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<br />8 <br />8 <br /> <br />Mike Stanley: The reality check is the timeline of projects. We get priority lists and <br />have a hard time because they don’t fit the money we get. When you send the priority <br />list, prioritize it they way you want it done. It is partly recognizing the reality that if all <br />your priority needs are eligible for STP dollars, you are competing with all the projects <br />from all other parts of the state. <br /> <br />Alice Gordon: Should Orange County focus on CMAQ and STP? <br /> <br />Mike Stanley: Because of funding constraints, a lot of the priority project requests are <br />only eligible for those. <br /> <br />Robert Peterson: We might ask for a project that costs too much to be funded by <br />CMAQ. <br /> <br />Mike Stanley: A long standing project in Carrboro is widening Estes Drive for bicycle <br />lanes. The problem is from a planning and environmental standpoint,. Much of the STP <br />funding is geared toward the planning and environmental process. We eat up much of <br />our STP project money on projects that have been in the mill a long time It is the sheer <br />dollar size of the project that matters. <br /> <br />Jan Grossman: Is it possible to see where Orange County’s top three priority projects <br />fell? <br /> <br />Jan Grossman: I think this group would be thrilled if we got one or two projects. <br /> <br />Mike Stanley: That would be one or two per division. <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: Are the feasibility studies funded through the TIP? <br /> <br />Mike Stanley: Basically, before we establish a TIP budget, we take 10% off the top as <br />an allowance for feasibility studies. <br /> <br />Robert Peterson: Our number one project is the pedestrian bridge, what funding pot <br />would that come from? <br /> <br />Mike Stanley: It is listed as an enhancement project in the TIP but in terms of eligibility <br />it would be STP or CMAQ funds. <br /> <br />Robert Peterson: Does anyone remember how much it cost? <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: I don’t think we have a project cost. That would be estimated in the <br />feasibility study. <br /> <br />Robert Peterson: If we don’t know how much it costs, how do we know if we are asking <br />for too much? My next question would be how much do CMAQ projects get funded for