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lease up on a first come first serve basis. Ms. Kinnaird noted that Ms. Hampton provided her with the contact information for the property after the January meeting. Departmental /County Report Ms. Hampton invited the Board to attend all of the upcoming department events. There will be another landlord meeting in April or May. Spring Break is coming and the Housing department is trying to provide activities for children in the HCV Program during both school district's break. The Orange County Housing Authority is collaborating with Orange County Parks and Recreation in ordrer to offer slots for the Spring Break Camps. Many of the families with multiple kids can't afford $62 per child. Orange County Housing Authority will provide up to 32 slots. This is the first time providing this opportunity. This is for children who live in Section 8 households and gives them the opportunity to attend activities during Spring Break. In Chapel Hill /Carrboro we are looking to do something a little different. Ms. Hampton has written Chapel Hill /Carrboro Parks and Recreation department to do a similiar deal with them. There may be activities at Chapel Hill /Carrboro for two to three days. This will also be on a first come, first serve basis for the slots. Update on the County's Mobile Home Park Initiative: There may be two park closures. One is the Lakeview Park on Weaver Dairy Road in Chapel Hill; this is in the Town's jurisdiction. The developer came before the Advisory Board and Town Council in January /February as it relates to the concept plan. There are 33 families in the mobile home park that are in danger of being displaced. The second mobile home park is the Homestead Mobile Home Park within the County jurisdiction and is located on Highway 86 South above New Hope Church. There are only 9 mobile homes in this mobile home park. The property changed owners and none of the residents have a lease. The owner has asked them to vacate the property. There will be a meeting on February 24, 2017, 10 am to 1 pm at New Hope Camp and Conference Center to gather input from the residents and identify their needs. The Land Banking /Mobile Home Park Work Group continues its work on this initiative. The BOCC approved four recommendations as shared earlier. These approved recommendations will establish the basis for the County's Mobile Home Park Initiative. One recommendation is to take a portion of the funding that was allocated to develop a revolving loan fund so that individuals who own mobile home parks can get low interest loans to expand and enhance their parks, including making applicable infrastructure improvements. The second recommendation involved using existing funding under the County's Urgent and Single - Family Rehab programs. Many of the mobile homes are not in condition to be moved. There will be some funds to replace them and the owners would have to sign an agreement to make sure affordability continues. The County has also created a Rapid Response Team that will also assist. Many of the residents are undocumented, have language barriers, elderly and have children in the school district and would like to stay in the district. The BOCC approved County staff