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19 <br /> Sherrill Hampton presented this item: <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 /> 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 /> FY 2019 HOME Funds $350,302.00 <br /> HOME Program Income $ 13,306.00 <br /> HOME Local Match $ 78,818.00 <br /> Total $442,426.00 <br /> The above amounts are estimates only and may be adjusted according to the exact allocation <br /> received from HUD. <br /> Furthermore, the HOME Consortium, comprised of one (1) elected official and staff members <br /> from Orange County, the Town of Carrboro, Town of Chapel Hill and Town of Hillsborough, <br /> reviewed the applications received on February 28, 2019 and again on May 6, 2019 given the <br /> proposed decrease in HUD HOME funds to be received. As it relates to the proposed FY 2019- <br /> 2020 HOME funds, the Collaborative made the following revised recommendations regarding <br /> funding for consideration by each of the Consortium member jurisdictions' elected bodies as <br /> follows: <br /> Empowerment, Inc. — Rental Acquisition $ 85,000.00* <br /> Habitat for Humanity— Homeownership $181,392.00 <br /> Orange County— County-wide TBRA $141,004.00 <br /> Administration $ 35,030.00 <br /> Total $442,426.00 <br /> (*-Includes Orange County HOME Consortium's FY 2019-20 CHDO Set-Aside amount of <br /> $52,545. EmPOWERment will also receive $60,201 of FY 2018-19 CHDO Set-Aside funds <br /> making their total proposed award amount $145,201.) <br /> The requested amounts above may still be adjusted based on the exact allocation the HOME <br /> Consortium receives from HUD. <br /> In accordance with the Orange County HOME Consortium Agreement, approved in May 2011, <br /> the HOME Program Design for each year must be approved by all jurisdictions prior to <br /> submission to HUD. The HOME Program Design was approved by the Town of Carrboro on <br /> May 14, 2019 and Town of Chapel Hill on May 22, 2019. The Town of Hillsborough approved <br /> the HOME Program Design on June 10, 2019. The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) is <br />