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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 18, 2019 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-c <br /> <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Consolidated Plan – FY 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan and <br />Proposed FY 2019-2020 HOME Activities <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Housing and Community <br />Development <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Resolutions <br />2) Draft FY 2019-2020 Annual Action <br />Plan Executive Summary <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Sherrill Hampton, Housing and <br />Community Development Director, <br />(919) 245-2490 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To: <br />1) Adopt a Resolution approving the Consolidated Plan’s proposed FY 2019-2020 <br />Annual Action Plan; <br />2) Adopt a Resolution approving the proposed HOME Program Activities for FY <br />2019-2020; and <br />3) Authorize the County Manager to implement the HOME Program as approved by <br />the BOCC, including the ability to execute agreements with partnering non-profit <br />organizations after consultation with the County Attorney and based on the <br />allocation received from HUD. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: Each year, local communities are required to reassess the needs of the <br />community. Orange County completed the required notice and public hearing process, <br />including a Needs Assessment Public Hearing on December 3, 2018 and a May 21, 2019 Public <br />Hearing on the proposed use of funds. In addition, there was a 30-day comment period from <br />May 8, 2019 – June 11, 2019, which allowed the general public to provide written comments <br />and input in regard to the proposed HUD allocation and uses of the funds to be received. <br />Notices were placed in The Herald-Sun, the News of Orange and La Noticia. Copies of the draft <br />Annual Action Plan were made available at Orange County Housing and Community <br />Development Department’s Main Office, Orange County Library and the Chapel Hill Library, as <br />well as on the Orange County Website. <br /> <br />The Orange County HOME Consortium, known as the Orange County Local Government <br />Affordable Housing Collaborative, anticipates the following Federal financial resources for FY <br />2019-2020: <br /> <br />1