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Solid Waste Enterprise Fund 2, In January 2003, Orange County condemned four parcels of land, totaling 18.34 acres, along Eubanks Road in Chapel Hill Township. The land is being used primarily as the site for the County's new construction & demolition landfill and associated buffers and uses, As required by State law, Orange County at that time filed with the Clerk of Court a payment of $216,000, which, based on a May 2002 appraisal obtained by Orange County, represented fair market value for the property acquired. In late June 2004, County representatives reached agreement with the former property owner on the total price to be paid for the property, $272,500. The attached budget amendment will appropriate $57,947 in fund balance from the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund to cover the additional cast for land and the County's share of property taxes due. (See Attachment 1, column #2) Orange County Animal Shelter Fees 3, On June 30, 2004, Orange County assumed the operations of the Animal Shelter from the Animal Protection Society. When the Board of County Commissioners approved the County Fee Schedule for FY 2004-05, the pet adoption fees were not included in the fee schedule, Pet adoption fees include an animal deposit, as well as the cost of the following services: microchip insertion, vaccination, disease testing, and spay/neuter. This budget amendment provides far a technical correction of the County Fee Schedule for FY 2004-05 to include the following pet adoption fees: Service Total Fee Cat Ado tion $ 89.00 Kitten Ado Lion 5 months and under $ 80.00 Do Ado tion $113.00 Pu Ado tion 5 months and under $104.00 Department on Aging 4. The Department on Aging has received funds from the Triangle .l Council of Government far Orange County's share of the Duke Energy program to purchase fans far low-income elderly Orange County residents. Duke Energy donates funds annually to this program. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these finds, (See Attachment 1, column #4) Scattered Site Housing Rehabilitation Program Grant Project 5, On May 18, 2004, the Board of County Commissioners approved acceptance of a FY 2004 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) totaling $400,000 from the N,C, Department of Commerce for a Scattered Site Housing Rehabilitation Program, Funds from this grant will be used to repair approximately 15 substandard houses occupied by low-income families in the Towns of Carrboro and Hillsborough, as well as unincorporated areas of Orange County. Program participants will be selected from the existing Housing Rehabilitation Program waiting list according to date and time of waiting list placement. There were approximately 45 families on the waiting list as of May 2004. In selecting participants, priority will be given to owners that lack indoor plumbing or have plumbing deficiencies, or are elderly or disabled, This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these