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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 22, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. D • 1 <br />SUBJECT: Report on Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funding options <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Federal Guidance on Project Eligibility Provisions <br />Memo from NCDOT Transportation Planning Branch <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, ext. 2592 <br />Karen Lincoln, ext. 2594 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />732 -8181 <br />968 -4501 <br />688 -7331 <br />(336)227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive a report on the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) program, <br />and identify potential projects for which Orange County may apply for CMAQ funding. <br />BACKGROUND: The North Carolina Department of Transportation ( NCDOT) has issued a call for <br />projects to be included in the CMAQ program, which funds transportation projects and programs <br />that reduce transportation - related emissions in non- attainment and maintenance areas. The <br />deadline for CMAQ applications to be submitted to NCDOT is .January 24, 2005, NCDOT has <br />targeted CMAQ Program allocations of $7,503,584 and $481,269, respectively for Durham - Chapel <br />Hill - Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC) and Triangle Area Rural Planning <br />Organization (TARPO). The targeted allocations are for a 7 -year period and funding will be <br />reallocated after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designates particulate matter (PM2 5) <br />non- attainment areas. Allocations are based on population in non - attainment and maintenance <br />areas and severity of the air quality problem. The Triangle Ozone Non- Attainment Area is a basic <br />(sub - marginal) area. <br />A complete list of eligible activities and projects is provided in Attachment 1. The following lists <br />typical projects for consideration: <br />Transportation Control Measures: <br />a) programs for improved public transit; <br />b) restriction of certain roads or lanes to, or construction of such roads or lanes for use by, <br />passenger buses or HOV; <br />c) employer -based transportation management plans, including incentives; <br />d) trip - reduction ordinances; <br />e) traffic flow improvement programs that achieve emission reductions; <br />f) fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities serving multiple - occupancy vehicle <br />programs or transit service; <br />GAComprehensive Planning Div \GENE\2004 Public Hearings \Nov 22 \CMAQ \CMAQReportAbsl 12204 . DOC <br />