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RES -2023 - 020 I �� Attachment 2 <br /> Resolution of Local Support <br /> CMAQ/CPR Funding <br /> Resolution <br /> Authorizing the filing of an application for federal Congestion Mitigation and Air OualiV <br /> Improvement (CMAO) and/or Carbon Reduction Program (CRP) funding and committing the <br /> necessary non-federal match and stating the assurance to complete the project, <br /> WHEREAS , Orange County (herein referred as APPLICANT) is submitting an <br /> application to the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) for $ 180 , 000 dollars in <br /> funding from the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ and/or <br /> Carbon Reduction Program (CRP ) program for the expansion of Mobility- on-Demand (herein <br /> referred as PROJECT) ; and <br /> WHEREAS , the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIL) continues the Congestion Mitigation <br /> and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ (23 U . S . C . § 149) and starts the Carbon <br /> Reduction Program (CRP) (23 U . S . C . § 175 ) ; and <br /> WHEREAS , pursuant to BIL , and the regulations promulgated thereunder, eligible <br /> project sponsors wishing to receive federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement <br /> and Carbon Reduction Program (CMAQ/CRP ) funds for a project shall submit an application <br /> first with the appropriate Rural Planning Organization (RPO) , for review and inclusion in the <br /> RPO ' s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP ) ; and <br /> WHEREAS , the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) is the RPO for <br /> Orange County; and <br /> WHEREAS , APPLICANT is an eligible proj ect sponsor for CMAQ/CRP funds ; and <br /> WHEREAS , as part of the application for CMAQ/CRP funding, TARPO requires a <br /> resolution adopted by the responsible implementing agency stating the following : <br /> 1 ) The commitment of necessary local matching funds of at least 20 % ; and <br /> 2) That the sponsor understands that the CMAQ/CRP funding is fixed at the programmed <br /> amount, and therefore any cost increase cannot be expected to be funded with additional <br /> CMAQ/CRP funds ; and <br /> 3 ) The assurance of the sponsor to complete the project as described in the application, and <br /> if approved, as included in TARPO ' s TIP ; <br />