MEMORANDUM

TO:	Roger L. Stancil, Town Manager
FROM:	J.B. Culpepper, Planning Director Loryn Clark, Housing and Neighborhood Services Manager
SUBJECT:	Annual Update to the 2005-2010 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan
DATE:	May 4, 2009

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 U.S. 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, 2009.

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) and 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 Annual Update to the 2005-2010 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan is included as Attachment 1 to this report.  A copy of the complete five year plan is also available on the County’s website (http://www.co.orange.nc.us/housing/documents/Housingplan.pdf). The Annual Update includes 2009-2010 Community Development and HOME Program Plans that are before the Council this evening for approval.  The recommended Community Development Plan is presented below:

1.  Infrastructure Development                                                           $200,000

            Habitat for Humanity Phoenix Place

2.  Public Housing Modernization                                                      $150,000

            Craig-Gomains Housing Community

3.  Predevelopment Costs                                                                   $ 65,000

            Inter-Faith Council Men’s Residential Facility

4.  Homeownership Assistance Program                                            $ 53,625

            Orange Community Housing and Land Trust

5.  Public Service Activities                                                                $ 60,000

            CH Police Department

Youth Employment Program                                      $25,000

Housing for New Hope

Street Outreach Workers                                            $15,000          

Orange County Family Resource Center

After School Program                                                 $10,000

Chapel Hill Carrboro YMCA                                    

After School Program                                                 $10,000

7.  Administration                                                                               $114,000

Total                                                                                               $642,625

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, 2009. 

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).