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A.IIGZIST 30, 2007 UPDATE - Tlaree bills were filed, one ire the Senate and tivo in flee House, wlz.iclz. would have provided fruzdirzg for a Regional Valise Added Agricultural Processing Center^ irz. or^ near Orange Coeerety. Senate Bill 512 arecl House Bill 1100 proposed $1 million irz funding. House Till 413 proposed $2.5 million irz funding. All three bills were referred to Apps^opriatiore Connrzittees and were not approved by the House or^ Senate. Funding for Establishment of a Model Community Historical Documents Preservation Effort/Orange County Heritage Center Discussions during the last several years regarding future library planning for Orange County have inchtded a proposal for the establishment of an Orange County Heritage Center to preserve, catalog, and house historical dociunents that otherwise would be lost due to age/deterioration or misplacement. Orange County requests $112,000 in matching fiords from the General Assembly to establish an Orange County Heritage Center. The Heritage Center would serve as a model for fiiture duplication by other local governments/entities across the state for the preservation of historical documents. A11 of the fiinding would be used for the establishment of and equipment for the Heritage Center and for the actual preservation/digitizing/archiving/cataloging/etc. of historical materials. AUGUST 30, 2007 UPDATE -Staff is not aware Of arty acti0/rS deerlreg the 2007 Nor^tIz Carolina General Assembly session to provide nzatcli.ing frzrzds, for• this initiative. Transportation Funding For Orange County There are two related transportation fiuiding issues the Orange County Board of Commissioners would like to bring to the attention of ot~r legislative delegation. Right now, Orange County is getting relatively little in funding for transportation, compared with other counties in this region and in the state. Therefore, it would be helpfiil if the coiulty could receive some assistance from ot~r legislative delegation in obtaining snore money for Orange County transportation needs. AUGUST 30, 2007 UPDATE -The General Assembly did not approve arey legislation Heat would increase funding for trarzspor^tatiorz pr^ojects or change the egraitJ~ for^nzula used bar IVCDOT to allocate fizredirzg to NCD®T.Divisiorzs/Counties. The Appropriations Act of 2007 corztirzeres the tr^arzsfer of 1 S% (approximately) of State Highway Trust Frrrzd to the General Fernd, rvleicle redzcces feereding for transportation. House Bill 65, which remained ire House Committee on Finance, rvozcld leave capped the variable wholesale component of the motor fuel tax r^ate at its crzrrent rate. Most of the pr^oceeds frorrz the motor' firels tax are allocated to the Highway Fund aced the Higlz~vay .Trust Frrrzd: Tleis legislation had flee potential to r^esult irz less rrzorzey for^ those transportation funding sources.