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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 4, 2004 <br /> <br /> <br />SUBJECT Budget Amendment #9 Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~_~ <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT (S): <br />Attachment 1. Budget as Amended INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Spreadsheet Donna Dean 245-2151 <br />Attachment 2. High School #3 School <br />Capital Project Ordinance TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Attachment 3, November 20, 2002 Letter Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Regarding High School #3 Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />from Barry Jacobs to Durham 688-7331 <br />Valerie Foushee Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve budget ordinance and school capital project amendments for fiscal year <br />2003-04. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Arts Commission <br />The Dreams-of-Flight creative writing project is an officially endorsed program of the First in <br />Flight Centennial Commission and is administered by The North Carolina Arts Council, The <br />North Carolina Arts Council awarded the Orange County Arts Commission a grant in the <br />amount of $2,750 for this project; these funds are included in the approved budget for FY <br />2003-2004, The Orange County Arts Commission raised a total of $3,500 from the following <br />sources: Orange County School System ($500), New Hope Elementary School PTSA <br />($1,000), Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools ($1,000), Smith Middle School PTSA ($1,000), <br />to be used as the County's local match for the Dreams-of-Flight creative writing project in <br />New Hope Elementary School (4`" graders) and Smith Middle School (8`" graders), The <br />funds are designated for artist fees (playwright) and to purchase flight-related resources for <br />schools' media centers, This amendment provides for the receipt of $3,500 in matching <br />funds for the North Carolina Arts Council grant. (See Attachment 1, column #1) <br />