plan, and provided direction to staff. <br /> 14 Audrey Spencer Horsley reviewed the background information, and said this item is to <br /> 15 continue the discussion on the Orange County Affordable Housing Strategic Plan. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 BACKGROUND: <br /> 18 On April 5, 2016 the Orange County Board of Commissioners (Board) received the Proposed <br /> 19 2016— 2020 Affordable Housing Strategic Plan (Plan) that has been developed as the County's <br /> 20 long-range vision for addressing affordable housing needs over the next five (5) years. After <br /> 21 receiving an overview of the Plan by the Director of Housing, Human Rights and Community <br /> 22 Development (Director) and public comment, the Board requested that the Director conduct <br /> 23 additional community outreach on the Plan prior to holding a work session scheduled for May <br /> 24 10, 2016. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 At the May 10, 2016 work session, the Board discussed all the recommendations of the Plan. <br /> 27 In follow-up to the Board's discussion above on the Plan recommendations, the Board held a <br /> 28 work session on September 8, 2016. For the work session there were two major items that the <br /> 29 Board had requested additional information and recommendations from staff: <br /> 30 • a mobile home strategy and <br /> 31 • the process for going forward with the Greene Tract (An update and options for the <br /> 32 Greene Tract was also the subject of the second Item for the September 8th Work <br /> 33 Session). <br /> 34 Staff included a few other discussion items for further clarification in moving forward: <br /> 35 • the Board's criteria and priorities on the use of land banking, <br /> 36 • moving forward on use of County owned property, <br /> 37 • planning initiatives to further affordable housing, <br /> 38 • the county's 1,000 units goal and special needs housing; and <br /> 39 • criteria or other areas of emphasis the Board would like included to address affordable <br /> 40 housing needs in the county <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Staff also included in the material examples of innovations and successes from other <br /> 43 communities particularly with regard to use of mobile homes to meet special affordable housing <br /> 44 needs. <br /> 45 Travis Myren presented the following information: <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Bond Funds to Help the County Reach a Countywide Shared Goal of 1,000 Affordable <br /> 48 Housing Units in Five Years: 2016 —2020 <br /> 49 OPTION: TARGETING INCOME and SPECIAL NEEDS by#UNITS and TYPE <br /> Household Income Range Target Units Percent of Examples of Population <br />