HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2023-020-Approval of Congestion Management and Air Quality (CMAQ) Project RES -2023 - 020 I �� Attachment 2
Resolution of Local Support
CMAQ/CPR Funding
Resolution
Authorizing the filing of an application for federal Congestion Mitigation and Air OualiV
Improvement (CMAO) and/or Carbon Reduction Program (CRP) funding and committing the
necessary non-federal match and stating the assurance to complete the project,
WHEREAS , Orange County (herein referred as APPLICANT) is submitting an
application to the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) for $ 180 , 000 dollars in
funding from the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ and/or
Carbon Reduction Program (CRP ) program for the expansion of Mobility- on-Demand (herein
referred as PROJECT) ; and
WHEREAS , the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIL) continues the Congestion Mitigation
and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ (23 U . S . C . § 149) and starts the Carbon
Reduction Program (CRP) (23 U . S . C . § 175 ) ; and
WHEREAS , pursuant to BIL , and the regulations promulgated thereunder, eligible
project sponsors wishing to receive federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement
and Carbon Reduction Program (CMAQ/CRP ) funds for a project shall submit an application
first with the appropriate Rural Planning Organization (RPO) , for review and inclusion in the
RPO ' s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP ) ; and
WHEREAS , the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) is the RPO for
Orange County; and
WHEREAS , APPLICANT is an eligible proj ect sponsor for CMAQ/CRP funds ; and
WHEREAS , as part of the application for CMAQ/CRP funding, TARPO requires a
resolution adopted by the responsible implementing agency stating the following :
1 ) The commitment of necessary local matching funds of at least 20 % ; and
2) That the sponsor understands that the CMAQ/CRP funding is fixed at the programmed
amount, and therefore any cost increase cannot be expected to be funded with additional
CMAQ/CRP funds ; and
3 ) The assurance of the sponsor to complete the project as described in the application, and
if approved, as included in TARPO ' s TIP ;
NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED that Orange County is authorized to
execute and file an application for funding under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
Improvement Program ( CMAQ) and Carbon Reduction Program (CRP) of BIL for the Moblity-
on-Demand Expansion Project and be it further
RESOLVED that the APPLICANT by adopting this resolution does hereby state that :
1 . APPLICANT will provide $ 30 , 000 in non-federal matching funds ; and
2 . APPLICANT understands that the CMAQ/CRP funding for the project is fixed at the
TARPO approved programmed amount, and that any cost increases must be funded
by the APPLICANT from other funds , and that APPLICANT does not expect any
cost increases to be funded with additional CMAQ/CRP funding , and
3 . PROJECT will be implemented as described in the complete application and in this
resolution and, if approved, for the amount programmed in the TARPO federal TIP ;
and
RESOLVED that APPLICANT is an eligible sponsor of CMAQ/CRP funded projects ,
and be it further
RESOLVED that APPLICANT is authorized to submit an application for CMAQ/CRP
funds for the PROJECT ; and be it further
RESOLVED that there is no legal impediment to APPLICANT making applications for
the funds ; and be it further
RESOLVED that there is no pending or threatened litigation that might in any way
adversely affect the proposed PROJECT , or the ability of APPLICANT to deliver such
PROJECT ; and be it further
RESOLVED that APPLICANT authorizes its Executive Director, General Manager, or
designee to execute and file an application with TARPO for CMAQ/CRP funding for the
PROJECT as referenced in this resolution; and be it further
RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution will be transmitted to the TARPO in
conjunction with the filing of the application; and be it further
RESOLVED that the TARPO is requested to support the application for the PROJECT
described in the resolution and to include the PROJECT, if approved, in MTC ' s TIP .
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