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12 . DEPARTMENTAL MATTERS <br /> 1ZA. COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT <br /> I ZA. 1. CONSIDERATION OFAPPLYING FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION <br /> PROGRAM 3 (NSP3) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT <br /> Community Development Director Robert Keating gave a comprehensive overview on <br /> staff' s request for the Board to consider accepting a $ 1 . 5 million Neighborhood Stabilization <br /> Program 3 (NSP 3 ) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) . He reviewed the objective <br /> of the program and explained how the NSP 3 would differ from the NSP 1 , during which various <br /> difficulties had arisen. Director Keating conveyed staff' s proposal to manage the NSP 3 <br /> program in-house , and to partner with Habitat for Humanity, who would act as the developer for <br /> the purchase and rehabilitation of the homes . He outlined the steps the County would need to <br /> take in order to receive the NSP 3 , which included the preparation of an Abbreviated Action Plan <br /> for management of the plan ; identification of target housing locations ; and a public hearing <br /> which staff has tentatively scheduled for February 15 , 2011 , contingent upon the Board ' s <br /> approval of staff' s recommendation to authorize staff to proceed with NSP 3 preparations . <br /> MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Flescher, <br /> SECONDED by Commissioner Davis, to approve staff' s <br /> recommendation. <br /> Director Keating addressed Commissioner O ' Bryan ' s questions on the status and cost of <br /> the homes purchased and rehabilitated through the NSP 1 program . <br /> Commissioner O ' Bryan expressed concerns that the same difficulties experienced in the <br /> NSP 1 would resurface in the NSP 3 program, and was also apprehensive about a recurrence of <br /> February 8 , 2011 11 <br />