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Statewide Transportation Improvement Program Prioritization and Consideration of Surface Transportation Program-Direct Apportionment and Transportation Alternatives Program Funding Priorities
PURPOSE: The Board of Aldermen is asked to consider several resolutions relating to approval of transportation project priorities for the current development of the STIP and allocation of STP-DA and TAP funds.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Jeff Brubaker
INFORMATION: Background information was provided at the previous (Nov. 12) meeting. (ATTACHMENT B is a link to that agenda item.) Most of that information will not be repeated here. However, some of that information is summarized where needed, and some additional information is provided, in the memo in ATTACHMENT C.
FISCAL & STAFF IMPACT: The fiscal impact of the resolutions is summarized as follows:
· ATTACHMENT A-1, P3.0 highway projects - No fiscal impacts accrue from this resolution. The projects are already on the draft P3.0 list at this time. The MPO and NCDOT SPOT office will rank these projects in the spring of 2014. Any fiscal impacts would accrue only if a project makes the STIP. If any of the highway projects make the STIP, which is expected to be adopted by July 2015, then any fiscal impact could be discussed in relation to whatever fiscal year the projects are programmed for construction, likely to be FY16 or later. Most of the cost of any of these projects would be expected to be paid for via federal or state funds, but there may be incidental costs (such as a match, per NCDOT policy, for sidewalks) to be borne by the Town.
· ATTACHMENT A-2, P3.0 bicycle and pedestrian projects - An assessment similar to that for highway projects applies to bicycle and pedestrian projects. However, it should be reiterated that the Strategic Transportation Investments (STI) included a provision prohibiting NCDOT from providing financial support for independent bicycle and pedestrian projects. In the past, NCDOT had used state funding to match federal surface transportation program (STP) funding for bike-ped projects. Now, any bike-ped projects that make it onto the STIP will require a 20 percent non-federal match from either the municipality or another non-NCDOT source.
· ATTACHMENT A-3, reallocation of current STP-DA funding - This action will allow the Town to retain $113,640 of STP-DA funding that would otherwise have been reprogrammed for other MPO projects. There is no net gain or loss in total STP-DA amount from approving this resolution. The funds go to a project already in design, so the additional staff time is not substantial.
· ATTACHMENT A-4, preliminary STP-DA project list for FY 15 and 16 - No fiscal impacts accrue from submitting the preliminary list. In the general, STP-DA projects are a significant source of funding for Carrboro transportation projects.
RECOMMENDATION:r That the Board consider the resolutions in ATTACHMENTS A-1 through A-4.