AGENDA #4k

 

MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

 

FROM:            W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager

 

SUBJECT:       Town Operations Center – Project Ordinance Amendment

 

DATE:             November 22, 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 construction of the transportation operations and maintenance facility to be located at the new Town Operations Center.

 

BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION

 

A project ordinance had previously been prepared on November 24, 2003, and amended on June 14, 2004, and on June 30, 2004.  At the time the budget ordinance was prepared, the exact amount of the grant was unknown.  The attached project ordinance amendment removes the estimated amounts for the State share and local match, but leaves the project expenditure total unchanged at $18,960,465.

 

RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Council enact the attached project ordinance.


AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND A GRANT PROJECT ORDINANCE FOR A TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION GRANT (2004-11-22/O-5)

 

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 capital project funds authorized are from FY 2004 and FY 2005 allocations of Moving Ahead funds from an agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

 

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 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:

 

 

 

Current

Budget

 

Change

Revised

Budget

Federal Transit Administration

  1,331,191

 

 1,331,191

N.C. Department of Transportation

     164,786

   7,170,606

 7,335,392

Local Share

  1,858,961

        37,085

 1,896,046

Sales Tax Refund

     402,000

 

    402,000

Building Financing Proceeds

14,685,577

(7,207,691)

 7,477,886

Land Financing Proceeds

     345,000

 

    345,000

Transfer from Transportation Capital

   Reserve

 

      172,950

 

 

   172,950

Total

18,960,465

-0-

18,960,465

 


 

SECTION IV

 

Amounts appropriated for capital projects are hereby amended as follows:

 

 

 

Current

Budget

 

Change

Revised

Budget

Professional Services

     109,000

 

     109,000

Design and Engineering

  1,647,861

 

  1,647,861

Demolition

     126,500

 

     126,500

Traffic Studies

         9,207

 

         9,207

Lease-Purchase Payments

       60,000

 

       60,000

Contingency

     215,793

 

     215,793

Land

     347,000

 

     347,000

Land Improvements

  1,648,500

 

  1,648,500

Buildings

12,788,100

 

12,788,100

Equipment

  1,828,200

 

  1,828,200

Art Acquisition

     180,304

 

     180,304

   Total

18,960,465

 

18,960,465

 

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 22nd day of November, 2004.