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6 <br />MMA(�7_ <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS <br />APRIL 10 1992 <br />The Orange County Assembly of Governments meeting was held on <br />Wednesday, April 1, 1992 at 6:00 p.m. at the Homestead Community <br />Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY 2=8019=4 PRWZNT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr., and <br />Commissioners Alice M. Gordon, Verla C. Insko and Don Willhoit. <br />Stephen H. Halkiotis <br />PREANIML Mayor Eleanor G. Ki.nnaird and <br />Aldermen Jay Bryan, Hilliard Caldwell, Jacquelyn M. Gist, Tom <br />Gurganus and Frances Shdtley. <br />CnPEL BILL 2= C Mayor Kenneth S. Brown and <br />Council Members Julie M. Andresen, Joyce Brown, Mark Chilton, Joe <br />Herzenberg, Phan E. Rimer, Arthur S. Werner and Roosevelt <br />Wilkerson, Jr. <br />Allen A. Lloyd, <br />Evelyn Lloyd, Carol Lorenz and Robert M. Rose. <br />Chair Moses Carey,, Jr. made introductory remarks. <br />Brown and Kinnaird welcomed everyone to the meeting. <br />Mayors <br />Tara Pikes, Director of Housing and Community Development for <br />Orange County indicated that the provision of affordable housing <br />is very important to everyone in the County. The different groups <br />which provide affordable housing have been discussing the need to <br />work together to further this effort. A strategy has been <br />developed by Orange County represented by Tara Pikes, Chapel Hill <br />represented by Judy Russell, Carrboro represented by James Harris, <br />Hillsborough Planning Department and Donna Dyer representing the <br />orange Community Housing Corporation, <br />Donna Dyer-made Is presentation - on the report entitled <br />"Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy for Orange County, <br />North Carolina ". She made reference to the document and stated <br />that the high cost of homeownership has left many families out of <br />the housing market or sent them to surrounding counties to buy <br />homes and commute into Orange County. For families needing three <br />or more bedrooms, very little stock exists. Development of this <br />countywide CHAS was undertaken by a working group with a <br />representative from each, participating jurisdiction plus staff from <br />Orange Community Housing Corporation, the County's non - profit <br />housing development corporation. This document identified specific <br />needs and prioritized. them based on severity of need and <br />availability of resources to address the need. Section I, <br />Community Profile, is a description of the housing need and market <br />in Orange County. Section II is a five -year approach to addressing <br />