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Affordable Housing Advisory Board <br />300 West Tryon Street Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Tuesday, January 12, 2016 <br />Minutes <br />Members Present: Patsy Barbie, Chair; Arthur Sprinczeles, Vice Chair; Diane Beecham, Noah <br />Oswald; Brika Eklund; Eleanor Kinnaird; Sully Jaffer; Nannie Richmond; Daniel Bullock and Jason <br />O' Quinn <br />Unexcused Absence: Traci Wooten and Tammy Jacobs <br />Staff Present: Audrey Spencer - Horsley, Director; and Crystal Coble, Administrative Assistant <br />Welcome /Introduction <br />Pasty Barbie, the AHAB Chair, called the meeting to order at 6:19pm. AHAB members <br />introduced themselves and new member Brika Eklund were welcomed by Patsy Barbie and Audrey <br />Spencer - Horsley. <br />Approval of Minutes <br />Nannie Richmond made a motion to approve the minutes of May 19, 2015 and Diane Beecham <br />seconded the motion and the minutes were approved unanimously. <br />Department Report /County Report <br />Audrey informed the AHAB that a consultant has been contracted to complete a condition survey <br />of mobile home parks in the county. This was done to fulfill the BOCC's request to complete a mobile <br />home needs assessment in order to capitalize on the stock of affordable housing that mobile homes can <br />provide. Audrey stated that the information should be available by the end of the January. Once <br />complete results from the survey are intended to inform the county of additional affordable housing <br />potential; accomplished through working with interested property owners, redevelopment and /or <br />improving existing substandard sites. Additionally Audrey shared that the BOCC wants a site <br />established where mobile homes can be relocated in the event the tenant face displacement. An <br />assessment of county owned land has been completed for Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Carrboro and <br />the county is also looking in to quasi - public entities like that water authority to see if they have land that <br />they would be willing to include in the land inventory even if they are not willing to redevelop it. <br />Audrey explained that the county is trying to do a compilation of affordable housing stock over time that <br />includes the 1997 and 2001 bonds as well HOME Program funding, tax credit properties and other <br />special projects completed as well. <br />Audrey informed the AHAB that on the 21st of January she would be presenting to the BOCC the <br />Analysis of Impediments, which explains that barriers that people with moderate to low income be able <br />to live anywhere within the county at an affordable rate. A summary of the Analysis of Impediments <br />was provided and a link to the full document was sent via email. A member wanted it to be made clear <br />