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ORANGE 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: