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I septic system. Commissioner Gordon hopes that if the septic system does not use up the entire 2 site, that other uses be considered. 3 Ron Holdway said that they are waiting an the contour survey and they will do a line by 4 line layout of the system, They will have an exact measurement at that point. They will try to 5 use the property efficiently. 6 A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to 7 adopt a preliminary concept plan for the park to be used in the master plan process, 8 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 9 10 7. PUBLIC HEARINGS 11 a. Orange County Housing Rehabilitation CDBG Program 12 The Board received comments from the public concerning the FY 2004 Housing 13 Rehabilitation Program for Orange County; and considered authorizing the staff to proceed with 14 application development. 15 Housing and Community Development Director Tara Fikes said that Orange County was 16 recently notified by the North Carolina Department of Commerce that they were awarded 17 $400,000 in rehabilitation funds far fiscal year 2004. Orange County also received an award in 18 2001, They have used the money to rehabilitate 13 houses (four in Carrboro, four in 19 Hillsborough, and the other five in the County). They have more money allotted to them this 20 year„ The State requires that there be a public hearing prior to developing the formal application 21 document and then another public hearing after the document has been prepared, The 22 application is due on October 24~h. They hope to repair 14-15 homes with this new allocation, 2.3 Commissioner Jacobs asked if this was the money that they discussed using for indoor 24 plumbing and Tara Fikes said yes, They were able to address some septic system failures with 25 the allocations, None of the houses lacked plumbing totally. 26 Commissioner Jacobs would like a clearer view of who is out there and what condition 27 their housing is in. He would like to have the Affordable Housing Advisory Board to develop a 28 comprehensive picture to address this short term or Tong term. He thinks that there are some 29 people out there without indoor plumbing. 30 There was no one signed up to speak to this item,. 31 A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to 32 close the public hearing. 33 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 34 35 A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to 36 authorize the staff to proceed with application development. 37 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 38 39 40 8. ITEMS FOR DECISION--CONSENT AGENDA 41 A motion was made by Commissioner.lacobs, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to 42 approve those items on the consent agenda as stated below: 4.3 44 a. Minutes 45 This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda for separate 46 consideration, 47 48 b. Appointments 49 (1) Economic Development Commission 50 The Board appointed Susan Lombardo, member at-large, to a first full term to 51 expire June 30, 2006; Russell Seibert, member at-large, to a second term to expire June