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2 Housing and Community Development 2. Orange County has received notification of the receipt of $2,000 from the United Way of the Greater Triangle fora regional homeless initiative entitled "Project Homeless Connect." The 3rd annual Project Homeless Connect was held on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at the Hargraves Community Center in Chapel Hill. This is a one-day, one-stop event to serve people experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness in Orange County. Services included health and dental screenings and care, mental health program enrollment, legal services, job readiness and education resources, housing applications and counseling, and more. Funds received covered the costs of rental equipment for the event. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds for the above stated purpose. (See Attachment 1, Column 2) Register of Deeds 3. The 2009 appropriations bill (S.L. 2009-451) of the State Approved Budget for FY 2009- 10 made several changes to Register of Deeds recording fees. These fee changes will have no impact on County revenues, as the increased revenue will go directly to the State. See the table below for the new fee amounts: Descri tion Current Fee New Fee Effective Date Marriage Licenses $50.00 $60.00 September 1, 2009 $12.00 (1St Page); $17.00 (1St Page); Deeds $3.00 each additional page; $3.00 each additional page; October 1, 2009 $2.00 verification $2.00 verification $22.00 (1St Page); $28.00 (1St Page); Deeds of Trust and $3.00 each $3.00 each Mortgages additional page; additional page; October 1, 2009 $2.00 verification $2.00 verification This budget amendment amends the County Fee Schedule to include the above stated fee changes. Health Department 4. Refer to separate Action Agenda Item on tonight's agenda regarding receipt of H1N1 Phase I and ll influenza funds. (See Attachment 1, Column 3) 5. The Health Department has received funds totaling $1,500 from Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International for the department's participation in a research pilot study. RTI International, in collaboration with the project's dental consultants, utilized the health department's dental clinic, staff and clients to train dentists who will perform data collection in Alaska. The dental clinic was used two, half-day sessions to perform dental inspections on scheduled patients. As one of the reciprocal services to the department, two project dentists provided standard clinical exams for all patients.