7-23-18 Joint Inerlocal Committee Meeting

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for focused improvements. Mayor Mann stated that the City is looking at models for redevelopment to revitalize depressed areas and address issues such as homelessness and affordable housing. Opportunity zones are areas identified as in need of improvement that are incentivized to attract investors to make improvements in exchange for capital gains credits. Two areas in Lee County were submitted to be considered for designation as opportunity zones — Jonesboro and East Sanford. There are two phases involved in the redevelopment process. Phase I is a preliminary predevelopment analysis, which results in a recommended strategy and identified sites. Phase II is a site-specific predevelopment analysis. City staff are working with the owner of Kendale Plaza and a third party developer in an effort to achieve improvements at the Kendale site. An organization known as Third Wave Housing out of Winston-Salem, NC expressed interest in redeveloping this area as a multi-family mixed-use tax credit project. V. Unified Development Ordinance — Planning and Community Development Director Marshall Downey provided a presentation regarding the status of the Land Use Plan and discussed the next steps. The final Land Use Plan is going before the Joint Planning Commission on Thursday, July 26, 2018. The adopted plan will create a vision and blueprint, which will mold changes to the Unified Development Ordinance. Planning staff recommend seeking third party assistance through a consultant that will work with staff and the Joint Planning Commission as the steering committee. The cost to hire a consultant is estimated between $100,000-$150,000. The update is projected to take about two years to complete. VI. Update on S3 Housing Connect Homelessness Project— Community Development Manager Karen Kennedy provided an update on the S3 Connect Homelessness Project. The goal is to work with the Bread of Life to renovate the old McIver School to provide services to include a day shelter, emergency shelter, potential affordable housing, and permanent support of housing. Community Development Block Grant funds may be available for environmental assessments. VII. Sanford Tourism Development Authority — City of Sanford Management Analyst Holly Marosites provided an update regarding the Sanford Tourism Development Authority. The TDA have adopted a budget and selected a marketing firm. VIII. 2020 Census and Community-Wide Strategy for Accurate Count— City Council Woman Rebecca Salmon stated that a state demographer spoke at a recent Triangle J Council of Government meeting about the census. He stated that an undercount that occurred in the last census resulted in at least one missed out Congress seat. Strategic Services Director Don Kovasckitz provided that the Census address program has been completed, which identifies the location of residential structures. The census will capture information based on where people are physically present on April 1, 2020. IX. Update on Colon Road Water Project — County Manager John Crumpton stated that construction is complete and all homes involved are currently receiving public water service. Upon approval of the final change order, the project was completed under budget. X. Hydrant Water Meter Policy for Agriculture Users — Lee County Commissioner Tim Sloan proposed consideration of a hydrant meter policy for agriculture purposes. He provided Harnett County's policy as an example, which offers daily, monthly, and yearly rentals of hydrant meters. Xl. Outline for Optimizing Interlocal Strategies — City Councilman Sam Gaskins recommended increased communications between the City and County to improve project planning and budget discussions in areas of joint interest.