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Affordable Housing Advisory Board 300 West Tryon Street Room 250 Hillsborough, NC 27278 Minutes of Tuesday, March 14, 2017 Members Present: Patsy Barbee, Chair; Arthur Sprinczeles, Vice Chair, Josh Brown, Noah Oswald, N.V. Parlikad, Eleanor Kinnaird Excused Absence: Tammy Jacobs, Daniel Bullock, Nannie Richmond Unexcused Absence: Adrian Moreno, Alex Nickodem Staff Present: Annette Moore, Interim Director, Renee Holmes, Housing Program Coordinator and Angela Rockett, Administrative Assistant Guest: Keith Cook Welcome /Introduction Patsy Barbee, Chair, called the meeting to order at 6: 13 p.m. Approval of Minutes Motion to approve the minutes by Arthur Sprinczeles, seconded by Noah Oswald and the minutes was approved unanimously. Department Report /County Report Long Term Housing Affordability Policy Annette Moore shared that the BOCC passed the Long Term Housing Affordability Policy. One of the changes that were being considered was the 99 year time limit. The BOCC did not change that, but they made some exceptions in certain instances they might lessen the time but it has to meet the exceptions. Request for Proposal Status Update The RFP for bond money and county owned property is on the street. There were two meetings with potential bidders. One meeting was in Hillsborough and the other one in Chapel Hill and they were both well attended. The Affordable Housing Coalition made a request to extend the deadline to another 30 days. This will be put on the BOCC agenda for March 21, 2017. Outside Agency Funds Requests Ms. Moore explained the process for Outside Agency Funds Requests. There were 60 proposals that were split between some of the advisory boards. Ms. Moore explained the process of ranking and scoring the Outside Agency Funds Request. The AHAB board agreed to rank and score the requests as a group. The AHAB will meet on Monday, March 20, 2017 in Hillsborough at the Housing, Human Rights and Community Development office to compile the scores.