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6 <br /> Page 1 of 2 James Eichel <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Mr. James Eichel <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 621 Tinkerbell Road <br /> Chapel Hill NC 27517 <br /> Phone (Day): 919 818 7622 <br /> Phone (Evening): 919 818 7622 <br /> Phone (Cell): 919 818 7622 <br /> Email: jimeichel @gmail.com <br /> Place of Employment: Community Home Trust <br /> Job Title: Construction Manager <br /> Year of OC Residence: 1979 <br /> Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br /> Zone of Residence: <br /> Sex: Male <br /> Ethnic Background: white <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> Knights of Columbus/St. Thomas More Catholic Church <br /> Assistant Basketball Coach, YMCA Girls Youth Basketball (age 7) <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> None <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Affordable Housing Advisory Board <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> Educated in Civil Engineering and Construction Management; served in the USArmy Corps of <br /> Engineers (Veteran); over 30 years experience in construction project and company <br /> management, including both commercial and residential components; served as a housing code <br /> enforcement officer for the Town of Chapel Hill; managed 54 low income rental housing <br /> dwellings in Orange County for CASA (2011-2015); currently serve as the Construction Manager <br /> for Community Home Trust (255 affordable single family trust homes, where improvements <br /> only are owned by the occupants, and 58 low income rental apartments located at The <br /> Landings at Winmore in Carrboro - have sustainability oversight responsibility). <br /> Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br /> Many of our constituents, live and work in Orange County, only because there is a source of <br /> housing that makes it affordable for them to do so. Many have been homeless or disabled, <br /> some for many years, and the opportunity to have a key and a place to call home provides the <br /> self esteem that many take for granted. I believe being an advocate for affordable housing is an <br /> honor and a responsibility. <br /> Conflict of Interest: <br /> If there was any funding provision for which the Board convened to consider an award, and it <br /> related to Community Home Trust s mission, I would recuse myself. I would also be open to <br /> recusing myself for any other real or perceived concern of the Board. <br />