AGENDA #6c

MEMORANDUM

TO:

Roger L. Stancil, Town Manager

FROM:

J.B. Culpepper, Planning Director

Loryn Clark, Housing and Neighborhood Services Coordinator 

SUBJECT:

Submittal of Annual Update to the 2005-2010 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan

DATE:

April 23, 2007

PURPOSE

The purpose of this memorandum is to present to the Council a draft of the Annual Update to the 2005-2010 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan. Because the Town receives federal Community Development funds and is a member of the Orange County HOME Consortium along with Orange County, Carrboro and Hillsborough, the Department of Housing and Urban Development requires the Town to jointly submit with Orange County an Annual Update to the Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan by May 15, 2007.

The attached resolution would authorize submittal of the Annual Update to the 2005-2010 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

BACKGROUND

In May 2005, the Orange County HOME Consortium consisting of the Town, Orange County, Carrboro and Hillsborough submitted a new Consolidated Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development covering fiscal years 2005-2006 thorough 2009-2010.  The Consolidated Plan also serves four separate, but integrated functions.  The Plan is:

 

  1. A planning document that identifies and prioritizes the housing and community development needs for Chapel Hill and Orange County;
  2. An application for federal funds that the Town and County receive including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership Act (HOME); 
  3. A strategy to be followed in carrying out HUD programs; and
  4. An action plan that provides a basis for assessing performance. 

Each year, the Consortium will submit an annual update to the Consolidated Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

DISCUSSION

A draft of the Consolidated Plan is included as Attachment 1 to this report.  A copy of the complete five year plan is also available on the Town’s website.  The Annual Update includes 2007-2008 Community Development and HOME Program Plans and identifies new housing and community development initiatives in Orange County.  The Community Development Plan is approved by the Council and the HOME Program Plan is approved by the governing bodies of the HOME Program Consortium: the Town Council, the Orange County and Hillsborough Commissioners, and Carrboro Board of Aldermen.

Although Orange County is the lead entity of the Consortium, it is necessary to have approval of the Consolidated Plan from all four jurisdictions before the document is submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development on May 15, 2007. 

RECOMMENDATION

We recommend that the Council adopt the attached resolution authorizing the submittal of the Annual Update to the 2005–2010 Consolidated Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

ATTACHMENT

  1. Draft Annual Update to the 2005–2010 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan (Begin new page 1).