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DDQk 0204 I/-1 4 Z� <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 17, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. �" p <br />-SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #1 <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT (S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Attachment 1. Budget as Amended <br />Donna Dean 245 -2151 <br />Spreadsheet <br />Attachment 2. Scattered Site Housing <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Rehabilitation Program <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Grant Project Ordinance <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Mebane 336- 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve budget and grant project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2004- <br />05. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Board of Elections <br />1. The Board of Elections has received notification from the North Carolina State Board of <br />Elections of receipt of Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Title 1 grant funds totaling $9,328.50. <br />These funds will be used to: <br />(1) Make all polling places accessible to voters with the full range disabilities (e.g., <br />impairments involving visual, hearing, mobility, dexterity, or elderly) by establishing or <br />improving parking, paths of travel, door hardware, entrances, exits, and voting areas <br />through the use of varied accessibility tools (e.g., ramps, handrails, magnifying <br />lenses, devices to alert curbside voters). <br />(2) Provide the same opportunity for access and participation for individuals with the full <br />range of disabilities (e.g., privacy and independence) by implementing solutions that <br />will create equal service and improved sensitivity. <br />These improved provisions of accessibility will be in place by the November 2004 General <br />Election. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these grant funds. (See <br />Attachment 1, column #1) <br />