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Capital Project Ordinance for Three Signalized Pedestrian Crossings along NC 54 at the following locations: Westbrook Drive, Abbey Lane, and the entrance drives to the Kingswood and Laurel Ridge apartment complexes
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to request that the Town Council adopt a capital improvement project ordinance for the Town’s participation in the construction of three signalized pedestrian crossings along NC 54 (TIP# BL-0044).
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning and Finance
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Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon, Planning Administrator, 919-918-7325, cmoon@carrboronc.gov <mailto:cmoon@carrboronc.gov>; Patricia McGuire, Planning Director, 919-918- 7327, pmcguire@carrboronc.gov <mailto:pmcguire@carrboronc.gov> <mailto:>; Arche McAdoo, Finance Director, 919- 918-7439; AMcAdoo@carrboronc.gov <mailto:AMcAdoo@carrboronc.gov>; Langston Ramseur, Deputy Finance Director, 919-918-7345, lramseur@carrboronc.gov <mailto:lramseur@carrboronc.gov>
Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
Pedestrian activated signals were identified in the NC 54 Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Study (2019) to improve safe access to transit stops along the NC 54 corridor.
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Information
INFORMATION: On June 27, 2023, the Town Council approved a resolution to authorize the Town Manager to enter into a municipal agreement with NCDOT for the design and construction of three signalize pedestrian activated signals along NC 54 with high ridership and where pedestrians frequently cross the highway to access a bus stop: Westbrook Drive, Abbey Lane and the entrance drives to the Kingswood and Laurel Ridge apartments. Westbrook Drive and Abbey Lane are in Carrboro, the Kingswood and Laurel Ridge entrance drives are located directly across from one another, just east of Smith Level Road in Chapel Hill. Agenda materials from the June meeting may be found here: Town of Carrboro - Meeting of Town Council on 6/27/2023 at 7:00 PM (legistar.com) <https://carrboro.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1088377&GUID=4FDECFAB-65D3-4AE7-8BEF-D219A8A67524&Options=&Search=>.
The project is a collaboration between NCDOT, the Town of Chapel Hill, and the Town of Carrboro. NCDOT is managing design and construction, and handling the administration of federal funds. The original project budget is shown in the table below (Table 1). NCDOT contributed state safety funds. The Town of Chapel Hill contributed a portion of its local discretionary funds (federal STBGDA) and Chapel Hill funds toward the local match. The Town of Chapel Hill also contributed Regional Flexible Funds (federal STBG-Competitive) requested for this project. The Town of Carrboro is contributing $150,000 toward the local match for the federal funding. Orange County Transit funds have been allocated to the Town of Carrboro to cover the full $150,000 for Town’s local match, no additional Town funds are needed. State Spot Safety funds can be used toward the local match for federal funds if needed.
Table 1.
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Phase |
Fund source |
2022 |
2023 |
Totals |
|
PE |
Spot Safety (State) |
$175,000.00 |
|
$175,000.00 |
|
$175,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
ROW |
Spot Safety (State) |
$35,000.00 |
$50,000.00 |
$85,000.00 |
|
$85,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Construction |
Spot Safety (State) |
|
$140,000.00 |
$140,000.00 |
|
$1,310,500 |
Chapel Hill Local Discretionary STBGDA (Fed) |
|
$170,000.00 |
$170,000.00 |
|
(est. is $1,118,000) |
Chapel Hill Local Match |
|
$42,500.00 |
$42,500.00 |
|
|
Chapel Hill & Carrboro STBG-Competitive (Fed) |
|
$808,000.00 |
$808,000.00 |
|
|
Carrboro (OC Transit Plan) for Local Match |
|
$150,000.00 |
$150,000.00 |
|
Totals |
|
$210,000.00 |
$1,360,500.00 |
$1,570,500.00 |
Project design is completed. NCDOT is ready to let the project once the municipal agreements with the Towns are executed. The purpose of this agenda item is to adopt a capital improvement project ordinance for the Town’s participation toward the costs for construction. Once the municipal agreement is executed, the Town will provide payment in the amount of $150,000 to NCDOT. The Town will then seek reimbursement for Orange County Transit Funds for the full $150,000 in the next reimbursement period. Since this is not a locally administrated project (LAP), no other involvement by the Town is needed. It is expected that construction would begin in early 2024 depending on response to the bid. The project should not impact traffic along NC 54; temporary impacts at the entrances to the side roads (Westbrook Drive, Abbey Lane, Kingswood & Laurel Ridge apartments) are expected to be minimal.
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Fiscal and Staff Impact
FISCAL IMPACT: The original estimated cost of project was $1,570,500. NCDOT has spent approximately $100,000 for design and anticipates a construction cost of $1,410,000.
As noted above, NCDOT will let the project, award the contract, and manage construction. Therefore NCDOT’s bid process and construction management will determine the final costs associated with the project.
The municipal agreement between NCDOT and the Town identifies the Town of Carrboro’s fixed participation in the project as $150,000; Orange County Transit Funds have been allocated to cover the full $150,000.
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Recommendation
RECOMMENDATION: The Town Manager recommends that the Town Council adopt the Capital Improvement Project Ordinance provided (Attachment A).
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