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File #: 80827    Version: 1 Name: Authorizing the City of Madison on behalf of the Greater Madison MPO to accept a federal funding grant for $103,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 11/14/2023 In control: Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development
On agenda: 12/5/2023 Final action: 12/5/2023
Enactment date: 12/13/2023 Enactment #: RES-23-00780
Title: Authorizing the City of Madison on behalf of the Greater Madison MPO to accept a federal funding grant for $103,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to implement the MPO’s RoundTrip TDM program and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into the grant contract and State/Municipal Agreement.
Sponsors: John W. Duncan, Derek Field, Barbara Harrington-McKinney, Regina M. Vidaver
Attachments: 1. Madison Rideshare contract 2024 5992-08-52 - WisDOT.pdf, 2. C of Madison Rideshare Coordinator - TDM Activities 5992-08-52_SMA.pdf, 3. #80 80827 reg report.pdf

Fiscal Note

This federal transportation grant provides for $103,000 in 2024. The City’s match for this grant is $25,750. The City’s share of the costs would be paid primarily in the form of staff salaries and benefits, as well as marketing materials, advertising, and similar costs. These costs have been included in the 2024 Operating Budget. No additional City appropriation required.

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Authorizing the City of Madison on behalf of the Greater Madison MPO to accept a federal funding grant for $103,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to implement the MPO’s RoundTrip TDM program and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into the grant contract and State/Municipal Agreement.

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WHEREAS, the City of Madison Planning Division provides staffing for the Greater Madison MPO and the city serves as the MPO’s fiscal and administrative agent; and

 

WHEREAS, the MPO operates the RoundTrip program, which provides ride-matching and alternative transportation promotion services, works with employers to conduct travel demand management (TDM) programs, coordinates TDM efforts of other agencies and organizations, provides assistance on other initiatives to promote ridesharing, transit, bicycling and walking, including employer-based commuter challenges, and produces and disseminates TDM marketing materials; and

 

WHEREAS, the MPO and the City of Madison recognize the need for and benefits of TDM programs and other strategies to promote the use of transit, car/vanpooling, bicycling, and walking in the region; and

 

WHEREAS, the MPO uses some of the federal transportation funding it receives as an MPO under the Surface Transportation Block (STBG) - Urban program to support its RoundTrip program; and

 

WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) administers the federal funding for the MPO and will provide federal funding in the amount of $103,000 to the City of Madison on behalf of the MPO for operating the RoundTrip program in 2024; and

 

WHEREAS, WisDOT's federal contract language requires the City to indemnify and save harmless WisDOT and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) from damages to persons or property resulting from negligence of the City in connection with performance of the contract; and

 

WHEREAS, City APM 1-1 requires Council approval whenever the City indemnifies another party.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Madison is authorized to accept $103,000 from WisDOT for the RoundTrip program and the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to sign the project contract and State/Municipal Agreement for the program for 2024 (5992-08-52); and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City is authorized to indemnify and save harmless WisDOT and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) from damages to persons or property resulting from negligence of the City in connection with performance of these contracts.