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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 16, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~" - ~ k <br />SUBJECT: Resolution Endorsing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Grant <br />Agreements with the North Carolina Department of Transportation <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. ARRA Agreement & Resolution for Twin Karen Lincoln, 245-2594 <br />Creeks Park (Moniese Nomp)10' Multiuse Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br />Greenway Trail <br />PURPOSE: To consider accepting conditions set forth in the Agreement Resolutions with the <br />North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) for two ARRA projects: <br />1. Twin Creeks Park (Moniese Nomp) Greenway (linear park): 10' multiuse asphalt trail <br />including bridge over Jones Creek; and <br />2. Two (2) 28' light transit vehicles w/wheelchair lift: 1 replacement; 1 expansion for <br />CMAQ Project C-4932 (service to start September 2009) <br />BACKGROUND: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 (i.e. <br />economic stimulus legislation) announced on February 17, 2009 provides funding for <br />transportation projects through the Surface Transportation Program (STP). Thirty percent (30%) <br />of ARRA STP funds were distributed to urbanized areas through the STP Direct Attributable <br />(DA) program. <br />The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) received <br />$7,889,430 in ARRA STPDA funds for locally managed projects. The ARRA projects are up to <br />100% reimbursable (ARRA funds do not require a local match). The DCHC Transportation <br />Advisory Committee (TAC) approved allocating the funds to all local jurisdictions based on the <br />2000 Census population within the Metropolitan Area Boundary. (Counties usually do not <br />receive STPDA funds because of the required local match which counties have traditionally had <br />no means to raise, and because STPDA funding is based on population of only the urbanized <br />area of the MPO.) DCHC MPO has approved Orange County's projects for the ARRA funds <br />and has added those projects to the FY 2009-2015 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement <br />Program (MTIP). <br />The following policies apply to ARRA projects: <br />• Davis Bacon Wage Laws <br />• National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) <br />