Agenda - 12-04-2017 - 8-a - Minutes

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19 1 Commissioner Price said she would like there to be a requirement for park owners to 2 pay money back, if they fail to live up to the required standards. 3 Commissioner Jacobs said they have been working on this for years, and they know 4 there will be a crisis at some point, and having a rapid response is a great addition to the plan. 5 He said the Commissioners tried to create retrofitted standards in the late 1980s, which failed. 6 He said if more parks are not being created, he does not want standards to be cost prohibitive 7 deterrents. 8 Commissioner Rich asked if Chapel Hill or Carrboro have funds that help out with parks. 9 Sherrill Hampton said this question has been asked, but no response has been 10 received. 11 Susan Levy, Habitat for Humanity, thanked the Board of County Commissioners and 12 staff for bringing this work group's recommendations forward. 13 14 Mobile Home Park Work Group Recommendations: 15 16 1. Mobile Home Park Improvement and Expansion Program (Short Term) Orange County 17 establishes a loan program for mobile home park owners to improve and/or expand their 18 existing park. This strategy would be part of an overall Rental Rehabilitation Initiative for 19 Investor-Owners with 25 or less properties. In addition, it is also recommended that up 20 to $500,000 from the $2M Affordable Housing/Land Bank Set-aside in the approved 21 Capital Investment Plan be used to initially fund this Initiative. Currently, the remaining 22 balance in the Affordable Housing/Land Bank Set-aside is $1,706,600. 23 24 2. Repair and/or Replacement Program Component (Short Term) Orange County 25 establishes, with local funds, a repair and/or replacement program component for 26 residents living in a mobile home, whether rental or owner-occupied. This strategy would 27 be part of the County's existing Single-Family Housing Rehabilitation and Urgent Repair 28 Programs. Presently, assistance for mobile home repair is only available under the 29 County's Urgent Repair Program and applicants must own the land, as well as the 30 mobile home. If the recommendation is approved, it would allow for the inclusion of 31 residents who do not meet the aforementioned ownership requirements but either have 32 the owner's written approval for proceeding with the repairs and/or replacement or own 33 the mobile home but not the land. In addition, it would allow for mobile home repair 34 and/or replacement under the County's Single-Family Rehabilitation Program. Currently, 35 there is a combined total of$455,468 available for these programs. 36 37 3. Mobile Home Park (Manufactured Housing) Development (Long Term) Orange County 38 uses designated funds to pursue the development of a mobile home park and/or mixed 39 housing development on an undeveloped parcel with access to transportation, goods, 40 services, employment, and public water and wastewater infrastructure in the County. 41 42 4. Greene Tract (Long Term) Orange County, the Town of Chapel Hill, and the Town of 43 Carrboro elected officials and staff continue to explore affordable housing opportunities 44 on the Greene Tract, with a focus on alternatives for displaced mobile home park 45 residents and utilization of a portion of the Greene Tract. 46 47 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Rich to 48 endorse the recommendations contained in Attachment 4, with the noted changes to establish 49 an emergency protocol; a name change to "Manufactured Housing Community Development"