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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 5, 2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-b <br /> SUBJECT: County Property Designated for Sale as Affordable Housing <br /> DEPARTMENT: Housing, Human Rights <br /> and Community Development <br /> (HHRCD),Asset Management <br /> Services (AMS) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Sherrill Hampton, Director, Housing, <br /> 1) Site Illustrative Human Rights and Community <br /> 2) Resolution Development, (919) 245-2492 <br /> Jeff Thompson, AMS (919) 245-2658 <br /> PURPOSE: To designate and convey County property for use as affordable housing. <br /> BACKGROUND: On October 15, 2013 the BOCC approved the purchase of two properties <br /> adjacent to the Sportsplex to provide parking and for future expansion of the Orange County <br /> Sportsplex. The properties, located at 1119 and 1203 Highway 70-A, each has an estimated <br /> 1,500 square foot residential dwelling located on it (note Attachment 1, "Site Illustrative"). The <br /> County is preparing to begin the construction of the Orange County Sportsplex Field House <br /> expansion. <br /> The houses on the property, with some rehabilitation, are both suitable for affordable housing. <br /> Costs of moving and rehabilitation of these structures are less than new construction of similar <br /> structures. Additionally, the embodied energy from the structures' original construction is not <br /> wasted; re-purposing these structure when possible is considered more sustainable and <br /> environmentally responsible. <br /> Staff proposes that the County convey the houses to one or more non-profits agencies whose <br /> mission it is to provide affordable houses for low or moderate income families for the nominal <br /> price of $1.00. In turn, these non-profits would rehabilitate these houses and use them for <br /> affordable housing either through a sale or lease to persons who are low income. <br /> Attached is a Resolution which authorizes the County Manager to sell the properties by <br /> negotiated sale to either a public or private entity for the purpose of developing affordable <br /> housing for persons of low to moderate income. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: The Sportsplex Field House capital project can support the move of the <br /> 1203 structure house in lieu of deconstruction. This house is contemplated to be moved by <br /> AMS to a lot owned by Empowerment, Inc. (505 Terrell Street in Hillsborough) and conveyed to <br />