Economic Stimulus Projects

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City of Raleigh

Economic Stimulus Projects


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Clarence E. Lightner Public Safety Center

Background: Provide new facility housing the Police Department Headquarters; Fire De-partment Headquarters, City Emergency Communications Center (911); CityEmergency Operations Center; Traffic Signal System Operations, Data CentInformation Technology Consolidation; Building Maintenance Administratifor Avery C. Upchurch Complex, Large Assembly Hall for staff and Com-munity use; and a Public Gallery & Caf. Project is being designed to attainLEED Gold certification.

Cost: Estimated cost of this projects is $226,070,000.00

City of Raleigh


Construction Management


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Remote Operations - Solid Waste Services Operations Center

Background: The Wilders Grove Solid Waste Service Center Facility is one of the initialservice facility elements targeted for development and is currently under de-sign. The Wilders Grove Solid Waste Service Center Facility is approximate

20,000 SF in size and will accommodate over 240 Solid Waste staff and op-erations personnel at the new site. The new facility will encompass approxi-mately 14 acres when completed and will provide 300 parking spaces for employees and the public. The facility will provide for new solid waste vehiclewash and fuel facilities and parking for solid waste vehicle fleet of over 150vehicles. The facility shall be designed to attain LEED Silver certifications.

Cost: Estimated cost of this projects is $18,000,000.00

City of Raleigh




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Remote Operations - Building Maintenance DowntownOperations Center

Background: Upfit existing building for Building maintenance operations center servingDowntown General Government office and operations buildings and Centra

Area Parks and Recreation Facilities. Facility renovation shall be designed tattain LEED Certification.

Cost: Total estimated cost of this project is $ 2,350,000. This includes $1,600,000for land purchase and $750,000 for renovations and upfit.

City of Raleigh




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Remote Operations - Mount Herman

Background: The remote operations network operation network planed for this site willinclude new facilities for Street Maintenance, Vehicle Fleet Services, TrafficEngineering, Parks and Recreation and Building Maintenance. The program

needs are projected at over 215,000 SF of building and shops and 233,000SF of storage. Over 160 employees will eventually be located at the site withparking and with over 360 City vehicles being assigned to the site. Total siterequirements are projected to be approximately 30 acres. Facility constructioshall be designed to attain LEED Silver certification.

Cost: Total estimated cost of this project including design and construction is$80,000,000.00.

City of Raleigh




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Remote Operations - Vehicle Fleet Services - multiple sites

Background: New facilities are planned for 4 nodes of the City, located in high growthareas. The networks have been identified as the Downtown Remote Operations Facility Site, the Wilders Grove Remote Operations Facility Site, the M

Herman Remote Operations Facility, and the North East Remote OperationsFacility Site: The vehicle fleet network is to include planning, design, engi-neering and other services to provide for an integrated City wide vehicle fleemanagement system at all Remote Operations Facilities. The facilities, equiment, functional areas and operational standards are desired to be of uniformdesign for all sites to allow for uniformity and management efficiency acrosthe entire City network. Facility construction shall be designed to attainLEED Silver certification.

Cost: Total estimated cost of this project including design and construction is$75,000,000.

City of Raleigh




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Downtown District Station

Background: Provide upfit of purchased facility for Downtown Police Field Operationscenter and relocate Criminal Evidence Storage to enable demolition for theClarence E Lightner facility construction.

Cost: Total estimated cost of this project including design and construction is$3,500,000.

City of Raleigh




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Walnut Creek Softball Complex Field Fencing

Background:

WCSBC, the premiere athletic facility for the City of Raleigh, is programmed fivenights per week starting in March through mid November and accommodates 36(+/-) tournaments per year. Current fencing is damaged to the point where replace

ment is required. This includes bowing, curled edges, peeling coating and lack of structural integrity. Installed in the early 1990's combined with the amount of use these facilities has reached the end of it's life-cycle.

Replacement of perimeter fencing, to include dugouts, of the nine softball fields atWalnut Creek Softball Complex (WCSBC). WCSBC houses two, spoke-type field layouts with five and four fields respectively. The fifth field on the second spoke iyet to be developed due to construction limitations. Scope of the project would in-clude complete removal and replacement of all existing fencing, gates, perimeterfencing that secures the spokes and awnings over the dugouts. Installation would bper specifications outlined by the City of Raleigh. Fence type to be a minimum #9gauge galvanized core with a black vinyl coated finish.

This project is currently positioned in the five-year Capital Improvement Program(CIP). Due to the significant cost of this project it is phased over two years. If proposed as a one year project the total cost of would be 1/10th of the annual Parks and Recreation CIP budget. Spanning over two years makes it more palatable but sig-nificantly limits the ability to address other departmental needs.

Cost: Total estimated cost of this project including design and construction is$600,000.00.

City of Raleigh


Parks and Recreation


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Parks Structure Repair & Replacement

Background:

The Parks Division completes an annual inspection of approximately 1/5 of its wooden structures (i.e bridges, boardwalks, etc.) by a structural engineer-ing firm. Routine inspections are also completed 3x/year by in-house staff.

The result of these inspections will determine what structures require majorrepair or modification or have reached the point where they need to be re-placed due to structural failure.

Repair and replacement of bridges and/or other structures as determined by Structural Engineer. The function of the assessment is to identify the currestructural integrity and identify needed repairs. In some instances wholesareplacement is required to insure users are not at risk in using. Structures arused to provide access across bodies of water to connect trail segments con-structed at individual park facilities. Current requiring replacement include:

Lions Park #391Fallon Park #394 & #395Durant Nature Park #303

Millbrook Exchange #302Eastgate #313 & #314

Current approved funding in the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) is$75,000. This would cover two of the above listed bridges. Additionally inFY 08-09, 2x the structures will be engineer evaluated.

Cost: Total estimated cost of this project including design and construction is$260,000.00.

City of Raleigh




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Parks Improvement Projects

Background: Various structures at community Parks require upgrading and improvements

Many of these projects have been deferred due to budget limitations. Thisincludes upgrading the picnic shelters at Chavis, Jaycee, Roberts, and Ki-

wanis parks and upgrading comfort stations (restrooms) at Jaycee, Roberts,and Shelley Lake. In addition, Sgt. Courtney T. Johnson Community Centeris in need of renovations. And the Martin Luther King, Jr. Gardens requiresrenovations and expansion. Also, the synthetic turf athletic field requires improvements as well.

Cost: Total estimated cost of all the listed projects is $3,975,000.

Picnic shelter improvements - $500,000Comfort Stations Improvements - $600,000Sgt. Courtney T. Johnson Community Center Renovations -$900,000

Martin Luther King, Jr. Gardens Expansion/Renovations - $625,000Synthetic Turf Athletic Field - $1,350,000

City of Raleigh




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Neuse River Greenway - Falls of Neuse Dam to CASL

Background: The City of Raleigh has completed the design for this section of the NeuseRiver Trail. The City does not adequate funding to complete the entire 26mile section of non-vehicular greenway from Falls Lake Dam to the Wake/

Johnston County line.: The project includes paving a 10 wide non-vehicular trail and replacing anumber of foot bridges to current standards to meet the current requirements

There are insufficient funds available to complete the Neuse River Greenway Trail. The Upper Neuse Project is ready to bid and start construction within6 months and is scheduled to be completed within 14 months of the start.

Cost:

Total estimated cost of this project is $5,800,000.

City of Raleigh




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Bridge Replacement and Removal

Background: The City of Raleigh currently has a contract with Dewberry & Davis, Inc forengineering services related to bridge removal and replacement. Constructioplans are nearly 100 complete. The following is a list of the project scope

each segment of greenway:Ironwood Trail Trail relocation, bridge removal, new 500 lf of asphaltRocky Branch Trail Bridge removal, new 65 lf of asphaltLittle Rock New 10 x 37 pedestrian bridgeLake Park Bridge removal, 110 lf of new gravel path, new 10 x 28

pedestrian bridge

These projects are currently unfunded and the design is nearly complete. These segments of greenway are in need of repair as the existing bridges areolder wooden bridges and jeopardized by stream bank erosion.

Cost: Total estimated cost of this project is $330,000.00.

City of Raleigh




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Neuse River Greenway Paving - Lake Lynn Greenway

Background: Several greenway trails are in need of repaving. Lake Lynn Trail is approxi-mately 2.2 miles in length and critically needs to be repaved.

It is necessary to resurface asphalt greenway trails when they become crackeand broken due to tree root invasion. This work is necessary to eliminate triphazards on the trail and to meet ADA requirements.

The scope of the work includes removing the existing asphalt surfacing, re-placing/repairing a number of storm drainage structures and repaving the entire trail.

The City has insufficient funds to complete this work in the coming fiscalyear.

Cost: Total estimated cost of this project is $500,000.00.

City of Raleigh




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Neuse River Greenway Trail Extension

Background: The City of Raleigh has funding for the design of the Neuse River Trail ex-tending from Falls of Neuse Road at Falls of Neuse Dam south to the Wake

Johnston County Line. This trail length is 28 miles long. Most of this trail

will require approximately 2 years to complete engineering drawings and secure needed permits. The section from Skycrest Drive south to AndersonPoint Park is 4.2 miles in length and will be ready for construction withinone year .

The project includes paving a 10 wide non-vehicular trail and replacing anumber of foot bridges to current standards to meet the current requirements

The design for this project is funded but the construction is unfunded. Plansand permits can be completed within one year so that construction can begin

Cost: Total estimated cost of this project is $2,810,000.00.

City of Raleigh




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NRWWTP Emergency Generator and Switchgear Improvements

Background: The Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plant (NRWWTP) is a regionalplant that treats wastewater from Raleigh, Garner, Knightdale, Wendell,Rolesville, and parts of Wake Forest, North Carolina with a current treatmencapacity of 60 MGD. An NPDES permit has been issued to expand thetreatment capacity to 75 MGD. The 15 MGD expansion project is currentlyunder design.

Electrical improvements to provide an additional standby generator and paralel switchgear were originally planned to be part of the 15 MGD expansionproject. However, recent electrical failures on both the switchgear and on-sstandby power facilities have emphasized the need to fast track the electricaimprovements components of that project. The proposed electrical improvements include installation of a new 3 megawatt standby generator and parall25 KV switchgear to provide adequate emergency standby power and pro-vide redundancy in the plants electrical distribution system.

The design plans for the electrical improvements are 98 complete. Desigscheduled to be complete in January 2009. Design costs have already beenencumbered.

Cost: The estimated construction cost is $7,100,000. Funds are not currently avaiable for the construction costs.

City of Raleigh


Public Utilities


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East Neuse River Parallel Sewer Interceptor

Background: The East Neuse Parallel Sewer Interceptor project includes installation of approximately 12,200 LF of 48 sanitary sewer main on the east side of the

Neuse River from south of Buffaloe Road up to the Harris Creek Interceptorthat provides sewer service for the Town of Rolesville. The sewer interceptwill provide gravity sewer service to the east side of the Neuse River and heaccommodate projected growth in the Rolesville and east Raleigh service areas. The interceptor will also provide relief to the existing sewer interceptormain on the west side of the river, and accommodate abandonment of a pri-vate packaged wastewater treatment plant that serves a mobile home park.

The project is completely designed, and all easements have been obtained.All environmental permits and approvals have been obtained including theFONSI. The project is ready for bidding.

Cost: The estimated construction cost is $8,000,000. Funds are not currently avaiable for construction.

City of Raleigh


Public Utilities


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Falls of Neuse Road Realignment and Widening

Background: Widening and realignment of existing Falls of Neuse Road to a multi-lanesection with sidewalks and streetlights between Raven Ridge Road to existin

New Falls of Neuse Road, including a new bridge crossing of the NeuseRiver.

Current Funding: $25.9 million (including approximately $13.4 million in NC DOT/Federal funding commitment through FY 13)

Cost: Estimated Additional Funding Needed: $4.0 million (assuming current desigproposal presented to Council at 12/2/08 Public Hearing)

City of Raleigh


Public Works


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Rock Quarry Road Widening, Part B

Background: Widening of existing Rock Quarry Road to a five-lane section with sidewalkand streetlights between Sunnybrook Road and New Hope Road.

Current Funding: $5.2 million

Cost: Estimated Additional Funding Needed: $7.2 million

City of Raleigh


Public Works


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Wade Avenue Improvements

Background: Add curb and gutter, sidewalks and streetlights to Wade Avenue betweenRidge Road and Faircloth Street.

Current Funding: $111,000

Cost: Estimated Additional Funding Needed: $864,000

City of Raleigh


Public Works


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Buck Jones Road Widening

Background: Widening of Buck Jones Road to a three-lane section with sidewalks and streetlights between Farmgate Road to Xebec Way.

Current Funding: $1.8 million

Cost: Estimated Additional Funding Needed: $6.8 million

City of Raleigh


Public Works


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Lake Wheeler Road Improvements

Background: Addition of multi-use path along west side and turn lane additions at two in-tersections along Lake Wheeler Road between Tryon Road and the I-40 in-terchange.

Current Funding: $0 (Programmed with FY 09 CIP for first, and only, yearfunding in FY 10)

Cost: Estimated Additional Funding Needed: $2.0 million (based upon FY 09 CIPfunding projection plus right-of-way cost estimate not previously included)

City of Raleigh


Public Works


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South Street/Lenoir Street Two-Way Conversion

Background: Complete conversions of South Street and Lenoir Street to two-way opera-tion in those areas where they are still one-way operation between SouthSaunders Street and East Street.

Current Funding: $0 (Programmed with FY 09 CIP for first of two years of funding in FY 11)

Cost: Estimated Additional Funding Needed: $1.7 million (based upon FY 09 CIPfunding projection)

City of Raleigh


Public Works


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Carolina Pines Dam Rehabilitation

Background: The Carolina Pines Dam is classified by the North Carolina Dam Safety Office as a small, high-hazard dam. If the dam were to fail, it would potentialpose a risk for loss of life or significant property damage. Based on an analsis of the existing spillway, the dam is expected to overtop in a 10 AnnChance (or 10-year) storm. Currently, the dam does not meet North Carolina Dam Safety standards. This poses a significant risk to both CaroliPines Avenue and to the single-family dwellings in Oleander Park Subdivsion. Available records suggest that the dam was built sometime betwe1946 and 1952. The City of Raleigh took ownership of the dam in 197(DB 2584, page 145). No problems had been experienced with the dam until Hurricane Fran struck 1996, when the dam overtopped. The dam agaiovertopped on June 14, 2006 due to Tropical Storm Alberto. The City planto replace the three 36-inch concrete pipes, which currently act as the onspillway for Carolina Pines Lake, with a spillway structure in the lake and a x 10' concrete culvert. The construction duration is expected to take up eleven months.

Cost: COST ESTIMATE

1. Engineers Estimate: $ 1,860,047 2. 15 Contingency $ 279,007 3. Easement Purchases $ 44,178

4. Utility Relocations $ 93,002Subtotal $ 2,276,234

5. Property Purchases (recoverable) $ 750,000TOTAL PROJECT ESTIMATE $ 3,026,234

City of Raleigh


Stormwater Management


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Five Points Drainage Improvement Project

Background: The Five Points Drainage Study area is bound by Glenwood Avenue, Fairview Road, St. Marys Streeand Five Points intersections. The residents and business owners in this area have noted drainage issduring mild and severe rainfall events. A detailed study of the area was performed by Jacobs, CarterBurgess, our consulting engineer for the project. The study concluded that there was a need for addi-tional storm drain inlets and increased capacity in the existing systems in vicinity of Fairview Road,

Myrtle Avenue, and Glenwood Avenue.

The proposed improvements call for constructing of additional storm drainage along Myrtle Avenue(24 and 36 RCP) to alleviate surface flows on Fairview Road and Glenwood Avenue. This proposplan also includes adding catch basins on Reid Street and along Myrtle Avenue. In addition to addininfrastructure, the plans calls of replacing aging and undersized pipes of various materials with appropriately sized concrete piping. The existing storm sewer outfall currently crossing Glenwood Avenueand daylighting on the backside of a privately owned retaining wall to an existing open channel woulbe increased to a size of 48RCP. In order to minimize impacts to existing private property improve-ments, a new discharge point to the open channel would be added instead of removing and replacingthe existing retaining wall downstream.

The pipe improvements under Glenwood Avenue could be accomplished via open cut or jack and borand would require NCDOT approval of the project and we would need to obtain temporary and per-manent drainage improvements from approximately 4 property owners.

The construction cost for the entire project would be approximately $575,000. Of this total amount,$134,000 of this amount is for jack and boring of a new 48 encased RCP for 62 LF under GlenwoodAvenue only . The remaining $441,000 would be for the portion of the work outside of the NCDOTright-of-way and would fall under the Citys financial responsibility.

Additional survey work would be necessary to gather necessary water, sewer, and private utility serviinformation to property owners along the work area. The outlet of the pipe system downstream doesnot affect a blue line stream downstream or any regulated wetland areas. This project could be expe-dited to begin in 90 to 120 days.

Cost: 1. Engineers Estimate: $ 480,0002. 15 Contingency $ 72,0003. Easement Purchases $ 3,000

4. Utility Relocations $ 20,000 TOTAL PROJECT ESTIMATE $ 575,000

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Five Points Drainage Improvement Project

Background: The Five Points Drainage Study area is bound by Glenwood Avenue, Fairview Road, St. Marys Streeand Five Points intersections. The residents and business owners in this area have noted drainage issduring mild and severe rainfall events. A detailed study of the area was performed by Jacobs, CarterBurgess, our consulting engineer for the project. The study concluded that there was a need for addi-tional storm drain inlets and increased capacity in the existing systems in vicinity of Fairview Road,

Myrtle Avenue, and Glenwood Avenue.

The proposed improvements call for constructing of additional storm drainage along Myrtle Avenue(24 and 36 RCP) to alleviate surface flows on Fairview Road and Glenwood Avenue. This proposplan also includes adding catch basins on Reid Street and along Myrtle Avenue. In addition to addininfrastructure, the plans calls of replacing aging and undersized pipes of various materials with appropriately sized concrete piping. The existing storm sewer outfall currently crossing Glenwood Avenueand daylighting on the backside of a privately owned retaining wall to an existing open channel woulbe increased to a size of 48RCP. In order to minimize impacts to existing private property improve-ments, a new discharge point to the open channel would be added instead of removing and replacingthe existing retaining wall downstream.

The pipe improvements under Glenwood Avenue could be accomplished via open cut or jack and borand would require NCDOT approval of the project and we would need to obtain temporary and per-manent drainage improvements from approximately 4 property owners.

The construction cost for the entire project would be approximately $575,000. Of this total amount,$134,000 of this amount is for jack and boring of a new 48 encased RCP for 62 LF under GlenwoodAvenue only . The remaining $441,000 would be for the portion of the work outside of the NCDOTright-of-way and would fall under the Citys financial responsibility.

Additional survey work would be necessary to gather necessary water, sewer, and private utility serviinformation to property owners along the work area. The outlet of the pipe system downstream doesnot affect a blue line stream downstream or any regulated wetland areas. This project could be expe-dited to begin in 90 to 120 days.

Cost: 1. Engineers Estimate: $ 480,0002. 15 Contingency $ 72,0003. Easement Purchases $ 3,000

4. Utility Relocations $ 20,000 TOTAL PROJECT ESTIMATE $ 575,000

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City Fiber Network

Background :

The City of Raleigh would like to construct a high-speed optical fiber net-work to connect many of its critical buildings together. This network wouldbenefit the City of Raleighs internal operations by lowering operational cosand providing higher speed network connections to city staff. More impor-tantly, however, it will enhance the interoperability of public safety agenciesthe ability for essential departments to operate in the event of a disaster, pro-vide opportunities to extend wireless broadband to the community, and allowfor enhanced collaboration with other government agencies in the fu-ture. Construction of the network would include placing conduit and fiberunderground as well as aerial installation of fiber when necessary .

Cost :Funding in the amount of $2 million if the estimated project cost.

City of Raleigh


Jonathan MinterAssistant IT Director - Enterprise Infrastructure ManagementInformation Technology


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City of Raleigh


Generators

Goal: Acquire funding to purchase generators toprotect critical police facilities for the RaleighPolice Department

Need/Purpose:

The Raleigh Police Department strives toensure the safety and property of citizens inour community. In order to guarantee thissafety, the department needs the ability to protect critical police facilities, reduceexposure to liability and minimize community disruption.

Public safety offers a line of communication to access external resources. The prficiency in retrieving and safeguarding sensitive documents during these hazardsessential. Without power, the ability to dispense emergency equipment is impede

The City of Raleigh has two major watershed and is in close proximity to theShearon Harris Nuclear Facility. Six hazards have been rated moderate to high riin this are. It includes floods, severe storm/tornadoes, hurricanes/coastal storms,winter storms/freezes, drought/heat waves and wildfires. The police departmentrequires the ability to respond to those emergencies expeditiously when disastersoccur.In summary, the funds will allow each facility to sustain police activities withoutdisruption and deliver critical police services to citizens of Raleigh.

Cost: Funding in the amount of $1,500,000.00 is the estimated project cost for the purchase of generators and engineering/administrative fees for the police facilities.

Belinda C. BarrowGrants Manager110 S. McDowell St.Raleigh, NC 27602(919) 9961112


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Firing Range Support Building

Goal: Acquire funding build a new Firing Range Support Building for the Ra-leigh Police Department

Need/Purpose: The Raleigh Police Department requires funding tobuild a new Firing Range Support Building at theBattlebridge Training Facility. The photo shown tothe right is the current building in use by the de-partment. This building was constructed in 1978.

Fund for the project would include a new range house for RPDs firingrange, upgrades of the site fencing and necessary repairs to the grounds. Thebuilding will house some training staff and provide classroom seating for up to

50 officers. Additionally, it will providerestrooms and storage space for rangemaintenance equipment and trainingsupplies. The building to the right is an illustration of the proposed request.

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City of Raleigh


Mobile Command Center

Goal: Acquire funding to purchase a Mobile Command Center for the Raleigh Police Depart-ment.

Need/Purpose: The Mobile Command Center is used for

a variety of events. It can act as an incidentcommand center, disaster recovery or as ameans of crowd control for a local parade.It can be used in high-crime areas to coor-dinate operations or even as a mobile sub-station. Any of these situations can bring astrong police presence into the commu-nity.

The Mobile Command Center would beassigned to the Special Operations Divi-sion. This is a compact and flexible division of the

Raleigh Police Department that often sees the natureof its assignments change in response to crime trendsand other identified special needs. The division closely monitors statistical information, along with intelli-gence gathered from field operations and othersources, to specifically target criminal activities and assist with investigations.

Cost: Funding in the amount of $750,000.00 is required for the purchase of the Mobile Com-mand Center and required equipment such as a server, monitors and cameras.



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City of Raleigh


Capital Area Transit Operations and Maintenance Facilities

Community Value: Capital Area Transit (CAT) is currently operating froma facility that is beyond its useful life as defined by theFederal Transit Administration. With the continued implementation of the Capital Area Transit adopted five year transit plan and with a new 2025 planninginitiative scheduled to begin in the fall of 2008, a new

and expanded facility is needed to support current and future growth of transit services in the region. Thedramatic fuel price increases that occurred in early calendar year 2008 have increased CATs ridershipsubstantially. CAT recorded a 17 increase in rider-ship in June and a 25 increase in July of 2008 as compared to the same months in 2007.

Background: CAT currently utilizes an operations and mainte-nance facility situated on approximately 4 acres.

The existing facility is over 30 years old and wasoriginally built to support a fleet of 50 buses; this

facility currently houses over 90 buses and supportvehicles. Funding has been secured for the pur-chase of a 23 acre site for the transit operations and maintenance facility. An additional 12.2 million infederal funds are being sought in order to beginthe construction phase of this project. The newfacility has been strategically located in order tosupport local and regional transit services. Thisproject is programmed in the North Carolina Department of Transportations State Transporta-tion Improvement Program and the City of Raleighs Capital Improvement Program.

Cost: Appropriate $12,240,000.00 to construct a new and expanded bus operations and maintenancefacility.

David EatmanTransit Administrator222 West Hargett Street, Suite 400Phone: (919) 996-4040


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Capital Area Transit 40-Foot Low Floor Transit Bus

Community Value: Capital Area Transit (CAT) is currently operating buses that are beyond their useful life

as defined by the Federal Transit Admini-stration. With the continued implementa-tion of the Capital Area Transit adopted five year transit plan and with a new 2025planning initiative scheduled to begin inthe fall of 2008, new buses are critical toincrease reliability, expand service, and toimprove public perception. All new CATbuses will be bio-diesel compatible or Hy-brid-Electric, low floor, and have particu-late traps that greatly reduce particulateemissions.

Background: The dramatic fuel price increases that occurred in early calendar year 2008 have in-creased CATs ridership substantially. CAT recorded a 20 increase in ridership in thefirst quarter of FY2009 as compared to the same quarter in FY2008. The increased rid-ership has stretched existing resources and highlighted the need for the immediate re-placement of outdated equipment and expanded services. Years 3 and 4 of the transitplan require 10 expansion buses while an additional 14 are in need of immediate replacement. These projects are programmed in the North Carolina Department of Transporta-tions State Transportation Improvement Program and the City of Raleighs Capital Im-provement Program.

Cost: Appropriate $4,373,000.00 to purchase 14 replacement buses. Appropriate$3,666,000.00 to purchase 10 expansion buses. Total Bus Request: $8,039,000.00.



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City of Raleigh


Capital Area Transit Bus Transfer Facility

Community Value: Urban and regional transit services are continuing to expand within the City of Ra-leigh. Moore Square Station serves as the primary transfer point for local and regionroutes serving the central business district. Needed improvements to the facility wilincrease passenger convenience and safety by upgrading current amenities and removing transfers from adjoining rights of way.

Background: CATs main transfer terminal in downtown Raleigh, Moore Square, is over 25 yearsold. While this facility is perfectly situated within the CBD it is in need of substantiupgrades and expansion to accommodate existing and future local / regional transitservices. Due to expanded services buses now use peripheral transfer points locatedBlount Street and Wil-mington Street. Passen-ger waiting areas, rest-rooms, and the Capital

Area Transit ticket / information booth areall in need of improve-ment. This project isprogrammed in the

North Carolina Depart-ment of Transporta-tions State Transporta-tion Improvement Pro-gram and the City of Raleighs Capital Improvement Program.



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City of Raleigh


House Creek Greenway

Background: The House Creek Greenway is a 2.9 mile greenway project connecting the existinReedy Creek Greenway with the Crabtree Creek Greenway. This greenway con-nection provides both recreation and transportation benefits. The major destinatiothat will be connecting in completing this trail include North Carolina Museum oArt, Meredith College, Umstead State Forest, RBC Sports Center, Crabtree Valle

Mall, and the residents of north Raleigh. Construction is scheduled to begin inspring, 2009

Cost: Total estimated cost of the project is $3.8 million. North Carolina and Federalfunds in the amount of $647,000 have previously been committed.

Victor (Vic) Lebsock Senior Greenway Planner333 Fayetteville Street, Suite 300Telephone (919) 807-5139


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City of Raleigh


Relocation of Fire Station #12

Background: Fire Station #12 was designed and built in 1973 to be a one-company (4 personnel)station. The station is only 3200 sq. ft., including the bay area for apparatus storage,and is built on a .6 acre lot. Due to development in the area, the need currently existsto house a second apparatus (aerial device) and a passenger vehicle at this station. Dueto the size of the lot, we are unable to renovate and expand this station. Property isavailable nearby that would enable us to relocate this station and build a facility capa-ble of housing all three apparatus and personnel.

Cost: The total cost of both the relocation of Fire State #12 and construction of FireSatiation is #29 is estimated to be $1.1 million.

L. Bryant WoodallAssistant Fire Chief 919-250-2815


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City of Raleigh


Construction of Fire Station #29

Background: Due to recent growth in the area, the need exists to construct a fire station in thenorthwest quadrant of the city. The area is required to be served by two of ourfire stations (providing response by two pumping engines and one aerial appara-tus) and we currently only have access to the area by one of our stations. Such a

new facility would house one pumping engine, including personnel, and provideneeded apparatus storage area for our reserve fire apparatus.

Cost: The total cost of both the relocation of Fire State #12 and construction of FireSatiation is #29 is estimated to be $1.1 million.

L. Bryant WoodallAssistant Fire Chief 919-250-2815


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Interoperable Government Communications SystemBackground: Currently, the City of Raleigh public safety agencies utilize an 800 MHz radiosystem owned and operated by Wake County. However, all other governmentservices are assigned to radio channels (high band and UHF) that are incom-patible with this system and with each other, rely on aging equipment, and lack capacity and coverage to adequately serve our citizens. Critical peer-to-peer communications cannot be accomplished, adversely impacting day-to-day operationsand greatly minimizing the effect of the National Incident Management Systemduring disasters. Currently, city departments cannot communicate with eachother; in fact, some divisions within the same department are on disparate radiochannels.Creating an interoperable government communications system would providecoordination between Public Works, Inspections, Parks, Transit, Solid Wasteand all other city services, and allow for the issuance of a standardized non-public safety radio to all users, simplifying training and maintenance. Thisnon-public safety network would be integrated to the public safety network at

the Emergency Communications Center, but would also function in a stand-alone mode. Should the primary law enforcement and fire services network fail,this system would be used as an emergency back-up.Since this system would serve all City of Raleigh departments it would benefitevery resident receiving city services.

Cost: The estimate cost of this project is $2 million.

Barry FureyECC Director222 West Hargett Street, Suit 012919-996-5015


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City of Raleigh


Back-up 9-1-1 Center Infrastructure Improvements

Background : The Raleigh-Wake Emergency Communications Center maintains an alter-nate site for use during critical emergencies. This facility provides room fortraining, as well as serving as a critical back-up should the primary 9-1-1center need to be evacuated for any reason. While some work has been doneover the past two years, additional construction and systems upgrades arerequired in order to provide sufficient security, electrical power, and connec-tivity to make this unit truly self-sufficient for long periods of time.

The scope of this project would provide additional barriers to pedestrian and vehicular traffic, add filtering capacity to the heating, ventilating, and air con-ditioning system, upgrade security devices, and enhance the network to pro-vide more redundancy and connectivity to city and county first responders.Since this facility serves the bulk of Wake County, and has been utilized by other communities as a back-up answering point in the past, this infrastruc-ture upgrade would benefit all of Wake County.

Cost: The estimate cost of improving the Back-up 9-1-1 Center infrastructure is$524,000.

Barry FureyECC Director222 West Hargett Street, Suit 012919-996-5015


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Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation/Replacement Projects

Background: Many of the existing sanitary sewer mains within the Raleigh Beltline were origi-nally constructed between the early 1900s and 1950s, utilizing mainly vitrified clay tile piping with poor joint integrity, which allows excessive inflow and infil-tration (I&I) during wet weather. The old clay piping is also subject to struc-tural failures which have led to collapses. Both the excessive I&I and structuralfailures cause sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs), which create public health haz-ards and degrade water quality. The City of Raleighs collection system permitissued by NCDENR/DWQ requires the City to take measures to prevent SSOs.

The City has implemented a Capital Improvements Program to replace or reha-bilitate the aging sanitary sewer infrastructure, starting with the oldest and mostvulnerable parts of the system. The sanitary sewer infrastructure replacement/ rehabilitation projects indicated below will address some the oldest and worstconditions in the collection system:

Cemetery Branch Sanitary Sewer Interceptor Replacement Project: This project is for replacement of approximately 5,000 linear feet of 12 and 18sanitary sewer mains along Cemetery Branch from Pigeon House Creek at Capi-tal Boulevard to Oakwood Cemetery. The project is located in the historic Oak-wood section of the City, one of the original neighborhoods in Raleigh. Designof the project is complete and the construction permits have been issued by theregulatory agencies. Easement acquisition is expected to be complete by December 2008. The project will be ready for bidding in January 2009 and is expected to take 9 months to construct.

Cost:

The estimated cost of construction is $2,000,000.

Robert L. MassengillAssistant Public Utilities Director919-857-4543


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Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation/Replacement Projects Continued...

Southeast Beaverdam Creek Sanitary Sewer Interceptor Replacement: This project is for replacement of approximately 5,600 linear feet of 15 and 16sanitary sewer mains along the east branch of Beaverdam Creek between Glenwood Avenue and Wade Avenue. The existing line is in poor structural condition whichhas caused several SSOs in the past. The existing line also crosses BeaverdamCreek in several locations aerially which are subject to damage from high stream

flows and fallen trees. The replacement line will be installed deeper such that theaerial creek crossings can be eliminated. Design of the project is complete and theconstruction permits have been issued by the regulatory agencies. Easement acquisi-tion is underway and is expected to be complete by January 2009. The project isexpected to be ready for bidding in January 2009, and is expected to take one yearto construct.

Cost: The estimated cost of construction is $1,800,000.

Southeast Raleigh Reuse Distribution System Expansion:

City of Raleighs Water Supply Plan is construction of a reuse water distributionsystem to provide water for nonpotable uses such as irrigation and cooling water forHVAC chillers, which will reduce demand peaks. The primary source of reuse wa-ter for Raleigh is the Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plant (NRWWTP) located remotely in the eastern part of Wake County. The City has begun construction of anew reuse water distribution pump station at the NRWWTP as well as a new ele-vated reuse water tank in southeast Raleigh in accordance the Citys Reuse Water

Master Plan. The initial phase of the transmission mains will convey the reuse waterfrom the NRWWTP to the elevated tank and the users in Raleigh through 8,600 Lf of 24 and 23,500 LF of 16 pipes. This phase has been designed, permitted by theregulatory agencies, and is ready for bidding. All of the transmission mains will be

installed either on City owned property or within existing easements.

Robert L. MassengillAssistant Public Utilities Director919-857-4543

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