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Orange County Affordable <br /> ORANGE COUNTY Housing <br /> HOUSING DEPARTMENT Advisory Board (AHAB) <br /> Meeting Agenda <br /> Tuesday, May 14, 2024 <br /> 300 W Tryon St. <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> Lynn: Offers to do a Doodle Poll—Wednesday the 29th or June 5tn a%k} is li4 pp i@I�i'cS ogp� lyobZ "ge'Rng <br /> and 1 PM). 310 Jackson St. Durham; 719 Hardy Street, Durham. <br /> Matthew: I'll have to check the schedule, but school will determine. <br /> Kyle: 11 AM on the 11t" is also an option. <br /> Matthew: If you know any non-profit organizations who could benefit from the Climate Action Plan, <br /> especially in the more rural part of the community, please encourage folks to apply. Commission for the <br /> Environment(Matt is a member of the Board).The County has passed a Climate Action Plan to pursue <br /> sustainable projects, starting in construction and then moving to other projects.The projects will carry <br /> through to 2050. <br /> Staff <br /> Introduce Aaron Rimmler-Cohen. Worked in food for a decade, supporting equity and sustainability. <br /> Brings experience in grant management to support County and residents. <br /> Blake: Budget issues in Orange County, compounded by the Medicaid reimbursements, has caused a <br /> massive budget shortfall.This has had consequences for two positions in the Housing Department: <br /> Alma's position and the EHA administrator position will no longer exist. We have 3 to 4 more months of <br /> being able to provide EHA, eviction diversion funds, and then we will need to transition the program to <br /> something else that will serve County residents. <br /> The balance between sales tax and increased Medicaid expenses, has resulted in $3 million fewer than <br /> expected.The bigger counties are suffering from as much as a $15 million shortfall. <br /> Kyle describes CASA project that cost$8 million <br /> IV. Update from Housing Advisory Board (5 minutes) <br /> Blake provides an Orange County Housing Authority Board update: 1) Scheduled to have a public <br /> hearing to change our governing documents—approving the PHA plan. Blake provides an update on <br /> March 2023 voucher and HAP utilization. Can't use our entire voucher level because then we would be <br />