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In response to a question, Ms. Hampton stated that she is not opposed to having programmatic staff attend an AHAB meeting to discuss Department activities and programs. [There was discussion about the fact that both community centers cited in the letter to the BOCC are in northern Orange County. It was decided to broaden the geographic location by including the Carrboro Century Center, Seymour Center and Hargraves Community Center, among others.] On a motion by Allison Mahaley and seconded by Jenn Sykes, the Advisory Board unanimously voted to send the letter to the BOCC requesting permission to change the regular locations of their meetings to other locations around the County, to include the Carrboro Century Center, Seymour Center and Hargraves Community Center, among others. IV. Updates from Board Members — Jenn Sykes reported on the rezoning petition before the Hillsborough Planning Board to rezone the area at Nash & Tryon Streets to allow for three single family homes. She reported that affordable housing was often mentioned at the hearing and the Planning Board gave a favorable recommendation to the Town Council. Mae McLendon reported that that the Rogers Road community is looking for funding to help pay for water and sewer residential connections to the new public system. Also, they want to review the zoning in their area in light of the new public water and sewer. V. Director's Report — The new Local Voucher Program will go live during the week of June 17-24th. A briefing for service providers will be held on June 12th and the announcement for the new program will be made to the public on June 3rd. The announcement will be in three newspapers, on the County's website and all service providers will receive copies of the announcement. The Rapid Re-Housing Program will be launched on June 12th. The amount of funds available is $25,000 and assistance is provided for a two-year period. It is anticipated that ten families will be served. The FY 2019-20 HUD HOME program public hearing is scheduled for May 21St at 7:00 pm at the Southern Human Services Center. The AHAB will receive the quarterly reports from the outside agencies that received funding. This practice was started last year. The Department received a $80,000 grant from the NCHFA for its Urgent Repair program. VI. Old and New Business —Allison Mahaley stated that she will follow up on the possibility of AHAB members attending a Racial Equality Institute (REI) training session. Adjournment — The Advisory Board voted to adjourn at 7:40 pm. Page 3