Lunch Meeting Between the Cary Town Council and The Ferguson Group
Administrative Conference Room
316 N. Academy Street, Cary, NC
December 13, 2005
Subject: Federal Legislative Agenda

Present: Mayor Ernest McAlister, Council Members Marla Dorrel and Michael Joyce

Absent: Mayor Pro Tem Jack Smith, Council Members Jennifer Robinson, Julie Robison, and Nels Roseland

The meeting was called to order at 12:12 p.m. A quorum of council members was not present, therefore an official meeting was not held.

The purpose of the meeting was to review with W. Roger Gwinn and Melissa Hyman of the Ferguson Group the following 2005 appropriations and authorizations request from the federal legislative agenda.

APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS

 

Project

Request

Status

 

 

                                

House                             

Senate Conference 

1

Jordan Lake Water Reclamation and Reuse Project

$3 million from the Department of the Interior’s EPA State and Tribal Assistance Grants account

No project earmarks were included; will be added at conference.

Not included.

$1.5 million

2

Walker Street Grade Separation Project

$3 million from the Department of Transportation’s Surface Transportation Program account

No project earmarks were included; will be added at conference.

No highway earmarks were included; will be added at conference.

$0

3

Cary Police Department Technology Improvements

$250,000 from the Department of Justice’s COPS Law Enforcement Technology Program

Soft earmark

No project earmarks were included; will be added at conference.

$100,000

4

West Cary Watershed Protection

$500,000 from the Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, Conservation Operations account.

Not included.

$298,000

$298,000

5

West Cary Stream Restoration

 

$500,000 from the Army Corps of Engineers’ Section 206, Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration

$175,000

Not included.

$175,000

6

Town Center Area Plan

 

$500,000 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Economic Development Initiative

No project earmarks were included; will be added at conference.

Not included.

$0

AUTHORIZATION REQUESTS

 

Project

Request

Status

 

 

                              

House                           

Senate Conference

1

Pedestrian/Bike Trail System Project

 

$12.9 million in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century reauthorization.

$1.5 million.

No project earmarks were included; will be added at conference.

$1.6 million