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This budget year DSS is getting two transitional houses. The Housing Department will be working with DSS on securing the houses. There are two bills in the general assembly to take away impact fees. One is directed at Orange County and the other is across the state. If this bill becomes law there will be a potential loss of revenue of about 2.8 million. Those funds go to schools to reduce debt. April 19`h The League of Women Voters in Orange, Durham and Chatham has asked Ms. Moore to come and speak about that issue. One of the RFP's for the County Bond Fund due date has passed. There is a need for one of the AHAB members to sit on that panel. Eleanor Kinnaird volunteered with the support of the other members. This RFP would be for the bond money. Ms. Moore stated there would be a need for another member which involves county owned property. Ms. Moore stated the position for Director of Housing closed on the 15t" Rental Housing Strategic Plan Development Ms. Renee Holmes provided affordable rental information for the board. Ms. Holmes stated there are concerns about how HOME funds are spent. She provided information from the 2016 Annual Action Plan to provide guidance for how to start a strategic plan for affordable rentals to address the needs of the county. Ms. Moore stated that this information is so the AHAB board can think about how to go forward with the issue of affordable housing. Ms. Moore stated she had a discussion with Robert Dowling of Community Home Trust and that there does not appear to be any big developments in the pipeline for the next two years. She spoke about inclusionary zoning and its impacts. The conditional zoning will be changed. This is a barrier to getting affordable housing. There was board discussion on the tax structure being a barrier to people owning their own home in Orange County. Waterstone will have rentals for seniors and Habitat will have houses in that area. The board discussed having a table at Last Friday's event to let people know about affordable housing. Other Business There was discussion on term expirations and vacancies on the AHAB board. Nannie Richmond, Patsy Barbee and Arthur Sprinczeles have all served two terms that will expire June 30th. Noah Oswald can be appointed to another term. Applications of people interested in serving on the board were distributed for the board to review. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted Angela Rockett, Administrative Assistant Annette Moore, Interim Director Housing, Human Rights and Community Development Department