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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No )(_D
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: November 1, 1994
SUBJECT: Information Highway Process
DEPARTMENT County Manager PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X
ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT
None Rod Visser, ext 2300
TELEPHONE NUMBER
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Mebane 227-2031
Durham 688-7331
PURPOSE: To receive a report on the North Carolina Information Highway
grant application process.
BACKGROUND: At the October 18 meeting, the Board of Commissioners
received a report on the North Carolina Information Highway from
representatives of the State' s Information Highway Office and the
telephone companies that are working with the State on this project.
The State staff member also described a $7 million grant program for
local government entities to assist in gaining access to the
Information Highway.
Orange County' s grant application package was delivered on October 24 .
The State has established an extremely short suspense on this process,
with applications due in Raleigh on November 4. As this agenda item
was being prepared, staff from the County, Orange County Schools, and
the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools were arranging joint discussions
to explore possibilities for cooperative efforts to pursue Information
Highway grant funding, either now or at some time in the future.
At tonight' s meeting, staff will present a brief oral report on the
prospects for funding through the Information Highway grant application
process.
RECONDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board receive the
report as information.