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18 Recommendation 2: Repair and/or Replacement Program Component (Short Term) • Orange County establishes, with local funds, a repair and/or replacement program component for residents living in a mobile home, whether rental or owner-occupied. • Program capitalization using local funds • Urgent Repair Program • Single-Family Housing Rehabilitation Program • Mobile Home Park Recommendations Craig Benedict presented the final two recommendations: Recommendation 3: Mobile Home Park Development (Long Term) • Orange County uses designated funds to pursue the development of a mobile home park and/or mixed housing development on an undeveloped parcel. • May be pursued in the northern portion of the County, specifically the Eno and Efland areas, with access to transportation, goods, services, employment, and public water and wastewater infrastructure. • Allow for the County to work with an existing mobile home park owner to expand their existing mobile home park. • May require the County to initiate a Request for Proposal (RFP) process. • Mobile Home Park Recommendations Recommendation 4: Greene Tract (Long Term) • Orange County, the Town of Chapel Hill, and the Town of Carrboro elected officials and staff continue to explore affordable housing opportunities on the Greene Tract, with a focus on alternatives for displaced mobile home park residents and utilization of a portion of the Greene Tract. • If this process is pursued, County funds allocated for mobile home parks may be put towards infrastructure improvements, site preparation, construction, and/or housing. • May require the County to initiate a Request for Proposal (RFP) process, similar to the RFPs initiated for the 2016 Affordable Housing Bond Funds. Recommendations: The Manager recommends that the Board: 1. Receive the presentation; 2. Discuss as appropriate; and 3. Endorse the recommendations contained in Attachment 4. Commissioner Price said she hoped the County would work together with the Towns. Craig Benedict said the Town of Chapel Hill is participating. Bonnie Hammersley said the Towns are very interested in this strategy, and asked that this presentation be made at a future affordable housing meeting. Commissioner Jacobs said #3 should be called, "Manufactured Housing Community Development," as mobile home is a stigmatized phrase. Commissioner Marcoplos said he likes the idea of a new name, and said he is a big fan of site built homes due to the employment opportunities. Commissioner Marcoplos referred to the community in Charlottesville, and said this is an incredible idea.