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7 <br /> authorizing Resolution, the Collaborative's Work Plan, beginning in 2019-2020 and ongoing is <br /> two-fold: <br /> • Develop a better understanding of the various affordable housing plans and strategies <br /> across the jurisdictions and the progress towards these goals to date. Where do the <br /> plans intersect or have common goals and how they do or do not support each other? <br /> (Excerpted from an instructional email sent by Alderman Bethany Chaney on behalf of <br /> the Collaborative.) <br /> • Explore the topical areas that have come up across all of the jurisdictions to 1) <br /> understand what is happening now and the opportunities that may exist to jointly plan or <br /> test strategies and create consistency across ordinances where practical and/or 2) <br /> engage in collaborative planning for certain "hot spots" countywide. (Excerpted from an <br /> instructional email sent by Alderman Bethany Chaney on behalf of the Collaborative.) <br /> The topical areas are as follows: <br /> o Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) <br /> o Tiny homes <br /> o Manufactured homes and "at risk" manufactured home parks <br /> o Affordable housing development on the Greene Tract <br /> o The "heat map" of vulnerable and/or high priority areas for creating affordability <br /> o Housing for teachers and/or other targeted populations <br /> o Nonprofit providers, their strategic plans for affordable housing development and <br /> helping to inform those plans as a means of implementing a coordinated <br /> approach to alleviating the affordable housing issues in Orange County. <br /> The jurisdictional staff will provide information for Collaborative members based on the Work <br /> Plan at each of the upcoming meetings. <br /> Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the governing boards can discuss <br /> issues and provide feedback to staff related to this item as necessary <br /> Update from Carrboro <br /> Rebecca Buzzard, Town of Carrboro, identified a two-page sheet of current projects and <br /> future projects. She said the Town of Carrboro Board passed a half-cent tax last fiscal year, <br /> and it hopes to increase this to 1.5 cents in the next 2 years, which will be dedicated to the <br /> affordable housing special revenue fund. She said the Town is working on a new application <br /> process to go before the Board of Aldermen next week. She said this will be a more <br /> standardized and equitable process. She said Shelton Station is pre-leasing, and has ten <br /> affordable units at 60% AMI and less, and 80% AMI and less. She said the land closed on the <br /> CASA development, on which the Town partnered with Chapel Hill and the County. She said <br /> the AHAC is a relatively new committee, and Carrboro looks forward to mirroring much of what <br /> peers are doing with graphics, and painting a clearer picture of all that Carrboro is doing. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said all entities need to look for opportunities for collaboration, <br /> and given the shared vision for affordable housing, where are the collaborative opportunities. <br /> He said things are happening in individual towns, but how can the entities talk and work <br /> together. He would like to see where collaboration will make the biggest impacts...funding, <br /> communications, resources, etc. He said everyone is walking in the same direction, but not <br /> necessarily pulling the ropes together. <br /> Mayor Hemminger said there is great collaboration with on-going monthly meetings <br /> between senior staff and the housing collaborative. <br /> Chair Rich said at the BOCC retreat, Commissioner Greene mentioned the need for <br /> more policy focus, and they are missing the policy guidance. <br />