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a. Other County Budget Related Items (for example, various reserves, etc.) Danna Dean-Coffey made reference to appendix F-1 {page 3), which talks about a reserve of $400,000 for court operations. The reserve far fair funding is on the education page. John Link made reference to the reserve far State action, which has been called the safety net, and said that in addition to the appropriation of $275,000 the proposed budget has a carryover of $225,000 not yet spent in this year for a total of $500,000. Commissioner Carey asked about Leaf Flight on page F-1 and Sharan Hinton said that this is an agency that provides healthy foods for nutritionally at-risk people and they are targeting peaple who are receiving faad stamps. They have received a letter of suppart far some in-kind services from the Secretary of Agriculture. b. Non-Profit Agencies Commissioner Halkiotis made reference to F-1 page 4 on Outside Agencies Nat Recommended for Funding and the Chrysalis Foundation. He said that he received information that the HSAC had supported the Chrysalis Foundation. Sharon Hinton said that during the budget discussions they identified those agencies that had some impact through mental health reform. Commissioner Halkiotis said that they were receiving money from the state before they were cut back and he said that it would be a shame not to fund them. Gwen Harvey said that this foundation was a creation of OPC and is not receiving state funding and was going to attract special funding for OPC, but when divestiture took place, it stepped out to achieve a more independent status. Their objective was to do the things that OPC could not do such as developing supportive housing far mentally ill. This particular request is intended to carry forward this particular work. John Link said that they need to consider appropriate funding through the safety net. Commissioner Carey said that he has told the supporters of the Chrysalis Foundation that the County Commissioners are supporting housing and development in many other different areas. He thinks that, at some point, the Board of County Commissioners needs to decide if they are going to bail out all organizations affected by the State's actions. He said that they may be creating a situation where the housing organizations are competing with each other in the arena for trying to raise money to keep them going. He thinks that the Manager's plan to support Robert Dowling's organization and give them additional capacity as well as the new position should be where the County Commissioners draw the line this year. Commissioner Foushee said that she agrees generally with Commissioner Carey but the clientele for Chrysalis is different. She said that the housing made available by the other non- profits do not lend themselves to providing housing for the group of citizens helped by Chrysalis. Chair Jacabs suggested having a list of all housing entities that provide services far housing in Orange County and add the proposed rental management position for June 22nd Commissioner Halkiotis agreed with Commissioner Foushee about providing housing for mentally challenged and he also understands what Commissioner Carey is saying. Chair Jacobs asked why the additianal request of $5,000 from American Red Cross was not recommended for funding and Gwen Harvey said that it could be a historical trend that the County has not funded them in the past. Danna Dean-Coffey said that the only money they have given them has been for capital and not for operational.