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Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Supplemental Agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation to Accept $246,382 in Additional Surface Transportation Block Grant - Direct Attributable Funds with a Required Local Match of $49,276 for the Traffic Signal Preemption for Emergency Vehicles Phase II Project (5TRFD2010)
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LEGISLATIVE INTENT/PURPOSE:
WHEREAS, the Traffic Signal Preemption for Emergency Vehicles Phase II project (5TRFD2010) will provide traffic signal preemption devices at 51 intersections in the City and unincorporated areas of New Hanover County; and,
WHEREAS, on September 26, 2019, the City entered into the original agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (“NCDOT”) to accept Surface Transportation Block Grant- Direct Attributable (“STBG-DA”) funding, for the design and construction of the project; and,
WHEREAS, on June 26, 2024, the Wilmington Metropolitan Planning Organization (“WMPO”) Board approved support for additional funding to cover anticipated costs of construction, and on September 4, 2024, the NCDOT Board approved the additional funding through support of a Supplemental Agreement; and,
WHEREAS, this supplemental agreement will provide an increase in overall project funding in the amount of $246,382 to cover anticipated construction and related costs, primarily associated with cost increases and additional contingency, including $197,106 of additional STBG-DA funding awarded by the WMPO, a required 20% local grant match of $25,000 from Novant Health, and $24,276 from New Hanover County.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
THAT, the Wilmington City Council authorizes the City Manager to enter into the $246,382 supplemental agreement with the NCDOT to provide additional funding for the construction of the Traffic Signal Preemption for Emergency Vehicles Phase II project (5TRFD2010), and that sufficient funding exists in the project based upon acceptance and allocation of funding in the accompanying ordinance.