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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 7, 2001 <br />Action Agendaf <br />Item No.? <br />SUBJECT: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program <br />DEPARTMENT: Housing/Comm. Development PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Resolution Tara L: Fikes, ext 2490 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve a resolution authorizing the County. Manager to execute all necessary <br />State CDBG documents necessary in order to implement the FY 2001 Community Development <br />Block Grant Award for the Richmond Hills subdivision. <br />BACKGROUND: Orange County received a $250,000 Community Development Block (CDBG) <br />Grant from the N.C. Department of Commerce to assist with the cost of infrastructure in the <br />planned Habitat for Humanity Subdivision known as Richmond Hills in Efland. At the January <br />18 BOCC Meeting, the Board approved the.execution of the Grant Agreement, Funding <br />Approval, and Signatory Form and Certification as required by the N.C. Department of <br />Commerce. Since that time, the NC Department of Commerce officials have advised County <br />staff that many grant implementation documents that were signed in previous years by County <br />staff are now required to be signed by the Chief Elected Official or the Chair of the Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners. These implementation documents are very routine <br />documents that County staff has completed over the years for all CDBG grants. Thus, staff <br />considers requiring the Board to now execute these documents will create efficiency <br />.'challenges" for the Board. <br />Therefore, a resolution has been prepared that gives signatory authority to the County Manager <br />for all documents required to meet the grant implementation requirements for the FY 2001 <br />CDBG Award in accordance with the Grant Agreement, Development Agreement, and Funding <br />Approval approved by the BOCC on January 18. 2001. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the resolution.