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A Request to Approve a Municipal Agreement with NCDOT and Adoption of a Capital Project Ordinance for the Jones Creek Greenway
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Board of Aldermen to consider the approval of the municipal agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the adoption of a capital project ordinance for the Jones Creek Greenway.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Bergen Watterson, 919-918-7329; Tina Moon 919-918-7325
INFORMATION: In 2010, Town staff submitted a Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) application to fund the Jones Creek Greenway, a 750-foot connection between the end of Lake Hogan Farm road and the existing Twin Creeks Greenway to Morris Grove Elementary School. Both the MPO and NCDOT approved the 2011 CMAQ projects and funding, and the greenway was included in the Town's adopted 2012-2018 Capital Improvement Plan. It is scheduled in the current State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for construction in FY16. The existing budget for this project is $320,000, including $63,000 of local funding.
When the federal Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) came out in 2012, NCDOT decided not to program CMAQ projects in the 2012-2018 STIP because they were unsure that the funding source would remain intact. NCDOT reinstated the previous years' CMAQ funding and made the funds for FY16 and FY17 available to projects in mid-2015.
In July 2015 Town staff updated the Jones Creek CMAQ application in response to an MPO announcement of additional available funding. In October 2015 the project first received $80,000 in supplementary funding and then an additional $20,000, bringing the total to $420,000. The Board of Aldermen passed a resolution to accept these latest funds and provide the local match on October 13, 2015. In January 2016 NCDOT sent the municipal agreement for signature by the Town.
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