Fiscal Note
Fiscal note pending.
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SUBSTITUTE - Authorizing City of Madison, on behalf of the Greater Madison MPO, to submit a grant application to the United States Department of Transportation for up to $900,000 $1,300,000 for the Greater Madison MPO Regional Safe Streets- Community Safety Enhancement Partnership project, amending the 2025 adopted operating budget, to accept grant funding, if awarded, and authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to sign the resulting grant agreement.
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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 Greater Madison MPO is interested in obtaining a Safe Streets and Roads for All Planning Grant from the USDOT for the purposes of assisting local agencies within the MPO’s planning area to develop supplemental safety planning studies to support the MPO’s Regional Safety Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, the grant will provide funding for the following roadway safety planning activities:
1) Up to $300,000 to the City of Fitchburg to develop a Vision Zero Plan,
2) Up to $150,000 to the City of Verona to develop a Safe Routes to School Plan,
3) Up to $150,000 to the Village of Cottage Grove to develop an Active Transportation Plan,
4) Up to $150,000 $200,000 to the Village of Shorewood Hills to develop a Safety Action Plan,
5) Up to $150,000 $500,000 to Dane County to develop a Highway Safety Plan County Highway Comprehensive Safety Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, The Greater Madison MPO would be the designated recipient, and each participating local agency would be subrecipients, required to provide the 20% local match for their included project, and provide resolutions of support demonstrating financial commitment; and
WHEREAS, according to the fiscal note, the City and participating subrecipients have or will have the ability to meet the financial obligations of the cost-sharing requirements, and the Greater Madison MPO as the lead applicant and/or participating subrecipients have the resources and capacity to complete the required tasks associated with the grant; and
WHEREAS, the grant application form includes legal terms, obligations, and/or commitments from the City, and/or requires a signature from a person who is authorized to bind the City to such things; and
WHEREAS, the Greater Madison MPO staff can attest to the validity and veracity of the statements and representations contained in the grant application; and
WHEREAS, if awarded, the granting agency may require the City to sign a contract, grant agreement, and/or other documents binding the City to certain obligations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the City of Madison, as fiscal and administrative agent for the Greater Madison MPO, is authorized, on behalf of the City, to apply for the USDOT Safe Streets and Roads for All grant and sign all application materials, after any legal terms within the application are reviewed by the City Attorney; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, if awarded, the City is authorized to enter into an agreement with GRANTOR for the grant, and the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to sign the agreement and related paperwork, in a format approved by the City Attorney; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that Greater Madison MPO staff are authorized to sign related paperwork or forms that are not part of the grant agreement or that are provided after the Mayor and Clerk sign the initial grant agreement, if required, after any legal terms included in those forms are reviewed by the City Attorney.