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tIlA -- ", /) 4P, <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 4, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Budget Amendment #9 <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT (S): <br />Attachment 1. Budget as Amended <br />Spreadsheet <br />Attachment 2. High School #3 School <br />Capital Project Ordinance <br />Attachment 3. November 20, 2002 Letter <br />Regarding High School #3 <br />from Barry Jacobs to <br />Valerie Foushee <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 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 (4t' graders) and Smith Middle School (8th 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 />