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Request to Amend the 203 S. Greensboro Street Project Ordinance
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to amend the 203 S. Greensboro Street Project Ordinance to include Orange County Sustainability Grant Funds and additional Stormwater Enterprise Funds.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Public Works, Finance, Planning
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Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: Ben Schmadeke, Capital Projects Manager, 919-918-7424; Arche McAdoo, Finance Director, 919-918-7439; Laura Janway, Environmental Sustainability Coordinator, 919-918-7326; Randy Dodd, Stormwater Manager, 919-918-7341
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
This additional funding included for the 203 Project will serve multiple purposes that have an impact on the Town’s climate goals and climate resiliency. The stormwater funds will be used to replace two failed and undersized road culverts which will increase the resiliency of the Town’s stormwater infrastructure and protect the new 203 Project building from potential flooding. The Orange County grant funding will contribute to the purchase of a solar photovoltaic system on the west roof and an educational display inside the building on green building technologies and the sustainability features of the 203 Building.
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Information
INFORMATION: During construction of the 203 Project and further investigation by the Carrboro Stormwater Division, it has been identified that the Carr Street stormwater culvert at the southwest end of the site and the Maple Avenue Extension culvert at the southeast corner of the site have extensive damage and are undersized. The Stormwater Enterprise funds will be used to replace the existing damaged culverts with new reinforced concrete pipes which will connect to the new 203 Project stormwater infrastructure. The installation will take place in conjunction with the 203 Project construction. Please see Attachment A for details.
Orange County has awarded two grants to the Town of Carrboro under its FY2021-22 and FY 2022-2023 Orange County Community Climate Action Grant Program in the amounts of $40,568 and $40,575 respectively for the installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) array on the west roof of the 203 South Greensboro Street Project and an educational display inside the building. Please see Attachment B for the letter of award.
The Racial Equity Pocket Questionnaire has been completed for this agenda item and can be found in Attachment C.
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Fiscal and Staff Impact
FISCAL IMPACT: This project ordinance amendment will allocate $221,000 of Stormwater Enterprise funds to the 203 Project construction budget. The Orange County Sustainability Grants in the amount of $81,143 will be added to the project Furniture Fixtures and Equipment (FF&E) budget.
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Recommendation
RECOMMENDATION: The Town Manager recommends that the Town Council consider adopting the amended project ordinance (Attachment D) which will authorize the Town Manager to execute the grant agreement and transfer the additional funds to the 203 S. Greensboro Project.
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