Agenda - 12-03-2018 8-a - Minutes

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3 1 thus are likely particularly reliant on location-specific support networks and their 2 communities. 3 o Proximity to family and friends was a major concern cited by residents regarding 4 relocation. 5 • Communities in these mobile home parks have expressed that they would like to remain 6 in their homes and communities. 7 o There has been an emphasis placed on the importance of remaining within the 8 Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district. 9 • Lack of action could result in many of these residents to become homeless as many do 10 not have alternative options for housing. 11 12 Step 3: How are communities engaged? 13 Orange County Health Department and the Family Success Alliance surveyed several mobile 14 home parks. 15 • The engagement process informs us: 16 1) that multiple facets of residents' identities inform their decisions and 17 preferences, most notably race, class, and documentation status. 18 2) that not everyone in these mobile home parks has the opportunity to advocate 19 themselves, as they are in vulnerable situations, often living in fear of deportation 20 and separation from family members. 21 22 Step 4: What are your strategies for advancing racial equity? 23 The County should work actively to incorporate a racial-equity sense in all the work they do. 24 This includes: 25 1) facilitating conversations on poverty, race, affordable housing, or documentation-status. 26 o These conversations should include and empower marginalized voices. By 27 partnering with community organizations like the Community Empowerment 28 Fund and the Family Success Alliance, the County can create effective spaces 29 for these conversations. 30 2) systematically surveying and documenting the responses of these individuals. 31 o Listening and responding to the voices of marginalized populations in creating 32 and executing our proposal advances racial equity. 33 3) acknowledging that the needs of the community are subject to change and evolve as our 34 proposal begins to affect communities. 35 36 Step 5: Desired Outcomes, Proposals 37 Our desired outcome is one in which the wishes of community members are respected and 38 racially disproportionate harm is minimized. 39 40 Plan 1: Purchase Land 41 Costs: Principal purchase price and lost values of property taxes, while there would be income 42 flowing in from rent payments. 43 44 Benefits: While this is likely the most expensive option, it certainly minimizes the inflicted racial 45 inequity. Families would not have to relocate, nor would they have to fear future relocation; 46 furthermore, the desires of the community to remain in their current location would be 47 respected. 48 49 Plan 2: Relocated (Less Ideal)