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Item
Title: Approval of an Enhancement Grant from the
North Carolina Department of
Transportation for the Construction of a Sidewalk in
Fuquay-Varina
Specific
Action Requested:
That the Board of Commissioners:
·
Revise the Budget to allow for $67,000 in additional
funding for sidewalk construction in Fuquay-Varina.
·
Authorize the Board Chair to sign documents to accept
an Enhancement Grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
Item
Summary:
Wake
County’s Division of Housing and Community Revitalization (HCR) has been
working with the Town of Fuquay-Varina to install approximately 2,553 linear
feet of sidewalks on McLean, Bridge, and Lawrence Streets in the Lincoln
Heights community of Fuquay-Varina. The Board approved the sidewalk project in
the 2003 Housing Action Plan adopted on May 19, 2003. The sidewalk will provide
safe pedestrian access for children and families and link three major
facilities in the neighborhood: Lincoln Heights Elementary School, the Pine
Acres Community Center and the Consolidated School campus. The sidewalk will
also link these important neighborhood facilities to downtown Fuquay-Varina.
HCR
has already allocated $255,000 of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
funds from prior years to this project. These funds have been committed for
design, right-of-way acquisition and construction costs. The Town of
Fuquay-Varina has recently committed an additional $20,000 to the project. The
North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) committed $47,000 of its
enhancement funds for construction of the sidewalk. The addition of these funds
will provide the necessary resources to meet the budgeted cost of the project,
$322,000.
NCDOT
funding is available on a reimbursement basis, in the form of a one-time
payment when construction is complete. In order to be eligible to receive these
funds the Board needs approve the attached Enhancement Agreement.
Construction
of this project is planned to begin Fall 2004 and to be completed before the
end of the year.
Attachments:
2.
Budget
Memo