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12 <br /> 1 below 80% of the area median income who have lived in their home for at least 10 years and <br /> 2 experienced an increase in their property taxes during the 2021 tax revaluation. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Staff from the Orange County Housing and Community Development Department (OCHCD), <br /> 5 Tax Department, and Finance and Administrative Services Department met over the summer to <br /> 6 coordinate, design and begin implementing the proposed program. Staff created a draft program <br /> 7 application (Attachment 1), a proposed plan for reviewing and approving applications and <br /> 8 outlining each department's role in process (Attachment 2), and a proposed communications <br /> 9 and outreach strategy to share information about the program with county residents (Attachment <br /> 10 3). <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Housing and Community Development Department staff will be primarily responsible for <br /> 13 administering the LHA program — collecting applications and supporting documentation from <br /> 14 applicants, and verifying program eligibility for each applicant. The Orange County Housing <br /> 15 Helpline will play a key role in assisting county residents with completing applications and <br /> 16 gathering documentation. The Tax Department will provide some of the eligibility verification <br /> 17 details to Housing and Community Development Department staff during application review. <br /> 18 Once an application is approved for assistance, Housing and Community Development <br /> 19 Department staff will coordinate with the Finance and Administrative Services Department and <br /> 20 Tax Department to issue a credit towards the taxpayer's property tax bill. The program has a <br /> 21 proposed launch date of October 1, 2021. All applications must be received by 5:OOpm on <br /> 22 December 15, 2021 to allow time for processing. <br /> 23 <br /> 24 This item was tabled until the October 5, 2021 Business Meeting. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 b. Eno Economic Development District— Potential Comprehensive Plan Future Land <br /> 27 Use Map and Zoning Atlas Amendments <br /> 28 <br /> 29 BACKGROUND: <br /> 30 Planning staff has been asked to bring forward for Board of County Commissioners' review and <br /> 31 discussion potential Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map and Zoning Atlas amendments <br /> 32 in the Eno Economic Development District (EDD) (see maps in Attachment 1 for location and <br /> 33 current designations). <br /> 34 <br /> 35 <br />