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Orange County Affordable Housing Advisory Board Minutes <br /> Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 6:00 pm <br /> Health Department Conference. 3rd Floor <br /> 300 W. Tryon Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> Members Present: Olivia Fisher, Tammy Jacobs, Ellie Kinnaird, Allison Mahaley, Blake <br /> Rosser, Jenn Sykes, Cain Twyman <br /> Members Absent: Douglas Boemker, Alison Brown, Keith Cook, Mae McLendon, Noah <br /> Oswald, Narayanan Venkatakrishnan Parlikad, Nannie Richmond <br /> Staff Present: Sherrill Hampton, Housing and Community Development Director and <br /> Diane Beecham, Community Development Specialist <br /> I. Call to Order/Introductions — Vice Chair Tammy Jacobs called the meeting <br /> to order at 6:20 pm. She determined that there was not a quorum and thus <br /> Board business could not be conducted. <br /> II. Approval of Minutes — No approval of minutes since there was not a <br /> quorum. <br /> III. Volunteer Assignment Updates — Ms. Jenn Sykes stated that she attended <br /> the Westside Neighborhood Group meeting regarding the results of a survey <br /> on housing affordability. An important challenge discussed was maintaining <br /> affordability in the neighborhood without maximizing density. She also <br /> attended the Hillsborough Planning Board meeting and a proposal was <br /> discussed to rezone land on Murray Road, in a historically African-American <br /> community. The land used to be a mobile home park with three mobile <br /> homes and two duplexes. The proposal is to rezone the land to allow for <br /> three new houses, each 2,000 square feet in size. <br /> Ms. Mahaley added there were originally five houses that were moved to this <br /> property from off Occoneechee Mountain in the 1970s and she bought one of <br /> them. She expects that the four other houses will go on the market and it is <br /> important that they remain affordable. Ms. Sykes responded that the <br /> Westside Neighborhood Group also wants it to remain affordable but the <br /> Town of Hillsborough may not have the same priorities. <br /> Sherrill Hampton said that the County has funds from its land banking <br /> program to acquire properties to add to its affordable housing inventory. Any <br /> property to be potentially acquired has to be assessed as well as meet other <br /> requirements. <br /> Ms. Sykes said that water rates will be discussed at the next Hillsborough <br /> Planning Board meeting. <br /> Page 1 <br />