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, 1 <br /> t <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 6, 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> - Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Heritage Hills Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Completion Options <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 2/27/02 Interim Report Rod Visser, 245-2300 <br /> 2/25/02 Housing Director Memo Tara Fikes, 245-2492 <br /> Site and Area GIS Maps Wilbert McAdoo, 245-2625 <br /> Site Photos TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a preliminary report, and provide feedback to staff, regarding options <br /> for the disposition of two lots and houses acquired by Orange County under the federal and <br /> state funded Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. <br /> BACKGROUND: Orange County has recently completed the purchase of two homes in the <br /> Heritage Hills subdivision that sustained flood damage (but were subsequently repaired) as a <br /> result of Hurricane Floyd in September 1999. The acquisitions were accomplished through <br /> Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) and related grant funds provided through the Federal <br /> Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the State of North Carolina. The concept of the <br /> program is to eliminate buildings from floodplains under the assumption that the cost of <br /> voluntary acquisition will be less than the cost of repairs from repeated floodings over the years. <br /> Using those grant funds, Orange County purchased the properties from the homeowners, who <br /> have since relocated to other housing. Under the HMGP agreement with the State, Orange <br /> County is obliged to remove the houses and restore the two properties to an essentially natural <br /> state. <br /> Orange County has a number of options that it can pursue regarding the disposition of the two <br /> homes that need to be removed. The four basic options, in order of preference, include: <br /> 1. Removal and relocation <br /> 2. Deconstruction <br /> 3. Donation to an entity willing to remove the homes at no cost to the County <br /> 4. Demolition <br /> The accompanying staff memo lays out in more detail these options, as well as additional <br /> information that staff is working to obtain prior to seeking any formal decision from the Board on <br /> disposition of these properties. <br />