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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 3, 2001 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~~ <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #9 __ <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Attachment 1: Equipment and Vehicles <br />Capital Project Ordinance <br />Attachment 2: Hazard Mitigation Grant <br />Project Ordinance <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Donna Dean, 245-2151 <br />TELEPHONE N UMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve an Equipment and Vehicles Capital Project Ordinance and a Hazard <br />Mitigation Grant Project Ordinance. <br />BACKGROUND: - <br />Department on Aging <br />1. The County's 2000-2010 Capital Investment Plan (CIP) included matching funds of $32,239 <br />to purchase Orange Public Transportation (OPT) vehicles in the current fiscal year. This <br />match equates to 10 percent of the total cost of the vehicles with the remaining funds <br />($290,156) to come from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The approved <br />vehicles include a 20-passenger bus with a lift, four 24-passenger mini-buses with lifts, a <br />center aisle van and a wheelchair van. This amendment provides a budget for the receipt of <br />the State funds (see Attachment 1, Equipment and Vehicles Capital Project Ordinance). <br />Public Safety <br />2. On January 18,,2001, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners approved the <br />receipt of a $380,100 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) grant award from the North <br />Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. This grant provides funding to <br />assist two homeowners whose properties sustained substantial damage during Hurricane <br />Floyd and related heavy rainfalls during September 1999. Na additional County funds are <br />required for the receipt of this grant. The attached Hazard Mitigation Grant Project <br />Ordinance (Attachment 2 of this abstract) provides for the receipt of this grant. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Financial impacts are included in the background information above. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board of County <br />Commissioners adopt the attached capital and grant project ordinances. <br />