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Grant Project Ordinance
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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 project authorized is the Smart Start Program as awarded to the Orange County Departments
of Social Services, Health, Library and Cooperative Extension by the State of North
-Carolina and the Orange County Partnership for Young Children (OCPYC).
Section 2.
Section 3.
The. officers of the County are hereby directed to proceed with the grant project within
the grant document, and the rules and regulations of the State of North Carolina.
The following revenue is anticipated to be available to complete this project:
Total DSS related Smazt Start Revenue
Total Heahh related Smart Start Revemie
Total Lbraiy related Smart Start Revenue
Total Cooperative Extension related Smart Start Revenue
Total Smart Start Revenue
Section 4.
The following prior years' grant funds have lapsed:
Intergovernmental (DSS) - 1999-00
Total Expired DSS related Smart Start
Total Expired Health related Smart Start
Total Expired. Libray related Smart Start
Total Expired Cooperative Extension related Smart Start
Section 5.
Total Expired Smart Start Grant Funds
The following amounts remain appropriated for this project:
Human Servio~ -DSS
Human Services - IH~lth
Human Seruces -Library
Total Unexpired Smart Start Funding
$122,330
$1,511,092
$485,649
$10,721
$2,105,189
$180,825
$377,718
$586,108
Section 6. The Finance Officer is hereby directed to maintain within the grant project fund sufficient specific
detailed accounting records to provide the accounting to the grantor agency required by the grant
agreement and federal and state regulations.
Section 7. Funds may be advanced from the General Fund for the purpose of making payments due.
Reimbursement requests- should be made to the grantor agency in an orderly and timely manner.
Section 8. Copies of this grant project ordinance shall be made available to the Finance Officer for direction
-- in carrying out this project.
Section 9. Positions authorized through this grant project include:
$1,691,917
$863,367
$38,286
$97,727
$2,691,297
3.0 full time equivalent positions in the Department of Social Services Day Care Subsidy
program as authorized by the Orange County Board of County Commissioners on January
18, 1994.
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.85 full time equivalent positions in the Health Department as authorized by the Orange
County Board of County Commissioners on December 5, 1994.
1.0 full time equivalent positions in the Health Department Community Awareness Project as
authorized by the Orange County Board of County Commissioners on September 7, 1999.
Funding for these positions is contingent upon the General Assembly's allocation of Smart Start
funds.
Section 10. This project period begins January 18, 1994, and is valid through June 30, 2002. Subsequent
funding of this grant project is contingent upon the availability of funds sufficient to cover
expenditures.
Section 11. This ordinance supersedes previous Smart Start Program Grant Project Ordinances.
Adopted this 5th day of February 2002.
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during afour-month period. Twenty-three percent of the peapie seen were new to the InterFaith Council
for Social Services. He urged the Board to take the moratorium off the section 8 list. He also asked that.:
the County attempt to request more section 8 allocations from the federal government this year. He said
that there should be creative ways to provide housing. Mobile home parks are creative ways if they are
kept correctly. He said that InterFaith Council is seriously considering new accommodations. He hopes:
that the Board of County Commissioners, the Town of Chapel Hill, the Town of Carrboro, and the
University can work with them to have a unified approach to a solution., They do not have enough `beds:.
at the homeless shelter and are turning people away. There should. not be men and women together in
the same facility. They need to be in a downtown center somewhere: He invited Chair Jacobs. and John
Linkto go with him to Raleigh and look at the new Wilmington Street facility.
Karen Kincaid Dunn, Director of Club Nova in Carrboro, said that Club Nova `is a psychiatric:
rehab program that is part of a network of over 300 clubhouses worldwide. She spoke an behalf ofthe
members of Club .Nova who live with serious mental illness. Most of the members. survive on a total of
$535 per month.. This amount must cover housing, food, clothes, and- other. necessities. She spoke
about the need for affordable housing; many of these facilities have long waiting lists. Club Nova has-
-spent the last year working with many organizations to develop a plan to create safe, decent, and.
affordable housing- for the members. They have developed a plan to build 24 units on the Club iNova
property that will be for single-room occupancy. They plan to use section 8 monies. She asked. that.
Orange County provide any available funding for this critical housing for the members of Club Nava. Sher.
invited the County Commissioners to schedule a tour visit and lunch at Club Nova.
Matt Cox, member of Club Nova in Carrboro, spoke in support of the Club Nova project. He
..has- been a member for 13 years and he lived at the apartments at Club Nova for seven years.- He now
lives in HUD housing at the Overlook Apartments in Chapel Hill:. He said that the things the County
Commissioners. do here really do impact people in a positive way. Hopefully, more affordable housing.
can be created.
Robert Dowling from Orange Community Housing spoke in support of `thee Club Nova project..
He spoke about the need for rental housing. He said that there is excess demand. and a significant:
shortage of housing. He thanked the County Commissioners for their support of affordable housing. 'Ne
Said that we seem to be doing better at home ownership than- rental housing. Rental housing is more
difficult to do, but it is an area that needs some focus. A lot of people in this County are paying 50°,6 of
their income on housing. He distributed a request for HOME monies. The request includes money for
the Homestead Development with 190 homes and 30 town homes that will be affordable.- He has. asked.
for $3,500 per-home for down,payment assistance.. There is another development in thee. same area
where the developer has provided another seven single-family houses that will be affordable aY80°~6 of
median. He has asked for $3;500 per home in this development also.
A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by CommssionerGordon to close
the public hearing:..
DOTE' UNANIMOUS
8. ITEMS FOR DECISION - CONSENT AGENDA
A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded Commissioner Brown by to approve
'.those items on the Consent Agenda as stated below.
a. Advertisements of Tax Liens on Real Property'
The Board received a report on the amount of unpaid taxes for the current year and approved
the necessary advertising and placing (iens:on real property required by N.C.G.S; 105-369 and 'approved
setting,: March 13, 2002 as the date for the advertisement.
b. _Resolution Creating a Special Board of Equalization and Review-
This item was removed and. placed at the end of the consent agenda for separate
<consideration.
c. Personnel Ordinance Revision• Retirement System Sick Leave Cap Removal
The Board approved revising the personnel ordinance to-remove thee. capon the amountof
sick leave for which time in service may be;granted at retirement.
d. Budget Amendment #3
The Board approved the budget ordinance amendments and grant and: capital' project.
ordinances as presented and as incorporated herein by reference..
e. Holden-Roberts Farm National Register Nomination, HP-1-02
The Board approved a recommendation by the Historic Preservation Commission to nominate
the' Holden-Roberts farm for listing in the National Registefi of Historic Places and authorized the Chair to
sign:.
f Updated Aerial Survey of Landfill Property
The Board approved and authorized the Chair to sign a contract with. Bottles Surveying, P.A.
to conduct aerial photography and produce a topographical map of the Orange County landfill property.
g,, Amendment to Household Hazardous Waste Contract
The Board approved amending the existing contract with Safety-lCleen, Inc. to extend
household hazardous waste co lection services through June 30, 2002 and authorized the Chair to sign..
fY. Health De~art~ent Agreements with CHCCS and OCS for School Nurses
The Board approved and authorized the Chair to sign agreements with he two school'
systems for school nurse funding.
_i. Chanae in Board of Counfy Commissioners Regular Meetina Schedule
The Board approved changing the beginning time of its February 11 meeting for the .purpose
of going into-closed session at fi:30 p.m.
L Appointment to the Human Services Advisory Commission
The Board appointed Betty M. Matthews to the Human Services Advisory Commission fora
term ending March 31, 2004.
k. Appointments to the Commission for Women.
The Board appointed Cynthia White Gudeman and Cindy MacMurdo to the Commission for
Women for terms ending June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2005 respectively..
I. Appointments to the Human Relations Commission
The Board appointed Barbara H. Chapman and Luis Soto to the Human Relations
Commission for terms ending June 30, 2003 and June 30, 2005 respectively.
m, Reappointment to the Chapel HilUOrange County Visitors Bureau
~.. The Board reappointedKevin Patrick Callaghan: to the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors
Bureau for a term ending_ December 31 ,.2004.
n, Minutes
The. Board approved the minutes of the following meetings: Nov:. 7, 200.1 regular meeting;..:
Nov. 13, 2002 work session; Nov. 19,.2001. regular meeting; Nov. 26, 2001 work session antl quarterly
...public hearing; and, Nov.. 29, 2001 work sessions.
VOTE ON CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
b. Resolution Creating a Special Board of Equalization and Review
Commissioner Gordon pointed out that in the resolution the very last sentence does not have
.gender-neutral language. It should say,. "the Orange County Board of Commissioners shall designate a
chair of the special Board."
A motion was made by Commissioner Gordan, seconded by Commissioner Brown to adopt
the- resolution as stated below, with the change, to appoint a special board of equalization and review,
authorize the Chairto sign the resolution, and establish the recommended level of compensation for
members of the E&R board.
A `RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A
SPECIAL BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND REVIEW
WHEREAS, pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 105-322, the Board of Equalization and..
Review of'Orange County is presently composed of the members of the Board of County Commissioners
of Orange County;;:and