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Agenda <br />Assembly of Government <br />September 29, 2005 <br />Board Room, Carrboro Town Hall <br />7:30 p.m. <br />7:30 — 8:10 1. Presentations on the Status of Affordable Housing in Orange County <br />A. Affordable Housing Policies /Requirements in Chapel Hill, Orange <br />County, Hillsborough, and Carrboro <br />20 minutes <br />B. Update on the County's affordable housing plan in light of the last <br />five years of construction — what does the ground show us? <br />➢ Are we meeting the needs and /or goals articulated in the 2005- <br />2010 County plan? <br />20 minutes <br />8:10 — 8:30 2. Defining County -Wide Goals <br />A. Should there be a county -wide goal or percentage of increased <br />affordable housing? <br />B. How can we attain such a goal? <br />8:30 — 9:00 3. Jointly Owned Governmental Land <br />A. How do we develop affordable housing on those properties — <br />example: 25 acres of the Greene Tract? <br />B. What other avenues are there to develop the property? <br />9:00 — 9:30 4. Mechanisms to Reach the Goal <br />A. Agreed upon plan to implement in all jurisdictions involving actual <br />numbers <br />B. Use of low- income tax credit programs <br />C. Use of more frugal /cheaper building alternatives <br />D. Use of any other mechanism to maintain the affordable housing <br />stock <br />E. Rental vs. Ownership <br />