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2 <br />• Hourly Orange Express routes during weekday hours <br />• Midday routes that compliment Triangle Transit Authority's Hillsborough to Durham <br />commute bus service <br />• Establish a Hillsborough inter -city bus route that will connect with service to Durham and <br />Chapel Hill. <br />The required 10 percent local match is included in the current year OPT operating budget. <br />This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 1, column <br />#2). <br />Miscellaneous <br />3. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently approved Orange County's <br />request for reimbursement for costs associated with the December 2002 ice storm. Examples of <br />the types of reimbursements the County is eligible for include debris removal and emergency <br />protective services. The amount to be reimbursed from FEMA totals $183,660. Of this total, <br />$119,992 is for the General Fund, $52,558 for the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund, and $11,110 for <br />Volunteer Fire departments. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these federal <br />reimbursement funds. (See Attachment 1, column #3). <br />Non - Departmental <br />4. On February 5, 2002, the Board of County Commissioners approved a County- funded program <br />that would provide grants to property owners in the Rogers Road waterline project target area. <br />Grants cover the costs associated with connecting individual residences to newly constructed <br />water mains. The Board appropriated $156,000 in fund balance from the County's General Fund <br />in FY 2001 -02 to underwrite the anticipated costs of the grant program. There were no <br />expenditures associated with this grant program in FY 2001 -02, so this amount reverted to fund <br />balance on June 30, 2002. For FY 2002 -03, staff anticipates approximately $50,000 of actual <br />expenditures through June 30, 2003. This budget amendment provides for the re- appropriation <br />of $50,000 from the General Fund fund balance to cover expenditures the County has <br />experienced during this current fiscal year related to the Rogers Road Waterline Grant project. <br />(See Attachment 1, column #4) <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 attached budget ordinance. <br />