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Commissioner Keigher - Planning/Zoning - To Consider Endorsement of a County Application Proposal through the Federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Program for Fiscal Year 2019 (Neal Hawkins Road Sidewalk)
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STAFF CONTACT
David L. Williams, AICP - Planning Director and Ray Maxwell, PE - Public Works Director
BUDGET IMPACT
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Pending
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BUDGET ORDINANCE IMPACT
N/A
BACKGROUND
The County Planning Department in cooperation with the County Parks and Recreation, County Public Works, and the Gaston-Cleveland-Lincoln Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (GCLMPO) have worked together to examine and submit one (1) application proposal that was due October 31, 2017 for funding consideration through the Federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program commonly referred to as CMAQ. Through the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA), this program continues to provide federal funds administered through the Department of Transportation for transportation improvement projects such as intersections, rail trail extensions, bicycle lanes, greenways and sidewalks, etc., in air quality nonattainment and maintenance areas to help achieve and maintain national standards for pollutants. Application for CMAQ Funding occurs biannually, and the proposed application is for federal fiscal year 2019; however, the funding does not allow for property condemnation, and property easements will only be acquired from willing property owners. In addition, the application requires an 80/20 split whereby 80 percent is the federal portion and the 20 percent represents the obligated match of the applicant. The County Project is for a sidewalk along Neal Hawkins Road, and the proposal would occur between the intersection at Hawk's Ridge Drive and the existing sidewalk infrastructure outside of the boundary at Martha River's Park in the city of Gastonia with an approximate $372,116 total matching funds of the $1,488,462 C...
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