Agenda - 02-19-2019 8-a - Minutes

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7 1 2 d) Future Collaboration Framework 3 As mentioned earlier in the document, the Orange County Affordable Housing Local 4 Government Collaborative is the body undertaking a more strategic approach in regard to 5 intergovernmental partnerships as it relates to the alleviation of affordable housing issues. The 6 Collaborative seeks to identify common areas of interest where the jurisdictions can leverage 7 their knowledge, skills, lessons learned and outcomes. Along with the other mandates of the 8 authorizing Resolution, the Collaborative's Work Plan, beginning in 2019-2020 and ongoing is 9 two-fold: 10 11 Develop a better understanding of the various affordable housing plans and strategies 12 across the jurisdictions and the progress towards these goals to date. Where do the 13 plans intersect or have common goals and how they do or do not support each other? 14 (Excerpted from an instructional email sent by Alderman Bethany Chaney on behalf of 15 the Collaborative.) 16 Explore the topical areas that have come up across all of the jurisdictions to 1) 17 understand what is happening now and the opportunities that may exist to jointly plan or 18 test strategies and create consistency across ordinances where practical and/or 2) 19 engage in collaborative planning for certain "hot spots" countywide. (Excerpted from an 20 instructional email sent by Alderman Bethany Chaney on behalf of the Collaborative.) 21 The topical areas are as follows: 22 o Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) 23 o Tiny homes 24 o Manufactured homes and "at risk" manufactured home parks 25 o Affordable housing development on the Greene Tract 26 o The "heat map" of vulnerable and/or high priority areas for creating affordability 27 o Housing for teachers and/or other targeted populations 28 o Nonprofit providers, their strategic plans for affordable housing development and 29 helping to inform those plans as a means of implementing a coordinated 30 approach to alleviating the affordable housing issues in Orange County. 31 32 The jurisdictional staff will provide information for Collaborative members based on the Work 33 Plan at each of the upcoming meetings. 34 35 Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the governing boards can discuss 36 issues and provide feedback to staff related to this item as necessary 37 38 Update from Carrboro 39 Rebecca Buzzard, Town of Carrboro, identified a two-page sheet of current projects and 40 future projects. She said the Town of Carrboro Board passed a half-cent tax last fiscal year, 41 and it hopes to increase this to 1.5 cents in the next 2 years, which will be dedicated to the 42 affordable housing special revenue fund. She said the Town is working on a new application 43 process to go before the Board of Aldermen next week. She said this will be a more 44 standardized and equitable process. She said Shelton Station is pre-leasing, and has ten 45 affordable units at 60% AMI and less, and 80% AMI and less. She said the land closed on the 46 CASA development, on which the Town partnered with Chapel Hill and the County. She said 47 the AHAC is a relatively new committee, and Carrboro looks forward to mirroring much of what 48 peers are doing with graphics, and painting a clearer picture of all that Carrboro is doing. 49 Commissioner Dorosin said all entities need to look for opportunities for collaboration, 50 and given the shared vision for affordable housing, where are the collaborative opportunities.