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7 Ben Hitchings said this project is Greenfield Place and Greenfield Commons, a nice partnership between the Town and the non-profit, affordable housing developer, DHIC. He said this project will provide a total of 149 units, and is currently in the middle of the second phase, of 60 senior units. Commissioner Rich said the hotel on Fordham Blvd, near Elliot Road, recently came down, and asked if any of this was deconstructed or just demolished. Ben Hitchings said he does not know. b) Millhouse Road Property Analysis - Travis Myren Travis Myren reviewed the following information: The Board of Orange County Commissioners has allocated $2 million in the County’s Capital Budget to address preservation and retention of manufactured homes parks and/or to assist in the acquisition of property and land banking for future residential development as an affordable housing alternative. Following the establishment of the land banking program, local housing partners, including Orange County and the Town of Chapel Hill, began evaluating opportunities and obstacles in redeveloping an existing manufactured home park or developing new affordable housing units to address the needs of park residents at risk. A summary of the results from the Mobile Home Park Survey Report were presented to County and Town elected officials during the Assembly of Governments meeting in January. Due to the potential redevelopment of existing manufactured home communities in the Town of Chapel Hill, Orange County is exploring the opportunity to locate displaced manufactured home park residents on County-owned property near the town. One site identified for a potential manufactured home park is the Millhouse Road Park site. This 78-acre site, comprised of two parcels, is zoned RB (Rural Buffer). On January 23, 2018, the Board of Orange County Commissioners authorized staff to proceed with a rezoning process as well as appropriate site investigations to determine whether this property is able to accommodate affordable housing for displaced residents. Because of the property’s location in the Rural Buffer, it is bound by density limitations detailed within the Joint Planning Land Use Plan. These density regulations limit residential development to one dwelling unit per two acres of property. As part of the rezoning effort, Orange County will pursue the recombination of the two parcels which make up the 78-acre Millhouse Road Park site which would allow for clustering home sites and allowing the balance of the property to be used for park purposes. The County is also exploring community water and sewer solutions that could be used as an alternative to extending public lines to the site since it is outside of the area where public water and sewer service may be installed. The Millhouse Road Park site is within the “Joint Courtesy Review Area”, as designated by the Joint Planning Agreement. As such, both the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill will have an opportunity to review the rezoning proposal and offer recommendations. The County may not formally adopt the proposed zoning amendment until the Towns have made recommendations or until the expiration of forty-five (45) days following the referral of the rezoning proposal, whichever occurs first. The County also recognizes that access to public transportation will be important to the viability of this site as an affordable housing community. The County is committed to working with the Town of Chapel Hill to establish safe and effective public transit access to the site.