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Request to Make Initial Appointments to the Carrboro Affordable Housing Advisory Commission
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Board of Aldermen to make the initial appointments to the Carrboro Affordable Housing Advisory Commission.
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DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
CONTACT INFORMATION: Cathy Dorando, 919-918-7309
INFORMATION: The Carrboro Affordable Housing Advisory Commission was created on June 13, 2017. Vacancies for the position were advertised and seventeen applications were received. All applications, with an applicant information matrix, are included in the packet for the Board of Aldermen to review.
There shall be a Carrboro Affordable Housing Advisory Commission composed of seven (7) members and two (2) non-voting liaison members. One liaison member shall be a member of the Town Staff and one liaison member shall be a member of the Board of Aldermen; both of whom shall be appointed by the Board of Aldermen. The voting members shall be appointed by the Board of Aldermen and shall be composed as follows:
(1) Five residents of the Town of Carrboro;
(2) One resident of the Town's extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction or the Town; and
(3) One member who need not be a resident of the Town of Carrboro, but who must possess special expertise related to affordable housing.
The liaison members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Board every two years at, or shortly after, the Board's organizational meeting when other appointments to Board committees are made, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Aldermen. The seven regular members, including the seat which is not required to be a resident of the Town of Carrboro, shall be appointed for three-year, staggered terms, but members shall continue to serve until their successors have been appointed. The initial term of the seats on the Commission on the effective date of the ordinance creating the Commission (whether filled or vacant) s...
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