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K <br />This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 1, <br />column 5) <br />Visitors Bureau Fund <br />6. The Chapel Hill /Orange County Visitors Bureau requests a $100,000 fund balance <br />appropriation from the Visitors Bureau Fund to market several new initiatives, including <br />increased advertising for the growing hotel and wedding facilities in Orange County. The <br />target demographic is Atlantic Coast visitors who seek wedding, reunion, conference, and <br />recreational facilities. <br />The Visitors Bureau will also use the funds to distribute its Visitors Guide, Disability Guide <br />and seasonal materials in brochure racks in North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina. <br />This budget amendment provides for a fund balance appropriation of $100,000 from the <br />Visitor's Bureau Fund for the above stated purpose. After this fund balance <br />appropriation, the unassigned fund balance of the Visitors Bureau Fund will be <br />approximately $254,000. (See Attachment 1, column 6) <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Financial impacts are included in the background information above. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board approve budget and grant <br />project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2014 -15. <br />