Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the acceptance of $109,680 in federal revenues and commensurate expenditures in the grant fund. It also authorizes the signing of the agreement and project contract for 2026. The federal funds are available through the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WISDOT). The City’s match for the grant is $35,764. This match will be made primarily in the form of staff salaries and benefits, as well as marketing materials, advertising, and similar costs. The funds will be used to implement the Metropolitan Planning Organization's (MPO) RoundTrip TDM program and are included in the Planning Division’s 2026 Executive Operating Budget. Use of the funds is contingent upon adoption of the 2026 Operating Budget by the Council in November. 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 $109,680 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,...
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