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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 20, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-b <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Update on the Mobile Home Parks Initiative <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Department of Housing and <br />Community Development <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Sherrill Hampton, 919-245-2490 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To receive an update on the activities undertaken to date, as well as those that are <br />upcoming, as it relates to the County’s Mobile Home Parks Initiative. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: For many years the Orange County Board of County Commissioners has had <br />a keen interest in addressing the vulnerability of residents living in mobile home parks and <br />allocated funding to address land banking for mobile home parks and/or to assist in the <br />acquisition of property for future residential development as an affordable housing alternative. <br /> <br />As a result of the Board action approving funding, a multi-sector Affordable Housing/Mobile <br />Home Park Work Group was formed. On November 20, 2017 the Work Group presented the <br />Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) with its recommendations on strategies for mitigating <br />resident displacement and relocation challenges due to park closures and redevelopment <br />efforts. The BOCC approved the recommendations and requested that County staff develop a <br />Rapid Response Protocol in order to allow for timely, coordinated action when mobile home <br />park closures occur. <br /> <br />TIMELINE/RECENT AND UPCOMING ACTIVITIES: <br /> <br /> Discussions with the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough began before and <br />have continued since the BOCC’s November 2017 approval of the Work Group <br />recommendations. Discussions focus on the development of a coordinated approach <br />between the jurisdictions and sharing of pertinent information. <br /> <br /> January 2018 – Orange County staff learned of a potential mobile park closure, and <br />Town of Chapel Hill staff shared notice regarding the potential closure and <br />redevelopment of the Lakeview Mobile Home Park. <br /> <br /> January 16, 2018 – County staff held a meeting of the Work Group to receive input and <br />comments on the draft Rapid Response Protocol. <br />1