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16 1 2 Chair Dorosin referred to the maps at the Commissioners’ places, and said he would 3 like some zoomed in versions of some of these maps; specificallymore detailed information on 4 the followingones:percent minority by census track; median household income; the more 5 anomalous parcels, in order to know exactly where they are. 6 Chair Dorosin asked if these maps could be emailed to the Board. 7 8 PUBLIC COMMENT: 9 Robert Dowling, Community Home TrustDirector,thanked the Board ofCounty 10 Commissioners for its continued support ofaffordable housing. He said he hopes that the next 11 planin 2020 will better reflectthe collaborative efforts in Orange County,and will be more 12 focusedon how to spend funds.He thankedOrange County staff for their work with the 13 Community Home Trust(CHT).He also wanted to thank Bonnie Hammersley and Annette 14 Moore fortheir help with the Landings at Winmore; andwanted to acknowledge the efforts of 15 Sherrill Hampton,noting her attitude is to help CHT, whilealso holdingthem accountable. 16 Delores Baileyis the Executive Director of EmPOWERment, Inc. She thanked the 17 BOCC for itscontinued support ofaffordable housing. She said EmPOWERment was part of 18 the creation of theconsolidated plan,andher takeaway from this hard work is that there is a 19 tremendous need for affordable rentals for those residents and employees of Orange County 20 living at the low income and poverty levels. She said EmPOWERment is committed to 21 increasing the amount of rental properties for these populations, and provided an update on its 22 current efforts. 23 Keith Cook said he is a member of the Affordable Housing Advisory Board (AHAB), 24 which ismoving too slowly,asthere is still not enough money for affordable apartments. He 25 said he has heard that Dobbins Hill is up for sale, and is a property that should be protected for 26 affordable usage. 27 Commissioner McKee said the reduction in funding is concerning (down almost 60%), 28 and asked if there isany indication of future funding. 29 Sherrill Hampton said the decline seems to be a continuing trend,and she said HOME 30 did not fare well is the congressional budget. 31 Commissioner Price said at one point the Federal government wasgoing to totally cut all 32 of the housing funding, but this action was prevented and it remains at level funding.She said 33 it is essential that any funds received be used, so that the need is clearly demonstrated. 34 Commissioner Jacobs saidthe funding decline is based on politicalphilosophy that 35 being poor is a choice, and that the government should not reward this choice. 36 Commissioner Jacobs asked if Sherrill Hampton was involved with Dobbins Hill. 37 Sherrill Hampton said she is looking into this property, and will provide updated 38 information to the Manager as soon as possible. 39 Commissioner Jacobs asked if the report could include the County’s history of 40 involvement with this property. 41 Commissioner Marcoplos said he would like information on any other projects that may 42 be available, or at risk of being bought and no longer used for affordable housing. 43 Sherrill Hampton said she has been working with the Manager and the Deputy Manager 44 ona restructured framework for her department, which will lay out the funding provided by the 45 BOCC, based on the priorities from the Consolidated Plan as well as the BOCC. She said this 46 will come back to the BOCC in February. 47 48 A motion was made by Commissioner Burroughs,seconded by Commissioner Rich to 49 close the public hearing.