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<br />9 <br />9 <br /> <br />Mike Stanley: The Transportation Planning branch manages CMAQ. There are issues <br />now with 100 projects on line. They had intended to have another CMAQ call for this <br />cycle. <br /> <br />Nancy Baker: What do you mean by “call”? <br /> <br />Mike Stanley: A call to submit applications. <br /> <br />Nancy Baker: What about the list we gave you? <br /> <br />Mike Stanley: I am not sure of their process. <br /> <br />Robert Peterson: We haven’t submitted anything to CMAQ? <br /> <br />Mike Stanley: It may have been submitted and not selected. <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: They haven’t had a call recently. We received a CMAQ grant approval <br />with funding split between the MPO and RPO CMAQ funds to build a park and ride lot, 2 <br />transit shelters, purchase 4 bicycle racks for buses and to provide operating assistance <br />for three years to start a new transit route. It requires a 20% local match for the capital <br />expenditures and a 50% local match for operating assistance. That was three years <br />ago. <br /> <br />Robert Peterson: In reality, our transportation is limited to STP. <br /> <br />Mike Stanley: I am not sure. Federal funds come with a shelf life. Contract funds have <br />to be used in a certain period of time. <br /> <br />Robert Peterson: How much STP funds have been allocated for projects in Orange <br />County? <br />Mike Stanley: Weaver Diary is $17 million; South Columbia is $4.5 million and the <br />upgrade of the computerized signal system in Chapel Hill, slated for April 2009. <br /> <br />Nancy Baker: STP funds can only be used for a certain type of road? <br /> <br />Mike Stanley: Thet could be used for a project like Estes (bicycle lanes). <br /> <br />Robert Peterson: Or a small project. <br /> <br />Mike Stanley: For safety improvements we could use the State Highway Fund money. <br /> <br />Alice Gordon: What would you advise this group to do as far as prioritizing? <br />