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South Greensboro St. Sidewalk Supplemental Agreement and Capital Project Ordinance
PURPOSE: To request that the Town Council consider authorizing the Town Manager to execute a Supplemental Agreement with NCDOT and to adopt a new capital project ordinance for the South Greensboro Street Sidewalk Project (C-5650) to expand the project scope, reflect additional funding and update the project milestones.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning & Finance
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Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon, Planning & Transportation Administrator, 919-918-7325, cmoon@carrboronc.gov; Patricia McGuire, Planning Director, 919-918-7327, pmcguire@carrboronc.gov; Bret Greene, Finance Director, 919-918-7439, bgreene@carrboronc.gov
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
_X__ Race/Equity ____ Climate ____ Comprehensive Plan __X__Other
Council Direction Statement
This is an administrative step in the design process for the South Greensboro Street Sidewalk project. The South Greensboro Street Sidewalk is included in the Comprehensive Plan as a priority project of advancing multimodal travel options with further the Town’s efforts toward climate action and race/equity. Racial equity pocket questions are provided as (Attachment B).
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Information
INFORMATION: The Town has been working with NCDOT to coordinate an upcoming resurfacing project for South Greensboro Street with the locally administered sidewalk project (C-5650). This requires modifying the Municipal Agreement for the sidewalk to align with the project boundaries for the resurfacing and to update the schedule. This also provides an opportunity update the funding portion of the agreement to include the additional federal funding (CMAQ and local discretionary STBG-DA) funds allocated to the Town as part of a FY23 Call for Projects. The Council authorized staff to submit a request for additional federal funds on November 16, 2021 <https://carrboro.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=902919&GUID=66E660AB-E51C-462B-8285-D8D375D836E6&Options=info|&Search=south+greensboro>. The amended capital project ordinance reflects the additional Orange County Transit funds and the necessary increase for design services associated with the waterline replacement, approved by the Town Council on June 27, 2023. The amended capital project ordinance also reflects the replacement of the coronavirus funds that were reallocated to NCDOT to avoid recission with federal funds programmed by NCDOT. Unlike the coronavirus allocation, the replacement funds require a 20-percent local match. Staff will bring back a future agenda item to add state funds relating to the resurfacing component of the project at a later date.
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Fiscal and Staff Impact
FISCAL IMPACT: The project cost would increase from $1,781,462 to $2,892,141 which includes $940,800 of additional federal funds. The combination of Orange County Transit funds and bond proceeds covers all but approximately $34,879 of the required 20-percent local match. A source for the approximately $34,879 of additional local match needs to be identified.
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Recommendation
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Town Council authorize the Town Manager to execute the updated Supplemental Agreement with NCDOT (SA#4) and approve the new South Greensboro Street Capital Project Ordinance (Attachment A).
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