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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />7 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said the Northside Neighborhood Initiative would need to request it <br />through the outside agency process, which was missed this year due to not knowing about a <br />funding source being pulled. <br />Commissioner Price asked if this situation has ever occurred before. <br />Bonnie Hammersley said staff contacts any currently funded outside agencies, to insure <br />that they do not miss the application process; but the Northside Neighborhood Initiative was not <br />a previously funded organization, and thus were not contacted. She said if the Northside <br />Neighborhood Initiative had applied this year, it would have been considered a new agency, and <br />thus would not have been recommended for funding, as no new agencies received funding in <br />this year's budget. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said the BOCC previously received a similar request from Habitat <br />for Humanity for funds to secure a matching grant, but that is the only other example he can <br />recall. <br />Commissioner Price said she has some concerns that the BOCC is making exceptions, <br />when this organization not only missed the deadline, but also would not have received funding if <br />it had made the deadline, due to being a new organization. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to <br />approve the funds of $50,000 to the Northside Neighborhood Initiative to compensate for loss of <br />a major funding source, with the understanding that this will go in to the Outside Agency <br />Funding process in the following years. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br />Operating Budget Amendment #3 (General Fund) — slide 6 <br />— Current Policy Not Consistent Between the School Districts <br />• Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) — 5.5% Unassigned Fund <br />Balance <br />• Orange County Schools (OCS) — 3.0% Unassigned Fund Balance <br />— Allows Orange County Schools to Manage a Greater Level of Uncertainty <br />— See Current Fund Balance Policy— 10/21/08 <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Burroughs, seconded by Commissioner Price to <br />approve the increase in the OCS fund balance reserve level from 3% to 5.5 %. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br />Operating Budget Amendment #4 (General Fund) <br />— Funds Awarded Using a Grant Application Process for New and Existing <br />Community Gardens. <br />— Advisory Council to Manage the Approval Process <br />— Cooperative Extension and Orange County Master Gardeners Will Provide <br />Guidance to Grantees as Needed <br />— Applications in the Fall; Approval in the Winter. <br />