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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 17, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~r'_~ <br />SUBJECT: <br />Amendment #1 <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT (S): <br />Attachment 1, Budget as Amended <br />Spreadsheet <br />Attachment 2, Scattered Site Housing <br />Rehabilitation Program <br />Grant Project Ordinance <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Donna Dean 245-2151 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve budget and grant project ordinance amendments far fiscal year 2004- <br />05. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Board of Elections <br />1. The Board of Elections has received notification from the North Carolina State Board of <br />Elections of receipt of Help America Vate Act (HAVA) Title 1 grant funds totaling $9,328.50, <br />These funds will be used to: <br />(1) Make all polling places accessible to voters with the full range disabilities (e.g„ <br />impairments involving visual, hearing, mobility, dexterity, or elderly) by establishing or <br />improving parking, paths of travel, door hardware, entrances, exits, and voting areas <br />through the use of varied accessibility tools (e.g,, ramps, handrails, magnifying <br />lenses, devices to alert curbside voters), <br />(2) Provide the same opportunity for access and participation for individuals with the full <br />range of disabilities (e.g., privacy and independence) by implementing solutions that <br />will create equal service and improved sensitivity. <br />These improved provisions of accessibility will be in place by the November 2004 General <br />Election. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these grant funds. (See <br />Attachment 1, column #1) <br />