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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 14, 2004 Action Agenda Item No. ~ ~!' SUBJECT: Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Grant Application DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) ATTACHMENT (S): Resolution Conceptually Endorsing CMAQ Application CMAQ Grant Application - Waterstone Park & Ride Intra-Hillsborough Transit Service Resolution of Support from Town of Hillsborough INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Benedict, ext, 2592 Karen Lincoln, ext. 2594 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane (336) 227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider a resclution conceptually endorsing the submission of an application for Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds to construct a 125-space park and ride lot and to initiate new transit service, Orange Public Transportation Intra-Hillsborough route. BACKGROUND: The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has issued a call for projects to be included in the CMAQ program, which funds transportation projects and programs that reduce transportation-related emissions in non-attainment and maintenance areas. The deadline for CMAQ applications to be submitted to NCDOT is January 24, 2005. NCDOT has targeted CMAQ Program allocations of $7,503,584 and $481,269, respectively far Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrborc Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC) and Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO), The targeted allocations are fora 7-year period and funding will be reallocated after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designates particulate matter (PMz e) non-attainment areas. Allocations are based on population in non-attainment and maintenance areas and severity of the air quality problem, The Triangle Ozone Non-Attainment Area is a basic (sub-marginal) area. The CMAQ program is a reimbursement program in which the local jurisdiction manages the projects and submits eligible expenses to NGDOT for reimbursement, Preliminary projected costs far construction of the proposed park and ride lot and operation of the proposed transit service are in the neighborhood of $735,000 over athree-year period. The required local match is about $325,000. Amore detailed account of projected casts is within the CMAQ application attached to this abstract, It is possible that NCDOT would consider Orange County's ownership of transit center land as a portion of the local match. The Town of Hillsborough has endorsed a resclution in support of the Intra-Hillsborough transit route that states its willingness to participate in the local match and a marketing campaign. However, it is important to note that there is no firm funding commitment from the Tawn at this time,