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83 <br /> If your board/commission played the role of an Element Lead Advisory <br /> Board involved in the 2030 Comprehensive Plan preparation process, <br /> please indicate your board's activities/accomplishments as they may relate <br /> to the Comprehensive Plan's goals or objectives. <br /> (The Element Lead Advisory Boards include: Planning Board, EDC, <br /> OUTBoard, Commission for the Environment, Historic Preservation <br /> Commission, Agriculture Preservation Board, Affordable Housing Board, <br /> Recreation and Parks Advisory Council) <br /> The Housing Authority, via the Housing Choice Voucher program, provides direct <br /> services that support the following goals from the 2030 Comprehensive Plan: <br /> Provide decent and affordable housing for low-income households. Strategies <br /> include assisting low-income homeowner and low-income renter properties <br /> through rehabilitation, weatherization, and lead-based paint improvements; <br /> continuation of the County's Urgent Repair Program; constructing new rental <br /> housing; providing financial and educational assistance to qualified homebuyers ; <br /> providing education and advocacy regarding tenant's rights; and providing <br /> financial assistance to homeowners wanting to install indoor plumbing and/or <br /> connect their properties to public water and sewer facilities. <br /> Provide housing and services for populations with special needs. Such special <br /> needs groups include the homeless, elderly, disabled, mentally ill, and persons <br /> with AIDS. Strategies to assist these groups include financial assistance to <br /> shelters and other services to special needs groups; strengthening partnerships <br /> with the local Continuum of Care; and assisting with the acquisition of funding to <br /> develop permanent housing for persons with special needs <br /> Rental unit strategy that accepts that older rental properties should be targeted <br /> for reinvestment and rehabilitation to provide needed housing for households <br /> earning 30% or below the area median income. <br /> Identify any activities this board/commission expects to carry out in 2017 <br /> as they relate to established BOCC goals and priorities. <br /> If applicable, is there a fiscal impact (Le., funding, staff time, other <br /> resources) associated with these proposed activities (please list). <br /> If the Authority successfully sponsors a housing conference, this may require <br /> funding to facilitate the event. We anticipate that a contribution of$5,000 from the <br /> Commissioners to match an Authority allocation of unrestricted funds would <br /> make such an event possible. <br /> With the Affordable Housing Bond issue passed, the Housing Conference should <br /> take shape around the question of which options would be the best use of the <br /> bond money. <br />