HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 05-06-2010 - 4lORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: May 6, 2010
Action Agenda
Item No. 4 - I
SUBJECT: Congestion Miti ation and Air Quality Project C-4932
DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
1. Letter from Hillsborough Karen Lincoln, Planning, 245-2580
Craig Benedict, Planning, 245-2592
Clarence Grier, Financial Services, 245-2453
PURPOSE: To consider budgeting $4,055 in Fiscal Year 2010 - 2011 to provide the required
20% local match fora Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grant for capital
improvements.
BACKGROUND: In May 2009, the BOCC approved a resolution endorsing a Congestion
Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grant agreement with the North Carolina Department of
Transportation (NCDOT) for:
• A transit shelter at the Durham Technical Community College park and ride lot;
• Four (4) bicycle racks installed on Orange Public Transportation (OPT) buses; and
• Three (3) years operating assistance for an intra-Hillsborough transit route.
The grant agreement is still in effect and may need to be amended to reflect anticipated
emissions reductions of the new transit route, which would run less frequently (one trip per hour
instead of two trips per hour during peak hours) than the proposed transit service approved in
Orange County's grant application. However, the change in the transit service would not require
a new grant application.
The Hillsborough Town Board of Commissioners voted to commit the 20% local match required
by provisions of the grant for Orange County's project C-4932 to fund three years operations of
an intra-Hillsborough transit route. The action resulted from discussion at the joint meeting of
Orange County and Hillsborough Commissioners on February 18 of this year. Hillsborough
committed the full 20% match for three years. The first year transit service local match of
$21,880 will be reflected in the Town's draft budget document with proposed adoption in mid-
June. Hillsborough wishes to provide the route "fare-free" for the initial three-year period.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Orange County would be responsible for 20% ($4,055) of the $20,275
estimated total cost to purchase and install the transit shelter and the four bicycle racks for OPT
buses. The following tables outline the costs associated with the CMAQ projects:
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Federal Fiscal Year 2010 Total Cost Federal Funds (80%) Local Match (20%) -
Oran a Coun
Ca itallm rovements $20,275 $16,220 $4,055
Total Cost Federal Funds (80%) Local Match (20%) -
Hillsborou h MOA
O eratin Ex enses $109,400 $87,520 $21,880
Federal Fiscal Year 2011 Total Cost Federal Funds (80%) Local Match (20%) -
Hillsborou h MOA
O eratin Ex enses $114,870 $91,896 $22,974
Federal Fiscal Year 2012 Total Cost Federal Funds (80%) Local Match (20%) -
Hillsborou h MOA
O eratin Ex enses $120,614 $96,491 $24,123
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board:
1. Approve $4,055 in the FY 2010 - 2011 budget for the local match for the transit shelter
and bicycle racks for OPT buses; and
2. Direct staff to work with the Town of Hillsborough to develop a Memorandum of Agreement
reflecting the Town's action to provide the local match for transit operations for three years.
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April 13, 2010
Mr. Frank W. Clifton
Orange County Manager
P.O.Box 8181
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Dear Frank:
Attachment 1 3
I wanted to send a brief note confirming the Hillsborough Town Board's action at its April 12
meeting. The Board discussed the request from Orange County to provide the match funds
necessary to implement the infra-Hillsborough bus route under the CMAQ funding program.
The Hillsborough Town Board committed to fund the fu1120% match amount necessary to
provide the route "fare free" to all riders for the three-year grant period. According to the
information provided by Orange County staff, this translates into $21,880 in FYl 1, $22,974 in
FY12, and 24,123 in FY13. The draft budget document the Board will receive next month will
reflect this funding commitment and will likely be finalized in mid-June.
Please contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
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Eric J. Peterson
Town Manager
1 DI East Orange Street • P.O. Box 429 • Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278
919-732-1270 • Fax 919-644-2390