Fiscal Note
Total funding for this project is approximately $120,000, with the City local match share of $3,973 currently budgeted in the Plan Unit 2006 Adopted Operating Budget. The remaining funding of $116,000 will come from non-City sources: $56,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Milwaukee District 2 Office; $32,000 from WisDOT's Jobs Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) Program; $3,000 from UW-Madison; and $25,000 from Dane County. This Resolution will amend the 2006 Plan Unit Adopted Budget to provide both additional expenditure authority of $116,000 and to recognize offsetting revenues from the other partners. There is no net effect on the City subisidy or on the City tax levy.
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SUBSTITUTE - Authorizing an amendment to the Planning Unit 2006 Adopted Operating Budget to increase expenditures and offsetting revenues by $116,000 to receive grant funding for the recently approved Internet Rideshare Project.
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WHEREAS, the Madison Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is the designated transportation-planning organization for the Madison urbanized area; and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison is the administrative agent of the MPO and is authorized in accord with Resolution MPO No. 31 and City Resolution 60636 approved in 2003 to apply for grants and enter into agreements on behalf of the MPO related to the interactive Internet ride-matching project; and
WHEREAS, the MPO, through its Rideshare, Etc. Program, has developed and maintained ride-matching services on a local area network (LAN) currently comprised of the Madison Area MPO, the State Department of Administration, and Madison Metro, the transit system; and
WHEREAS, WisDOT, through its Southeast Wisconsin Rideshare Program has developed and implemented a rideshare, ride-matching program; and
WHEREAS, the MPO and WisDOT desires to upgrade its ride-matching services to provide Internet ride-matching services and host the services; and
WHEREAS, the MPO's and WisDOT's areas of service geographically overlap creating cost-saving opportunities for acquiring and maintaining the Internet ride-matching components; and
WHEREAS, both parties have identified acceptable funding sources, satisfying Federal, State of Wisconsin, and local guidelines, and covering start up and annual costs which are to be shared by both parties according to use; and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison on behalf of the MPO and WisDOT have approved an agreement to reflect areas of project responsibilities, limitations, and payments (December 2005); and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison and the MPO have applied for and received approval of a grant for approximately $32,000 from WisDOT's Job Access Reverse Commute Program; and
WHEREAS, partial funding ($56,000) to perform this work is to be provided by the WisDOT Milwaukee District 2 Office; and
WHEREAS, the remaining matching funds are to be provided by UW-Madison ($3,000), Dane County ($25,000), and ($3,973) from the Planning Unit's transportation services operating budget to be used to provide a portion of the local match for the grant for a total project cost of approximately $120,000;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the operating budget of the Planning Unit in the Department of Planning and Development is hereby amended to include an additional $116,000 in purchased services with a corresponding increase of $116,000 in revenues in order to receive these funds and implement the interactive Internet ride-matching project.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the 2006 Plan Unit Adopted Budget be amended as follows:
GN01-54901-224000 (other services general) $ 116,000
GN01-73219-224000 (state grant) (32,000)
GN01-73450-224000 (other gov pmts for ser) (56,000)
GN01-73350-224000 (county pmts for ser) (25,000)
GN01-73229-224000 (uw participation) (3,000)