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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 5, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-a <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Update on the Manufactured Home Park Initiative <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Department of Housing and <br />Community Development <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Draft Displacement Mitigation Assistance <br />Program (D-MAP) Guidelines <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Sherrill Hampton, Director, Housing and <br />Community Development, (919) 245-2490 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To provide an update on the activities undertaken to date, as well as those that are <br />upcoming, as it relates to the County’s Manufactured Home Park Initiative. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The last update provided to the Board occurred on March 20, 2018. At that <br />time, there were two (2) manufactured home parks in threat of closure – Lakeview in Chapel Hill <br />and Homestead located on NC 86 South. Residents in the Homestead Mobile Home Park were <br />given until March 31, 2018 to relocate. The County is leading the effort to provide relocation <br />options for these residents. Since that time, the County staff worked with the park owner to <br />secure an extension until June 30, 2018 as it relates to the deadline for residents to relocate. <br /> <br />During the March 20th regular BOCC meeting, the Board approved the parameters for a <br />contract with EmPOWERment to provide relocation coordination services for the Homestead <br />Mobile Home Park residents. The listing below details the efforts undertaken by staff since mid- <br />March 2018. <br /> <br />RECENT AND UPCOMING ACTIVITIES: <br /> <br /> On March 17, 2018 - County staff met with the residents of Homestead Mobile Home <br />Park to discuss and evaluate potential options for relocation. Residents did not select the <br />option of securing units in a multi-family complex owned by a local nonprofit in Chapel <br />Hill. All families selected the option of an alternative manufactured home park. County <br />staff continues efforts to identify housing options based on the families’ selection <br />preference. <br /> <br /> March 21 – March 23, 2018 – County staff refined required features of the proposed new <br />manufactured units, especially those that add to the sustainability of the units, including <br />energy efficiency and durability. Several manufactured home dealers were identified and <br />1