Agenda - 03-20-2018 8-a - Minutes

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7 owners would grant right of way. She said this is within the Town limits, but County partnership 1 would still likely be needed. She said this may be a good starting point for collaboration, with 2 shared funding and maintenance, as this sidewalk would directly connect people with a County 3 facility. 4 Commissioner Price said she and Commissioner Jacobs have spoken about this, and 5 petitioned the BOCC on this in recent months. 6 Mayor Stevens said the maintenance costs are the bigger issue. He said connectivity is 7 important to the Town, but it becomes an issue of bandwidth for the Town. He said there are 8 some ways to collaborate and find connections to the schools. 9 10 d) Affordable Housing 11 Sherrill Hampton, Housing Director, reviewed the information below: 12 The Town of Hillsborough and Orange County are engaged in a number of strategic 13 collaborative initiatives in an effort to enhance affordable housing opportunities in the Town and 14 County. Several of these initiatives are included below: 15 • Senior staff from Hillsborough and County senior staff, along with their respective 16 counterparts from the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill meet monthly to review, 17 discuss and share ideas on various affordable housing activities and other related 18 matters. One such initiative is Housing for Teachers and Other Community Workers. 19 The discussion between the jurisdictions are in the very early stages but staff have 20 begun the due diligence as it relates to best practices being utilized in other 21 communities across North Carolina and the United States. 22 • Hillsborough Senior staff, along with senior staff from the County and the Towns of 23 Carrboro and Chapel Hill, also meets monthly with the County Manager and various 24 Town Managers to continue strategic discussions around areas of collaboration and 25 those matters that have a countywide relevance for all County residents. 26 • In October and November 2017, Orange County, along with the Towns of Hillsborough, 27 Carrboro and Chapel Hill’s local elected officials, expanded the role of the HOME 28 Review Committee to include broader discussions regarding affordable housing and 29 related matters. The action taken also renamed the Committee as the Orange County 30 Local Government Affordable Housing Collaborative (the Collaborative). The expansion 31 of the role of the Committee and creation of the newly named body was in direct 32 response to elected officials and Orange County residents’ desire for jurisdictions in the 33 County to take a more strategic and collaborative approach as it relates to enhancing 34 affordable housing opportunities. Residents’ suggestions for the more collaborative and 35 strategic approach was articulated during many of the public meetings that were held in 36 regard to the 2016 Affordable Housing Bond. 37 38 Sherrill Hampton said the Mobile Home Park Initiative is another area of collaboration. 39 Town Commissioner Ferguson said she is interested in the teacher and community 40 service worker housing, and asked if any preliminary parcels have been identified in 41 Hillsborough. 42 Sherrill Hampton said both Superintendents were in the meeting, and one parcel was 43 mentioned. She said she is not at liberty to send this out now, but when ready she will let the 44 Manager pass on this information. 45 Town Commissioner Ferguson said she is very glad this need is being considered, and 46 she hopes that something comes of it. 47 Commissioner McKee asked if new developments are required to provide a certain 48 percentage of affordable housing. 49