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representatives of the Project Review and Selection Committee. Additionally, a model <br />application will be available for all applicants. <br />Project Review and Selection: A County Committee will evaluate project proposals and make <br />funding recommendations to the County Manager. The Project Review and Selection (PRS) <br />Committee will be composed of up to two members of the Board of County Commissioners, up <br />to three members of the Affordable Housing Advisory Board (ARAB), three Orange County <br />employees (from among the Orange County Assistant County Manager for Human Services, <br />Planning Director, Finance Director, and County Engineer) and one employee from each of the <br />Chapel Hill, Cazrboro, and Hillsborough planning departments, The Orange County Director of <br />Housing and Community Development will also serve as a member of the PRS Committee. The <br />Board of County Commissioners will appoint the members of the PRS Committee. <br />ARAB appointments will be for the period of each phase of funding and appointees are not to <br />have been affiliated with eligible applicants within the last 12 rnonths. "Affiliation" includes <br />involvement as a volunteer, member of the staff, boazd, or board committee, or of a funding <br />agency. <br />After the PRS Committee has completed application review, the applicant will have the <br />opportunity to discuss the application, <br />The Board of County Commissioners must approve all housing bond projects. Project proposals <br />recommended for' funding by the PRS committee, with the concurrence of the County Manager, <br />will be placed on a regular Board of County Commissioners meeting agenda for their <br />consideration. <br />Eligible Protects: Both Existing Housing and New Construction projects are eligible activities <br />for funding, as are mixed-tenure projects, i.e. homeownership and rental, homeownership and <br />special needs rental, etc, The property on which the project is located musC be within the <br />boundary of Orange Count~For the Land Banking category, eligible properties are inc-lode <br />pazcels of land within the boundary of Orange County. Production ofnon-traditional housing <br />types -- such as duplexes, single room occupancy (SROs), group homes, and transitional housing <br />- is also encouraged. Eligible projects are described in Attachment 1. If a prospective applicant <br />is considering a project that is not included in the list of eligible projects, then the applicant <br />should request apre-application conference with the Director of Housing and Community <br />Development and the Chair of the PRS Committee to determine how the project will be <br />evaluated by the current criteria. <br />Minimum Score: All projects that score above 60 points under the Evaluation Criteria aze <br />eligible to receive funding. The PRS Committee will review and score the application. The score <br />of 60 must be derived from points earned in each evaluation category~he-B~^~d-orgy <br />C-en~mi$sieners-mast-appreve-all-heusing~ond-prejests:-1?rejee~propesals-reoom+nenc-led-fer- <br />' e-plaeeel~on} <br />~OFC~neeHrrg-agenda-fer-thou <br />