AGENDA #4x

MEMORANDUM

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

FROM:            W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager

SUBJECT:       Transportation Operations Center – Project Ordinance Amendment

DATE:             June 30, 2004

The attached project ordinance would amend a project ordinance budget prepared on November 24, 2003, which included estimates for a grant awarded to the Town of Chapel Hill for the engineering and design of the transportation operations and maintenance facility to be located at the new Town Operations Center.

BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION

On June 14, 2004, the Council approved a project ordinance for the design and engineering of the Transportation Operations Center.  A project ordinance had previously been prepared on November 24, 2003, when the design work was begun, but before the exact amount of the grant was known.  The attached project ordinance amendment removes the estimated amounts for design and engineering, leaving the actual grant amount of $1,647,861 in place as approved by Council on June 14, 2004.  

RECOMMENDATION

That the Council enact the attached project ordinance.

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND A GRANT PROJECT ORDINANCE FOR A TRANSIT DESIGN AND ENGINEERING GRANT (2004-06-30/O-8.1)

BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that, pursuant to Section 13.2 of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, the following grant project ordinance is hereby adopted:

SECTION I

The design and engineering funds authorized are from a fiscal year 2003 Federal Transit Administration Section 5309 statewide earmark.

SECTION II

The Manager of the Town of Chapel Hill is hereby directed to proceed with the implementation of the project within the terms of the grant agreements executed with the Federal Transit Administration and the North Carolina Department of Transportation within the funds appropriated herein.

SECTION III

Revenues anticipated to be available to the Town to complete the project are hereby amended as follows:

SECTION IV

Amounts appropriated for capital projects are hereby amended as follows:

SECTION V

The Manager is directed to report annually on the financial status of the project in an informational section to be included in the Annual Report.  He shall also keep the Council informed of any unusual occurrences.

SECTION VI

Copies of this project ordinance shall be entered into the Minutes of the Council and copies shall be filed within 5 days of adoption with the Manager, Finance Director and Town Clerk.

This the 30^th day of June, 2004.