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1 <br /> ORD-2017-013 <br /> -013 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 20, 2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4-c <br /> SUBJECT: USDA Rural Business Development Grant Award for the Piedmont Food & <br /> Agricultural Processing Center (PFAP) and Approval of Budget Amendment <br /> #10-B <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Bonnie Hammersley, 919-245-2300 <br /> USDA Letter of Conditions with DRAFT Mike Ortosky, Agriculture Economic <br /> Addenda Developer, 919-245-2336 <br /> L. Eric Hallman, Executive Director, PFAP <br /> 919-241-4212 <br /> PURPOSE: To: <br /> 1) receive a brief presentation from staff from the United States Department of Agriculture <br /> (USDA) (Henderson, NC Area Office) regarding the Letter of Conditions, along with the <br /> Draft Addenda, for the award of a USDA Rural Business Development Grant in the <br /> amount of $145,511 to Orange County and the Piedmont Food and Agricultural <br /> Processing Center; <br /> 2) approve Budget Amendment #10-B to accept the award, its Conditions and the <br /> associated Draft Addenda, subject to final review and approval by the County Attorney's <br /> Office; and <br /> 3) authorize the Manager to sign any paperwork associated with grant subject to final review <br /> and approval by the County Attorney's Office. <br /> BACKGROUND: Orange County and the Piedmont Food and Agricultural Center applied for <br /> funding through the USDA Rural Business Development grant program and has been awarded <br /> $145,511. Of these funds, $92,185 will be used to purchase additional capital equipment with <br /> which to expand the capabilities and capacity of PFAP to serve the region's food entrepreneurs. <br /> In addition, $53,325 is directed at providing business support services and creation of a "road <br /> map" for start-up food businesses in collaboration with Carolina Farm Stewardship Association <br /> (CFSA) \ <br /> A pre-condition of accepting the award is a presentation of the grant conditions to the governing <br /> board of the grant recipient, in this case the Board of Commissioners for Orange County. A <br /> representative from the Henderson, NC Area Office will provide a brief presentation at the <br /> meeting, after which it is proposed that the Board approve Budget Amendment #10-B to accept <br />