Agenda 06-18-19 Item 8-a - Minutes

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13 The FY 2018-2019 Annual Action Plan will be submitted to HUD on or before June 25, 2019. 1 This Public Hearing is one of two (2) public hearings held as a part of Orange County’s 2 engagement of residents concerning local housing and community developments needs and 3 the HOME Program. A proposed revised timeline of the complete process is provided at 4 Attachment 3. 5 6 In order to inform the general public of this opportunity and encourage participation, notice of 7 the public hearing and locations at which the public can review a draft of the revised proposed 8 Annual Action Plan have been placed in The Herald-Sun, News of Orange and La Noticia, as 9 well as sent to public libraries, local non-profit agencies and placed on Orange County’s 10 website. 11 12 Sherrill Hampton said there has been a reduction in funds this year. 13 Sherrill Hampton said the full break out of numbers can be found in Attachment 4. 14 She said the same attachment includes a revised sheet, which provides some information on 15 the range of projects that were funded from 2015 through this period. She said the BOCC was 16 generous during this process last year, and Community Home Trust was awarded additional 17 funds for homeownership assistance, and this project has been completed and added to these 18 documents. 19 Sherrill Hampton said under 2016 monies, the BOCC awarded CASA $46,529, which 20 was the balance of unobligated Certified Housing Development Organization (CHDO) funds, 21 and this activity is imminent. She said it took longer than normal to do the environmental 22 assessment, but this has now been received and these activities should be starting within the 23 next week or so. 24 Sherrill Hampton said the BOCC has the recommended projects on page 2 in the 25 abstract, and in keeping with priority needs within the County’s 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan. 26 She said this includes rental acquisition, with EmPowerment utilizing $85,000, which includes 27 last year and this year’s CHDO funds. She said Habitat for Humanity will do home ownership 28 again, with 6 units, which is downsized from 8. She said Orange County received funding for its 29 TBRA, which will be used to leverage local voucher funds, as well as a rapid rehousing 30 program. 31 Sherrill Hampton said staff has provided a revised schedule, which is a little late, but it 32 will provide less confusion to the public via only 2 public hearings. She said the County has yet 33 to receive its letter from HUD, and so the timeframe has shifted, as noted in Attachment 3. 34 Commissioner Greene referred to attachment 4, and asked if there is a reason that 35 funds went up from 2017-18. 36 Sherrill Hampton said there was tremendous lobbying that year, and she is not sure if it 37 has new found monies. She said she does not know a specific reason. She said this year the 38 funds were reduced by about $51,000. 39 Commissioner Price said when she was in Washington, D.C. at the Economic 40 Development Steering Committee, there was a lot of lobbying and monies were put back into 41 the CDBG programs. 42 43 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Price to 44 open the public hearing. 45 46 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 47 48 Public Comments: 49