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• Hourly Orange Express routes during weekday hours • Midday routes that compliment Triangle Transit Authority's Hillsborough to Durham commute bus service • Establish a Hillsborough inter-city bus route that will connect with service to Durham and Chapel Hill. The required 10 percent local match is included in the current year OPT operating budget. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these funds. (See Attachment 1, column #2). Miscellaneous 3. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently approved Orange County's request for reimbursement for costs associated with the December 2002 ice storm. Examples of the types of reimbursements the County is eligible for include debris removal and emergency protective services. The amount to be reimbursed from FEMA totals $183,660. Of this total, $119,992 is for the General Fund, $52,558 for the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund, and $11,110 for Volunteer Fire departments. This budget amendment provides for the receipt of these federal reimbursement funds. (See Attachment 1, column #3). Non-Departmental 4. On February 5, 2002, the Board of County Commissioners approved aCounty-funded program that would provide grants to property owners in the Rogers Road waterline project target area. Grants cover the costs associated with connecting individual residences to newly constructed water mains. The Board appropriated $156,000 in fund balance from the County's General Fund in FY 2001-02 to underwrite the anticipated costs of the grant program. There were no expenditures associated with this grant program in FY 2001-02, so this amount reverted to fund balance on June 30, 2002. For FY 2002-03, staff anticipates approximately $50,000 of actual expenditures through June 30, 2003. This budget amendment provides for the re-appropriation of $50,000 from the General Fund fund balance to cover expenditures the County has experienced during this current fiscal year related to the Rogers Road Waterline Grant project. (See Attachment 1, column #4) FINANCIAL IMPACT: Financial impacts are included in the background information above. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the attached budget ordinance.