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32 <br /> <br />3) states the County's commitment to comply with federal tax and securities laws; and 1 <br />4) authorizes staff to complete the financing. 2 <br /> 3 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS 4 <br /> 5 <br />7b. (moved up) Millhouse Road Park Affordable Housing Options Feasibility Update 6 <br />The Board received a progress report on the 78-acre Millhouse Road Park site feasibility 7 <br />analysis for a potential affordable housing development; and provide feedback to the Manager 8 <br />and staff on the analysis and potential next steps. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Michael Fiocco, Civil Consultants, reviewed the information and brief PowerPoint 11 <br />presentation below: 12 <br /> 13 <br />BACKGROUND: 14 <br />At its January 23, 2018 meeting, the Board of Orange County Commissioners requested 15 <br />information regarding the feasibility for the development of affordable housing options on two 16 <br />County owned parcels totaling approximately 78 acres known as the Millhouse Road Park site 17 <br />(note Attachment 1-“Aerial Site Illustration & Fact Sheet”). Staff collaboration has been working 18 <br />on this analysis over the last several weeks, studying the parcels as a potential site for up to a 19 <br />34 unit manufactured home park, given the growing community challenge with the availability of 20 <br />safe, affordable housing units due to mobile home park redevelopment. For the purpose of this 21 <br />analysis, either permanent or temporary housing units may be considered. The same site 22 <br />feasibility parameters would apply to either temporary or permanent housing units. 23 <br /> 24 <br />The potential use of this site for housing would be in addition to the site’s potential use as a 25 <br />soccer park in partnership with the Town of Chapel Hill according to the 2014 Orange County 26 <br />Parks and Recreation Master Plan. The property was acquired in 2004 and 2007 with 2001 27 <br />Orange County Parks and Open Space bond funds. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Staff and Civil Consultants, the Site-Civil Engineering Firm engaged to assist in the feasibility 30 <br />analysis, has examined the physical, land record, land-use, operational, and financial 31 <br />characteristics that would support the dual use. Representatives from Civil Consultants will 32 <br />present summary findings (note Attachment 2 – “Civil Consultants Feasibility Summary”) of the 33 <br />feasibility study to the Board. All primary feasibility reports and analysis can be found at: 34 <br />http://www.orangecountync.gov/Millhouse%20Road%20Park%20Housing%20Options%20Feasi35 <br />bility%20Information.pdf 36 <br /> 37 <br />Transportation Infrastructure, Circulation, and Land Records Assessment. Adequate 38 <br />onsite traffic circulation and off-site transportation infrastructure considerations appear feasible 39 <br />and reasonable for a potential housing development. Land records assessments yielded no 40 <br />findings that would inhibit the proposed development. 41 <br /> 42 <br />Environmental Considerations. An extensive set of environmental criteria have been 43 <br />considered in this initial feasibility analysis, and would also apply to any design and operation of 44 <br />a potential development. Initial environmental and cultural/archaeological assessments yielded 45 <br />findings that would not inhibit the proposed development. 46 <br /> 47 <br />Soils, Hydrology, Public Water Supply Well, Wastewater, and Storm Water 48 <br />Considerations. The most limiting set of factors emerging from this study involve soils, on-site 49 <br />public well and wastewater capacity and wetlands. The available quantity and quality of on-site 50