Fiscal Note
The Resolution provides for the appropriation of $41,700 from the City's Contingent Reserve to the Traffic Engineering budget for its share of expenses for a transportation study in partnership with the Village of Shorewood Hills and the University of Madison, at a total estimated cost of $125,000. Following adoption of this resolution and another pending Resolution appropriating $20,000 for a Metro Transit project, the available Contingent Reserve balance is expected to total $1,117,088. There is no impact on the tax levy or State Expenditure Restraint Program eligibility limits. The Traffic Engineering operating budget will be amended as follows:
GN01-54950-577102 $41,700 (Increase expense for Consulting Services)
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Amending Traffic Engineering’s 2012 Operating Budget; appropriating $41,700 from the Contingency Reserve; authorizing the City to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Shorewood Hills and University of Madison (UW) to contract for a sub-area traffic and transportation study of the University Avenue area adjacent to the UW, Shorewood Hills, and greater Regent Neighborhood; and authorizing the City of Madison to issue Requests for Proposals (RFPs); and providing that the Mayor and City Clerk may enter into a contract.
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Whereas, University Ave is an important primary arterial street serving both Madison, UW-Madison and the Village of Shorewood Hills; and
Whereas, this arterial serves in excess of 50,000 vehicles per average weekday, resulting in severe congestion, crashes and delay to motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists. Consequently vehicles tend to use nearby residential streets in both Madison and Shorewood Hills to avoid traffic delays and congestion related problems; and
Whereas, the residential streets serving this cut through traffic are not intended for this use, and this traffic can have a negative impact on quality of life and increasing concerns for pedestrian and bicyclist safety; an...
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