Fiscal Note
The 2024 Operating Budget for the MPO within the Planning Division includes the $4,366 of anticipated federal funding revenue for the city’s transportation planning services. Local matching funds are also included within the 2024 Adopted Operating Budget and no additional appropriation is required.
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Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to Enter into an Agreement with the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission (CARPC) for the Greater Madison MPO to Provide Transportation Planning Services to CARPC in calendar year 2024
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison Planning Division provides staffing for the Greater Madison MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) and the city serves as the MPO’s fiscal and administrative agent; and
WHEREAS, the Greater Madison MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) is the designated MPO for the Madison Metropolitan Area with responsibilities to perform metropolitan transportation planning and programming activities; and
WHEREAS, the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission (CARPC) is the regional land use planning and area-wide water quality management planning agency for the Dane County region with responsibilities that include preparing a master framework plan for the physical development of the region; and
WHEREAS, CARPC is in need of services to conduct transportation planning for areas in Dane County, particularly outside of the Madison Metropolitan Area; and
WHEREAS, CARPC is requesting federal Planning funding from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for transportation planning activities for areas in Dane County outside of the Madison Metropolitan Area; and
WHEREAS, CARPC is also requesting that the Greater Madison MPO provide these services in a similar manner to previous years; and
WHEREAS, these services are to consist of: (1) conducting analyses of the impact of proposed Urban Service Area amendments on the multi-modal transportation system, including capacity to handle the traffic to be generated, ability to serve the development with public transit, accommodations for pedestrians and bicyclists, other design issues, and the overall consistency with the goals, policies, and recommendations in the MPO’s Regional Transportation Plan; and (2) coordinating on CARPC’s work to finalize and begin implementing the Regional Development Framework plan, including coordination on the performance measures to be used to gauge successful implementation of plan goals and objectives; and
WHEREAS, the City’s Planning Division and MPO have concluded that it would be desirable to continue to provide these services to CARPC as has been done in prior years by entering an agreement with CARPC; and
WHEREAS, on November 1, 2023, the MPO approved MPO 2023 Resolution No. 15 authorizing the City of Madison to contract with CARPC for the provision of services by the MPO to CARPC in 2024; and
WHEREAS, the MPO will bill CARPC on a quarterly basis for the 80% federal funding share of providing the transportation planning services with the city covering the required 20% local match to the federal funding, and the cost of these services will not exceed $5,457 (including the local match) for calendar year 2024; and
WHEREAS, these MPO work activities are included in the adopted 2024 MPO Unified Planning Work Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Greater Madison MPO authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an agreement with CARPC for the MPO to provide transportation planning services to CARPC in calendar year 2024 with CARPC providing for the reimbursement of MPO staff services for an amount not to exceed $4,366 or 80% of the $5,457 total.