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Planning Department <br />12. At its October 9, 2007 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners approved an <br />agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) for the State to <br />reimburse the County up to $50,000 for the cost of developing 20,000 Orange County <br />Bicycle Route Maps. This Bicycle Route Mapping and Signing Project is part of the <br />Department of Transportation's 2007 -2013 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). This <br />budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds from the State. (See Attachment <br />1, column #12) <br />Cooperative Extension Department <br />13. At its October 9, 2007 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners approved entering into <br />a $10,900 contract with the Orange County Partnership for Young Children to assist the <br />Partnership in developing community gardens for children and families in Orange County. <br />The Partnership has received a two-year grant from the State of North Carolina's Health and <br />Wellness Trust Fund and the Partnership has requested assistance from Orange County <br />Cooperative Extension to manage the grant program. The purpose of the grant is to <br />increase the opportunities for children and families to eat healthy and prevent childhood <br />obesity by establishing three community gardens in the Town of Carrboro; this grant is <br />restricted to the Town of Carrboro by the grantor. Cooperative Extension has agreed to hire <br />a part-time Garden Project Manager with these grant funds, who will provide consultation <br />and on -site direction to the garden sites. This part-time position will continue until the grant <br />ends on June 30, 2009. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. <br />(See Attachment 7, Carrboro Growing Healthy Kids Grant Project Ordinance) <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Financial impacts are included in the background information above. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board of County Commissioners <br />approve the budget, grant and capital project ordinance amendments and .suspend the County's <br />$250 per day park rental fee. <br />