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239 BUDGET REVISION/AMENDMENT REQUEST DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AMOUNT: $35,000.00 TYPE OF ADJUSTMENT: Supplemental Request PURPOSE OF REQUEST: To purchase library materials with funds from a Grant awarded to Cabarrus County for that purpose by the Charles A. Cannon Charitable Trusts in March 1996. Present Approved Revised Account No. Budget Increase Decrease Budget 01o9-82-10-355 55,000.00 Other Operational Costs 01-6-17-10-901 8,161,612.54 Fund Balance Appropriated 35,000.00 35,000.00 90,000.00 8,196,612.54 Road Petition - Addition of Diablo Court to the State System UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Mills and unanimously carried, the Board approved the addition of Diablo Court to the state road system. Resolution Supporting the Renovation and Expansion of the Institute of Government (Knapp Building) UPON MOTION of Commissioner Barnhart, seconded by Commissioner Mills and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following Resolution. A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE RENOVATION AND EXPANSION OF THE INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT (KNAPP BUILDING) WHEREAS, the Institute of Government since 1931 has made important contributions to North Carolina's good government and its excellent financial management by serving the entire state from its base in Chapel Hill; and WHEREAS, the Institute's building has been inadequate and outmoded for many years, which threatens its ability to maintain the highest quality of services for North Carolina's public officials; and WHEREAS, the 1994 General Assembly recognized the need for a renovated and expanded building by appropriating $700,000 to plan necessary improvements and additions to the Institute of Government; and WHEREAS, the Institute has planned the necessary capital improvements that will enable it to provide North Carolina public officials with the latest and most efficient instructional technologies and a higher quality of service; and WHEREAS, the necessary improvements will include a teleconferencing classroom, a computer training room, increased classroom and office space, an expanded and accessible library, increased parking, improved dining facilities, and access for persons with disabilities; and WHEREAS, the planned capital project has been approved by the UNC-CH Board of Trustees and is rated as one of the University's highest capital priorities, and it also is a legislative priority for the UNC Board of Governors. NOW, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, THAT By way of this resolution Cabarrus County Government fully and enthusiastically encourages the 1997 North Carolina General Assembly to appropriate $16.1 million to fund this urgently needed capital renovation and expansion project.