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October 11. 2011 At a Regular Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, there were present: Mayor Kenneth I. Wright, Vice Mayor Charles B. Whitehurst, Sr., William E. Moody, Jr., Marlene W. Randall, Stephen E. Heretick, Paige D. Cherry, Dr. Curtis E. Edmonds, Sr., City Manager Kenneth L. Chandler, City Attorney G. Timothy Oksman. Councilman Curtis E. Edmonds, Sr., opened the meeting with prayer, which was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Mayor Wright called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance. Motion by Mr. Whitehurst, and seconded by Mr. Moody, to approve the minutes of a Called Meeting of September 26,2011, of a Called Meeting of September 27,2011, and of a Regular Meeting of September 27, 2011, and was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Heretick, Moody, Randall, Whitehurst, Wright Nays: None - City Manager's Report - 11 - 415 - (a) Adoption of an ordinance accepting $120,000 in Federal Highway Administration funds from the Virginia Department of Transportation and appropriating said funds in the FY 2011-12 Capital Improvements Fund for a new Urban System Highway Project to provide citywide signal timing of the City's traffic signal system. Vision Principle: Bold New Directions. (b) Adoption of a resolution approving a Project Programming Resolution requesting the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to establish an Urban System Highway Project to provide citywide signal timing of the City's traffic signal system and authorizing the City Manager to sign an agreement with VDOT for the project. Vision Principle: Bold New Directions. Background: . This project is being funded by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) under the Federal Highway Administration Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ). . The CMAQ Program is intended to support surface transportation projects and other related efforts that contribute air quality improvements and provide congestion relief. Discussion: . The city submitted a funding request to the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission for these projects in 2010. . This project expands upon the improvements to the traffic signal control system currently being constructed under a $2,253,000 ARRA project (phase 1) and future programmed improvements, utilizing the improved capabilities of the new systems. Financial Impact: . None. Total cost will be borne by VDOT, therefore no local matching funds are required. Recommended Action: . Adoption of an ordinance accepting $120,000 in Federal Highway Administration funds from the Virginia Department of Transportation and appropriating said funds in the FY 2011-12 Capital Improvements Fund for a new Urban System Highway Project to provide citywide signal timing of the City's traffic signal system. . Adoption of a resolution approving a Project Programming Resolution requesting the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to establish an Urban System Highway Project to provide citywide signal timing of the City's traffic signal system and authorizing the City Manager to sign an agreement with VDOT for the project. Vision Principle: Bold New Directions.