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12 <br /> 1 Slide #10 <br /> Staff propose 3 recommendations for 2023 <br /> to increase award equity <br /> 1. Increase minimum award to $200 <br /> 2. Establish property value cap <br /> $363,000 $465,000 $563,000 $698,000 <br /> 3. Establish $1,500 award limit <br /> nORANGECOUNTY <br /> �►HOUSING DEPARTMENT <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Commissioner Fowler asked if people got a minimum award of$200 but their bill was less <br /> 4 than that, how that would work. <br /> 5 Erika Cormack said it is not very likely that a bill would be less than $200. <br /> 6 Nancy Freeman, Tax Administrator said some tax bills are lower than $200, but that real <br /> 7 estate would have very few at that amount. She said that the document says they will award up <br /> 8 to the amount of the tax bill but would not award over that. <br /> 9 Corey Root said that this is just for the county portion of the bill. <br /> 10 Vice-Chair McKee asked for more information on outreach efforts for the coming year. <br /> 11 Corey Root said they issued press releases in 2021 and the biggest outreach was a flyer <br /> 12 that went out with the tax bill, so every homeowner got one. She said many churches were <br /> 13 supplied with flyers, a short video in English and Spanish was posted on social media and Whats <br /> 14 App. <br /> 15 Vice-Chair McKee asked that flyers be distributed to every church and community center. <br /> 16 Corey Root said churches were provided with flyers and a lot of community members were <br /> 17 partnered. <br /> 18 Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked if there is a way to break down the data geographically <br /> 19 by race. <br /> 20 Corey Root said they can do that. <br /> 21 Commissioner Hamilton asked if they take the 2022 data and applied the new <br /> 22 recommendations how it would look. She asked if they would assume they will have the same <br /> 23 number of awardees. <br /> 24 Corey Root said it looked like more $200 awards. She said it put everyone closer to the <br /> 25 cap of$1,500. <br /> 26 Erika Cormack said it was close to 20 more households that would receive the full award. <br /> 27 Commissioner Richards asked for clarification on how the dollar numbers were reached. <br /> 28 Erika Cormack said that if everyone that applied had gotten a full award, then the average <br /> 29 would have been $1,149. <br /> 30 Commissioner Richards said the $1,500 gives some room there and more people could <br /> 31 be served. <br /> 32 Erika Cormack said the recommendations are made with the hope that more people could <br /> 33 get more money. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 <br />