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Consideration of Approval of a Supplemental Agreement with NCDOT to Receive Additional CMAQ Funds for the Jones Creek Greenway and to Amend the Capital Improvement Project Ordinance for the Project
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Carrboro Town Council to consider approving a supplemental agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation for the Jones Creek Greenway (TIP# C-5181) to provide $343,200 of additional CMAQ funds to the project and to authorize $85,800 for the local match.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon - 919-918-7325, cmoon@townofcarrboro.org; Patricia McGuire - 919-918-7327, pmcguire@townofcarrboro.org; Arche McAdoo - 919-918-7439, amcadoo@townofcarrboro.org;
Cary McNallan - 919-918-7301, cmcnallan@townofcarrboro.org
INFORMATION: On October 10, 2018, the DCHC MPO Board adopted a resolution to request a sixth amendment to the NCDOT's 2018-2027 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) that would add $343,200 of additional CMAQ funds to the Jones Creek Greenway (TIP # C-5181) for a total project cost of $850,250. In order for the Town to receive these earmarked funds the municipal agreement between the Town and NCDOT must be amended.
Background
In 2010, the Town 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 County greenway to Morris Grove Elementary School. Funding was approved as part of the list of FY 2011 CMAQ projects, and the Town entered into a Municipal Agreement with NCDOT in February 2016, for a total project cost of $321,250 ($257,000 federal share and $64,250 local match). In 2015, after learning of the possible availability of additional CMAQ funds staff updated the application for the Jones Creek project and received $80,000 of new funding toward the project. The Town executed a supplemental ag...
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