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DocuSign Envelope ID:6DC1ED22-B276-4193-B1F9-548B6AFFC7C5 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br /> Scope of Services <br /> 1. Orange County's Housing and Community Development Department will serve as the <br /> main point of contact for the contractor, Empowerment, Inc.. In addition, the <br /> contractor, Empowerment, Inc., will coordinate all activities as it relates to the provision <br /> of services under the contract with the County's Housing and Community Department, <br /> including providing quarterly reports, sharing information on resident needs, conduct of <br /> tenant meetings, participating in other applicable County meetings related to the <br /> initiative, subcontracts for property management activities, as applicable, etc. The <br /> contractor, Empowerment, Inc., will adhere to and carryout its responsibilities under the <br /> Agreement according to the prescribed guidelines of Orange County's Displacement <br /> Mitigation Assistance Program (D-MAP). <br /> 2. Empowerment, Inc. would be responsible for purchasing any needed new or near-new <br /> manufactured home units and coordinate this activity with the County. The contractor, <br /> Empowerment, Inc., must acquire manufactured home units based on the specifications <br /> provided by Orange County. In the event, based on time-constraints, Orange County <br /> purchases any needed manufactured home units, the costs will be deducted from the <br /> funds awarded to Empowerment, Inc. for acquisition activities. Furthermore, if Orange <br /> County purchases any needed manufactured home units, ownership of the purchased <br /> units will be transferred to Empowerment for the conduct of prescribed activities under <br /> the Agreement. <br /> 3. The contractor, Empowerment, Inc.., will provide the other following activities: <br /> o Determining eligibility for all applicable manufactured home park residents and <br /> ensure that participating households earn no more than eighty percent (80%) of <br /> HUD's medium income for the area. <br /> o Conduct resident surveys and work with the County's Housing and Community <br /> Development staff to identify housing options based on resident needs articulated <br /> in the completed surveys. <br /> o Ensure the long-term affordability of the new or near-new manufactured homes <br /> purchased for up to twenty(20) years. <br /> o Use Orange County's centralized database of manufactured home park owners to <br /> identify available manufactured home park spaces for lease. <br /> o Provide written leases, as well as lease-purchase agreements, as applicable, and <br /> share copies with the County's Housing and Community Development <br /> Department. <br /> o Adhere to the agreed upon monthly Admin/Maintenance Fee, $25.00-$75.00, as <br /> applicable and depending on the tenant's total household income. The fee <br /> schedule shall be as follows: <br /> o Total household income is 80% of AMI= $75.00 <br /> o Total household income is 60%-79% of AMI= $65.00 <br /> o Total household income is 50%-59% of AMI= $55.00 <br /> 13 <br />