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Orange County Affordable Housing Advisory Board Minutes Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 6:00 pm 6:00 PM Orange County West Campus 131 West Margaret Lane, Room 204 Hillsborough, NC 27278 Members Present: Keith Cook, Chair, Tammy Jacobs (Vice Chair), Douglas Boemker, James Eichel, Eleanor Kinnaird, Mae McLendon, Adejuwon Ojebuoboh, Cain Twyman Members Absent: Alison Brown, Allison Mahaley (excused), Jennifer Moore, Noah Oswald (excused), Blake Rosser, Arthur Sprinczeles (excused), Jenn Sykes (excused) Public in Attendance: Olivia Fisher Staff Present: Emila Sutton, Director; Diane Beecham, Community Development Specialist I. Call to Order/Introductions—Chair Keith Cook called the meeting to order at 6:18 pm. He asked the new members that were recently appointed to introduce themselves. Jim Eichel stated that he was originally from South Dakota and has been in this area for 40 years. He has been in the construction industry and is now the construction manager for CHT. He also serves on the Orange County Commission on the Environment. Adejuwon Ojebuoboh stated that he is a freshman at UNC majoring in business. He said that since high school he has always been involved in local government politics and wants to be involved here to have a tangible impact on the community. It was discussed that Mr. Cook that was the force behind the AHAB meeting in different areas of the community to make people more aware of AHAB's charge and activities and to hear from community members about their issues and concerns regarding affordable housing. II. Message from the Chair — Mr. Cook stated that four AHAB members, including himself, went to the all-day fair housing training with the Human Rights Commission on September 21't Stella Adams was the facilitator. III. Updates from Board Members— Ms. Jacobs stated that the September AHAB meeting held in Efland was not as well-attended as they would have liked, but people were glad that they came. Ms. Kinnaird added that the meeting was particularly on point for the couple that came who are going to be evicted and were looking for resources to help them. Ellie Kinnaird reported on the fact that some communities are looking to eliminate zoning that allows only for single-family homes, and instead also require denser housing types including duplexes, triplexes and quadraplexes. She does not think this type of zoning would get much support in Orange County. Also, Carrboro is contemplating allowing for accessory units in its residential zoning districts. Lastly, the rural buffer needs to be revisited [in order to allow for Page 1