Agenda 11-07-19 Item 8-a - Minutes

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14 1 Kirby Saunders said the house was uninsured during the last flood, and the family used 2 its own funds to make it habitable for the time being. 3 Commissioner Dorosin asked if all of the $322,000 will be paid to the family. 4 Kirby Saunders said the amount the family receives is based on a fair market appraisal. 5 Commissioner Dorosin asked if there is any idea of what that appraisal will be. 6 Kirby Saunders said he does not know. 7 Commissioner Dorosin asked if there is a range, and how much will go to purchase the 8 property versus demolition, regrading of land, etc. He asked if there is an estimate for these 9 costs. 10 Kirby Saunders said he can provide that information, and believes the tax-assessed 11 value is $144,000, which is not a fair market appraisal. He said the amount is based on a pre- 12 event appraisal for fair market value, which needs to be under$276,000. He said if the 13 situation were to increase beyond a cost-benefit ratio that was determined by FEMA, the County 14 could do in-kind support through paying for a survey, the closing costs, etc. 15 Commissioner Dorosin said an appraisal should not be needed to know how much it will 16 cost for demolition. 17 Kirby Saunders said there is a draft budget with approximate costs, which can be 18 provided to the Board. 19 Commissioner Marcoplos referred to the $276,000 maximum, and asked if a place like 20 Camelot Apartments would be viewed as one property, or divided into subunits of$276,000 21 each. 22 Kirby Saunders said he and his staff are working with the Chapel Hill partners to target 23 the Camelot area. He said it is considered as a condominium setup, and is considered one 24 tract with multiple owners, which requires 100% consensus of owners. He said the only way 25 around that is to subdivide, but he is uncertain of the status of this. He said without 100% 26 owner consensus, mitigation efforts cannot be pursued. He said when using federal dollars, 27 there can be no pressure or persuasion with the homeowners. 28 Commissioner Dorosin said the owners are looking to redo University Mall, and he would 29 like to see affordable housing included, and offer it 1 for 1 to the people who own the units in 30 Camelot village. He petitioned for the Board to weigh in collectively to the Town of Chapel Hill's 31 vision process. 32 Commissioner Greene said Moody, which does creditworthy analyses, is paying more 33 and more attention to hazard mitigation as an element of its evaluation. 34 Chair Rich asked if fact sheet and survey could be put on the website, as well as a link 35 to the application form. She said, since all towns are participating, this should be included on 36 those websites as well. She asked the Clerk's office to follow up on this request. 37 38 A motion was made by Commissioner Marcoplos, seconded by Commissioner 39 Bedford for the Board to: 40 41 1) approve the Resolution designating Kirby Saunders as the County's Primary Agent 42 and Michael Harvey as the Secondary Agent for this Hazard Mitigation Grant Program 43 application; 44 2) direct the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners to sign as the Certifying Official; 45 3) authorize the designated agent to submit the Hazard Mitigation Grant Project application 46 to North Carolina Emergency Management for approval; and 47 4) authorize the Manager to execute and sign all necessary documents in support of this 48 grant opportunity. 49 50 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 51 52