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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 18, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ ~- <br />SUBJECT: Community Development Block Grant Award -Housing Rehabilitation Program <br />DEPARTMENT: Housing/Comm. Development PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Program Summary <br />Grant Agreement <br />Funding Approval Form <br />Signatory Form and Certification <br />Performance Based Contract <br />Resolution <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Tara ~. Fikes, ext 2490 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />732-8181 <br />968-4501 <br />688-7331 <br />336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve the executicn of the Grant Agreement; Funding Approval Form; <br />Signatory Form and Certification cards; Performance Based Contract and Resolution for the FY <br />2004 Community Development Block Grant Award. <br />BACKGROUND: Orange County has now been officially awarded a $400,000 Community <br />Development Block (CDBG) Grant from the N.C. Department of Commerce far a Scattered Site <br />Housing Rehabilitation Program. The County was initially notified of the availability of funds in <br />the summer of 2003 and was invited to submit a formal application in October 2003, <br />Funds from this grant will be used to repair approximately 15 substandard houses occupied by <br />low-income families in the Towns of Carrboro and Hillsborough as well as unincorporated areas <br />of Orange County, See the attached program summary for more information, <br />In order to proceed with grant activities, the attached Grant Agreement, Funding Approval farm, <br />Signatory Form and Certification, and a Performance Based Contract must be executed by the <br />Chair of the Board and returned to the N.C. Department of Commerce, <br />Further, many grant implementation documents that were signed in previous years by County <br />staff are required to be signed by the Chief Elected Official or the Chair of the Orange County <br />Board of Commissioners, These implementation documents are very routine documents that <br />must be submitted throughout the life of the grant. To facilitate the execution of these <br />documents, a resolution has been prepared to give signatory authority to the Chair of the Board <br />of Commissioners for all documents required to meet the grant implementation requirements for <br />the FY 2004 CDBG Award in accordance with the Grant Agreement and Funding Approval for <br />this grant award. <br />