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Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Pursue Additional STBG-DA Funding from the Wilmington Metropolitan Planning Organization in the Amount of $246,382 with a $49,276 Local Grant Match for the City of Wilmington's Traffic Signal Preemption for Emergency Vehicles Phase II project
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LEGISLATIVE INTENT/PURPOSE:
This resolution authorizes a request for additional funding from the Wilmington Metropolitan Planning Organization (WMPO) for the Traffic Signal Preemption for Emergency Vehicles Phase II project 5TRFD2010.
Complementary to the previously completed preemption project in late 2019 that installed equipment at 27 intersections and in 21 vehicles in the City of Wilmington, this project intends to install new signal preemption equipment at an additional 51 intersections in the City of Wilmington and Hew Hanover County as shown in Figure A. This project also intends to install radio equipment in 51 combined vehicles between the partner agencies Novant Health and New Hanover County, allowing them full use of all existing and new preemption signals.
This project is federally funded through the WMPO via the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program Direct Attributable (STBG-DA) program, which is passed through the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and requires a twenty percent (20%) local match, which comes from the City's partner agencies on the project, Novant Health and New Hanover County.
This request would increase STBG-DA funding from the WMPO by $197,106 and require a $49,276 local grant match from the partner agencies for a total of $246,382 to cover anticipated costs to complete the project. The additional project costs are primarily associated with more detailed information from the project design and increases in construction costs over time.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
THAT, the Wilmington City Council authorizes the City Manager to pursue an additional $246,382 in STBG-DA program funding through the WMPO an...
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