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OCOUNTY OMMI <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May21,2002 - <br /> Action Age a <br /> Item Nn 0_ <br /> SUBJECT! Proposed Application to NC DOT Transportation Enhancement Program <br /> DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br /> Conservation (ERGO), Planning <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> NCDOT 2002 Call for Pmjechs David SPoncil,2452590 <br /> Draft Resolution Karen Lincoln, 245-2594 <br /> Map of Scenic Road Cendcm <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 7324181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 33642274031 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider submitting an application b the Noah Carolina Department of <br /> Transportation's Enhancement Program for acquisition of conservation easements and <br /> biltalanes along identified scenic mad wnidors. <br /> BACKGROUND: On April 4,2002, the NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT) <br /> announced that federal Ponds would be available for community enhancement projects <br /> through the NCDOT Enhancement Program. Projects funded through the Enhancement <br /> Program contribute to the provision of a -multlmodal transportation system- including <br /> multiple, non-motorized modes (as evidenced through the many bicycle, Pedestrian, and <br /> mil projects). A total of$10 million will be available statewide (only$577,000 is available <br /> in the County's six-county transportation District 7)for projects in the following categories: <br /> Pedestrian and bicyde facilities <br /> Acquisition of scenic easements and scenic or historic sites <br /> Scenic or historic highway programs <br /> • Landscaping and star scenic beautification <br /> Historic preservation <br /> Rehabilitation of fiscal transportation facilities <br /> Preservation of abandoned railway conditions for trails <br /> • Control and removal of outdoor advertising <br /> • Archaeological planning and research <br /> • Em4ronmmael mitigation of pollution due to highway runoff or <br /> reduce waide-cause t wildlife mortality <br /> Establishment of transportation museums <br />