AGENDA DATE: 9/4/2019
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Transportation Funding/Grant Application Review
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Resolutions for Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside and Revenue Sharing Grant Requests
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, McCulley, Benish, McDermott
PRESENTER (S): Kevin McDermott
LEGAL REVIEW: Not Required
REVIEWED BY: Jeffery B Richardson
BACKGROUND: In July of 2019 the Board reviewed and approved the updated list of Albemarle County Transportation Priorities for 2019. Included in that review and approval were a number of projects recommended for funding through Revenue Sharing and Transportation Alternatives Programs grant applications, including:
Revenue Sharing Applications
#5 - Berkmar to Lewis and Clark Connector
#26 - Old Lynchburg Road/Moore's Creek Greenway Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements
#8 - Eastern Avenue South Connector
Transportation Alternative Application
#12 - Tabor/High Street Sidewalks
Staff has continued to work on these projects with VDOT and consultant assistance to develop conceptual cost estimates and designs. Pre-applications were submitted for all projects and they were all screened in making them eligible for full submission.
The Tabor/High Street Sidewalks project and the Old Lynchburg Road/Moore's Creek Greenway Projects were both included in the proposal for the Quality of Life Bicycle and Pedestrian Program which has sufficient funding identified in the 2021 CIP to cover the local match on the grants. The local match for the Berkmar to Lewis and Clark Connector and the Eastern Avenue South projects would come from the Transportation Leveraging Budget. With the funding identified in that program through 2020 an additional $2 million would need to be set aside for that program annually from FY21 - FY24 unless the Board determines another source for funding that local match. The deadline for the Revenue Sharing and Transportation Alternatives grant a...
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