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Grant Project Ordinance
Be it ordained by the Orange County Board of County Commissioners that pursuant to Section 13.2_ of
Chapter 159 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, the following grant project is hereby adopted.
Section 1. The program authorized is the Local Food Initiatives Grant Project as awarded to the
Orange County Cooperative Extension and Economic Development departments by the
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project and the Tobacco Trust Fund Commission.
This grant will provide training, guidance, education, and implementation funds to plan
and execute a new food system project that compliments the continued effort to build a
strong farm-to-fork food system in the Piedmont.
Section 2. The officers of the County are hereby directed to proceed with the grant project within
the grant document and the budget contained herein.
Section 3. The following revenue is anticipated to be available to complete this project:
Local Food Initiatives Grant funds (FY.09-IO) $40,000
Total $40,000
Section 4. There is a required twenty-five (25%) in-kind County match for this grant over a two year
period. This match will be fulfilled from time devoted to the project by staff currently
employed in Orange County Cooperative Extension and Economic Development
Section 5. The following amount is appropriated for this project:
Local Food Initiatives Project (FY 09-10)
$40,000
Section 6. The finance officer is~hereby directed to maintain within the grant project specific detailed
accounting records to provide the accounting to the grantor agency required by the grant
agreement and federal and state regulations.
Section 7. Copies of this grant project ordinance shall be made available to the finance officer for
direction in carrying out this project.
Section 8. This ordinance supersedes all previous. "Local Food Initiatives" Grant Project
Ordinances.
Section 9. This project ordinance is in effect until June 30, 2011.
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Adopted this 20th day of April 2010.
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4. Authorize the Emergency Services Director to negotiate the Operations g Bement with
JAS and the County Manager to sign the Agreement after review by the County Attorney
or his staff.
k. Contract between the Rural Advancement Foundation International -USA and
Orange Countv for 2010 Tobacco Communities Reinvestment Fund Grant for Juicina
Equipment at the Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing Center
The Board approved a contract between the Rural Advancement Foundation International -
USA and Orange County fora 2010 Tobacco Communities Reinvestment Fund Grant,
accepted $28,819 for juicing equipment for the Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing
Center, authorized the Chair to sign subject to County Attorney review, and approved the
attached Capital Project Ordinance.
I_ Fiscal Year 2009-10 Budget Amendment #9
The Board approved budget and capital project ordinance amendments for fiscal year 2009-10
for Grant Project Ordinances, Health Department, Department on Aging, Department of Social
Services, Orange County Schools Capital Projects Ordinance, and Economic Development
(Value-Added Processing Center Capital Project Ordinance).
m. Board of Commissioners Meeting Calendar for Year 2010
The Board approved continuing to hold Board of Commissioners' Hillsborough area meetings at
the DSS Building (Department of Social Services Building), Hillsborough Commons, in
Hillsborough, N.C., until the Link Government Services Center's meeting room is renovated.
VOTE ON CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS
5. Items Removed From Consent Agenda
NONE
6. Public Hearings
a. Shuttle Transportation for Low-Income Oranae Countv Residents for Job
Related Activities
The Board received public comments on a proposal from Essential Transportation
Services to provide transportation services for job related activities to low-income residents in
Orange County under the administration of the Orange County Department of Social Services,
and considered authorizing staff to proceed with the project if funded through a Job Access and
Reverse Commute grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
Social Services Director Nancy Coston introduced this item.
Lisa Ward from Essential Transportation said that they have applied for a grant that is
funded through NCDOT. The grant is called the Job Access and Reverse Commute grant,
which was established to address the unique transportation challenges of low-income residents
seeking to obtain and maintain employment. She said that ETS proposes to fill the gap of
public transportation for these residents. There would be no cost to the County for this grant.
NO PUBLIC COMMENT
A motion was made by Commissioner Nelson, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger
to close the public hearing.
VOTE: UNANIMOUS
A motion was made by Commissioner Nelson, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger
to approve the application for the transportation services provided by ETS (if funded by the
JARC grant); and if the grant is awarded, authorize staff to negotiate an Agreement with ETS,