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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. -PC <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 4, 1993 <br /> SUBJECT: Housing Rehabilitation Environmental Review Record <br /> DEPARTMENT: Housing/Community Dev. PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: x <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara L. Fikes <br /> Notice of Intent to Request a <br /> Release of Funds <br /> Request for Release of Funds <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER- <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To authorize publication of a Notice of Intent to Request <br /> Release of Funds and execution of the Request for Release of Funds. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County HOME Consortium recently received an <br /> award of $803,600 in HOME Investment Partnership Program funds to be used <br /> for acquisition, housing rehabilitation and new construction activities in <br /> Orange County. Of this amount, $453,600 is available for housing <br /> rehabilitation activities. It is estimated that a total of 30 housing <br /> units in the County, including the towns, can be rehabilitated under this <br /> program. <br /> The N.C. Housing Finance Agency (NCHFA) requires that an environmental <br /> assessment be conducted prior to the expenditure of funds. County staff <br /> has reviewed the regulations and determined that the proposed activities <br /> are exempt from the environmental review process. Therefore, the County <br /> can request the release of funds for this activity utilizing the attached <br /> Request for Release of Funds form. The County is also required to publish <br /> a Notice of Intent to Request a Release of Funds in a newspaper of general <br /> circulation. The notice attached, in a format prescribed by NCHFA will <br /> accomplish this task. Upon approval, this notice will be published on or <br /> about August 4, 1993 in the Durham Morning Herald. The public will have a <br /> seven (7 ) day comment period. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : <br /> The Manager recommends authorizing the publication of a Notice of Intent <br /> to Request a Release of Funds in the Durham Morning Herald on or about <br /> August 4, 1993 and authorize the Chair to sign the Request for Release of <br /> Funds on behalf of the Board. <br />