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18 <br /> 1 Slide #6 <br /> Staff propose tight timeline to <br /> distribute funds & land quickly <br /> RFP Release: July 10, 2023 <br /> Application Workshop(s): July 10 - July 21, 2023 <br /> Applications Due: August 31, 2023 <br /> •Application Review: September 2023 <br /> • BOCC Considers Award Recommendations for <br /> Funding and land: October 2023 <br /> Project Kickoff: November 2023 <br /> nORANGEGOUNTY <br /> Q► HOUSING DEPARTMENT <br /> 2 <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Slide #7 <br /> Manager recommendations <br /> 1) Receive and approve the timeline to <br /> release Request for Proposals (RFP) for <br /> use of County bond funds and CIP funds <br /> for affordable housing projects <br /> Approve and authorize the Chair to sign <br /> the resolution (Attachment 3) declaring <br /> eleven (11 ) County owned parcels as <br /> surplus land for the purposes of affordable <br /> housing development nORAI�GE COBTY <br /> HOUSING DEPARTMENT <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Chair Bedford asked if the land could be given away. <br /> 7 John Roberts said the land could be sold for essentially nothing, or $1, or a negotiated <br /> 8 amount. He said that most county property is owned by the taxpayers so it can't be given away. <br /> 9 He said that a nonprofit could be an exception because they would be carrying out the work of <br /> 10 the government on that land. He said that this would be a sale and how it is structured could be <br /> 11 for nothing or have other requirements attached to it. <br /> 12 Chair Bedford asked how this will work. <br /> 13 Bonnie Hammersley said staff will put out an RFP and a non-profit may come in with a <br /> 14 proposal to build a duplex. She said they would identify a property and then request funding from <br />