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21 <br /> 1 the properties referred to in the 99-year deed restriction, have both a restriction on the home <br /> 2 and the land. <br /> 3 Commissioner McKee asked if, in the example being discussed, the restrictions would <br /> 4 be reduced on the house and the land. <br /> 5 Annette Moore said yes. <br /> 6 Commissioner McKee said he thought these were two separate entities on both <br /> 7 examples. <br /> 8 Commissioner Price said the concept of 99 years had been around for decades, and she <br /> 9 would have difficulty in changing this, outside of exceptions. She said she could live with certain <br /> 10 conditions, but did not want to get rid of the 99 years. <br /> 11 Commissioner Jacobs said if the 99 years does not affect people's ability to borrow, and <br /> 12 it keeps the land, then it should be left alone. <br /> 13 Chair Dorosin agreed. <br /> 14 Commissioner Jacobs said he had a question about the blue comment on the 2nd page. <br /> 15 Chair Dorosin said these were comments made by outside providers and were for <br /> 16 review. <br /> 17 Annette Moore said the County is required by the Department of Housing and Urban <br /> 18 Development (HUD) to have an equity-sharing portion in the affordable housing strategy. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to <br /> 21 approve with proposed changes: <br /> 22 1. Change the target population numbers to percentages for consistency with the <br /> 23 Affordable Housing ranking criteria <br /> 24 2. Added language to reflect the current practices <br /> 25 3. Edited Land Trust Model to reflect the Community Home Trust <br /> 26 4. Added Exceptions Section <br /> 27 5. Added Execution of Agreement <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Commissioner McKee commended Annette Moore as Interim Housing Director. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 32 <br /> 33 c. Durham Chapel Hill Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization Comprehensive <br /> 34 Transportation Plan —Comments and Endorsement <br /> 35 The Board received and reviewed the Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) <br /> 36 comments on the Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) document and the associated draft <br /> 37 bicycle, pedestrian, transit, and highway maps for the Durham Chapel Hill Carrboro Metropolitan <br /> 38 Planning Organization (DCHC MPO), provide any additional comments, and consider <br /> 39 endorsement. <br /> 40 Max Bushell, Transportation Planner, reviewed the following background information. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 BACKGROUND: The Orange County Board of County Commissioners received a report on the <br /> 43 CTP at the February 7, 2017 meeting. This report provided detail about the purpose of the CTP, <br /> 44 its relationship to other transportation plans, and the products of the CTP. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 CTP Definition <br /> 47 The CTP is a document prepared at the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) level and <br /> 48 identifies roadway, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian infrastructure improvements for future <br /> 49 implementation. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) requires MPOs to <br /> 50 produce a CTP; these plans are often the product of a joint planning effort between MPO <br />