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13 <br /> 1 • Geographic service area <br /> 2 • Non-local government funding sources <br /> 3 • Percentage of funding from non-local government sources <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Outside Agencies — Proposed Amendments <br /> 6 Agency Proposed Increase <br /> 7 Food Council $16,030 <br /> 8 Triangle Bikeworks $1,000 <br /> 9 Hillsborough Arts Council $1,500/$3,750 <br /> 10 Historic Hillsborough Commission $500 <br /> 11 Piedmont Wildlife $1,500 <br /> 12 TABLE $1,500 <br /> 13 Youth Community Project $4,000 <br /> 14 Boys and Girls Club $5,000 <br /> 15 Marion Cheek Jackson Center $1,000 <br /> 16 Senior Care of Orange $2,500 <br /> 17 Boomerang $5,000 <br /> 18 Volunteers for Youth $5,000 <br /> 19 Dispute Settlement Center $2,000 <br /> 20 Fully Fund Requests of Previously Funded Agencies $107,827 <br /> 21 Chapel Hill Meals on Wheels $3,000 <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Commissioner Burroughs said Communities in Schools of Orange County has folded <br /> 24 and that is why she recommended deleting the proposed funding. <br /> 25 Chair McKee said he spoke with the Meals on Wheels program, which is asking for <br /> 26 $15,000. He said the Manager recommended $10,000, but he is asking for an additional $3000 <br /> 27 due to the increased population they serve. <br /> 28 Commissioner Price asked if more information could be provided about the Food <br /> 29 Council. <br /> 30 Bonnie Hammersley said the Food Council was listed under the United Way of the <br /> 31 Triangle and she did not recommend funding. She said Commissioner Jacobs recommended <br /> 32 funding the Food Council under the United Way of the Triangle. <br /> 33 Commissioner Price asked if the Food Council had been previously funded. <br /> 34 Commissioner Jacobs said no, this is a new agency. <br /> 35 Commissioner Price asked if there is specific rationale for funding the Food Council at <br /> 36 its full request when other new agencies are not funded as much. <br /> 37 Commissioner Jacobs said the Food Council's request got lost in the shuffle but it has <br /> 38 the most impact on agriculture in Orange County. He said it is a start-up and could have <br /> 39 possibly been funded by Economic Development and perhaps still should be. <br /> 40 Commissioner Jacobs said it is an outside agency and it is directly related to sustainable <br /> 41 agriculture. <br /> 42 Commissioner Price said she supported the Food Council but thought there was an <br /> 43 unwritten policy about not fully funding brand new organizations. <br /> 44 Commissioner Jacobs said past boards have funded new entities if there was a need <br /> 45 shown. <br /> 46 Commissioner Pelissier said criteria was developed a few years back on how to fund <br /> 47 outside agencies and one criteria was if a non-profit was getting most of its money from <br /> 48 government than it is not a non-profit. She said it now seems that government is funding most <br /> 49 of these outside agencies and maybe the BOCC needs to re-visit its criteria. She said the <br />