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DocuSign Envelope ID: 7C3119A7- D81B- 45AB- 993C- 13CE5D767031 <br />EXHIBIT A <br />Scope of Services <br />1. Orange County's Housing and Community Development Department will serve as the <br />main point of contact for the contractor, Empowerment, Inc.. In addition, the <br />contractor, Empowerment, Inc., will coordinate all activities as it relates to the provision <br />of services under the contract with the County's Housing and Community Department, <br />including providing quarterly reports, sharing information on resident needs, conduct of <br />tenant meetings, participating in other applicable County meetings related to the <br />initiative, subcontracts for property management activities, as applicable, etc. The <br />contractor, Empowerment, Inc., will adhere to and carryout its responsibilities under the <br />Agreement according to the prescribed guidelines of Orange County's Displacement <br />Mitigation Assistance Program (D -MAP). <br />2. Empowerment, Inc. would be responsible for purchasing any needed new or near -new <br />manufactured home units and coordinate this activity with the County. The contractor, <br />Empowerment, Inc., must acquire manufactured home units based on the specifications <br />provided by Orange County. In the event, based on time - constraints, Orange County <br />purchases any needed manufactured home units, the costs will be deducted from the <br />funds awarded to Empowerment, Inc. for acquisition activities. Furthermore, if Orange <br />County purchases any needed manufactured home units, ownership of the purchased <br />units will be transferred to Empowerment for the conduct of prescribed activities under <br />the Agreement. <br />3. The contractor, Empowerment, Inc.., will provide the other following activities: <br />• Determining eligibility for all applicable manufactured home park residents and <br />ensure that participating households earn no more than eighty percent (80 %) of <br />HUD's medium income for the area. <br />• Conduct resident surveys and work with the County's Housing and Community <br />Development staff to identify housing options based on resident needs articulated <br />in the completed surveys. <br />• Ensure the long -term affordability of the new or near -new manufactured homes <br />purchased for up to twenty (20) years. <br />• Use Orange County's centralized database of manufactured home park owners to <br />identify available manufactured home park spaces for lease. <br />• Provide written leases, as well as lease - purchase agreements, as applicable, and <br />share copies with the County's Housing and Community Development <br />Department. <br />• Adhere to the agreed upon monthly Admin/Maintenance Fee, $25.00- $75.00, as <br />applicable and depending on the tenant's total household income. The fee <br />schedule shall be as follows: <br />• Total household income is 80% of AMI = $75.00 <br />• Total household income is 60 % -79% of AMI = $65.00 <br />• Total household income is 50 % -59% of AMI = $55.00 <br />13 <br />