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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 20, 2023 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-d <br /> SUBJECT: Proposed Designation of County Surplus Property and Proposed Release of <br /> Request for Proposals for Use of County Capital Investment Plan (CIP) and <br /> Bond Funds and Designated Surplus Land for Affordable Housing <br /> DEPARTMENT: Housing <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) Overview of County Owned Parcels Corey Root, Housing Director, (919) <br /> Designated As Surplus for Affordable 245-2492 <br /> Housing Steven Arndt, Director, Asset <br /> 2) Individual Maps and Information for Management Services, (919) 245- <br /> 11 County-Owned Parcels 2625 <br /> 3) Resolution Declaring 11 County- Morgan Pierce, County Attorney's Office, <br /> Owned Parcels as Surplus Land for (919) 245-2318 <br /> Affordable Housing and Authorizing <br /> the County Manager to Convey <br /> County-Owned Real Property By <br /> Private Sale or Other Means to <br /> Provide Affordable Housing <br /> 4) Project Scoring Criteria <br /> PURPOSE: To receive the timeline to release Request for Proposals (RFP) for use of County <br /> bond funds and CIP funds for affordable housing projects, and approve the following: <br /> 1) A resolution declaring eleven (11) County owned parcels surplus land for the purposes of <br /> affordable housing development and authorizing the County Manager the convey these <br /> parcels to affordable Housing developers by private sale or other means; and <br /> 2) The schedule for release of the Housing Department RFP for use of the remaining amount <br /> of affordable housing bond funds, the first $5 million distribution of CIP affordable housing <br /> funds, and eleven (11) County-owned parcels for affordable housing development. <br /> BACKGROUND: Orange County voters approved $5 million for affordable housing development <br /> in 2016. The Housing Department distributed the bulk of these funds in two rounds — $2.5 million <br /> in 2017 and $2.5 million in 2020. There are $769,680 in remaining unspent funds and bond sale <br /> proceeds that Housing Department staff would like to make available for affordable housing <br /> projects in the summer of 2023. <br /> At the June 8, 2023 Budget Work Session, the Board of County Commissioners provided direction <br /> that an additional $5 million for affordable housing development be allocated from the Capital <br /> Investment Plan (CIP) funding for FY 2023-2024. The CIP also includes $5 million allocations in <br />