Town of Cary’s Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Agenda
Town
of
Adopted
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Appropriations
Requests |
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Project |
Request |
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Project Description |
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1 |
WWRWRF |
$2 million |
Interior and Environment |
Design
and construction of regional wastewater facility |
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2 |
Town of |
$300,000 |
Agriculture |
Study stream corridors and
plan protection |
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3 |
Cary Police
Department Technology |
$300,000 |
CJS |
Surveillance cameras, radio
system infrastructure, cell phone tracking software, |
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4 |
|
$1 million |
Transportation – HUD |
Street Extension and Grade Separation
from Railroad |
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5 |
Downtown
Revitalization and Historic Preservation |
$300,000 |
Transportation
HUD |
Utility rehabilitation,
streetscape, parking for downtown revitalization efforts |
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6 |
West Cary Stream
Restoration |
$200,000 |
Energy and Water |
Continuation of Corps of
Engineers project |
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7 |
Biosolids Dryer Energy Recovery System |
$500,000 |
Energy and Water |
Regional
project with Apex and Morrisville that will process biosolids
for beneficial reuse and recover energy from the drying process by utilizing
the dried solids as fuel. |
|
8 |
WWRWRF |
$1 million |
Energy and Water |
Previously authorized
project |
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SAFETEA-LU
Authorization Requests |
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Project |
Amount |
Project Description |
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$4 million |
Construction
of two trailheads and 1.9 miles of greenway to provide interconnection
to the American Tobacco Trail |
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$16.7 million |
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Transit
Facility |
$3.2 million |
Transit
facility with CNG refueling station |
Policy / Non-budget
Legislative Items / Non-Earmark Funding Sources
1. Advocate for direct funding
to local governments and Department of Energy funding for municipal projects in
any federal economic stimulus package.
2. Actively promote efforts to
provide federal support for local government efforts to better protect the
environment and reduce harmful emissions.
3. Oppose legislation to
preempt state authority and require collective bargaining for public employees.
4. Advocate for full funding
for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants.
5. Advocate for funding for
land and water conservation funds.
6.
7. Advocate for funding of EPA
program for municipal clean fuel vehicle purchases and local energy projects
such as solar technology or small head hydro
8. Advocate and assist in
obtaining FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation funds for water security assistance.
