City of Madison - File #: 46530

• File #: 46530
• Version: #2
• Name: New agreement with WisDOT for MPO services
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/14/2017
• In control: LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COMMITTEE (ended 6/2018)
• On agenda: 6/6/2017
• Final action: 6/6/2017
• Enactment date: 6/13/2017
• Enactment #: RES-17-00480
• Title: SUBSTITUTE - Authorizing the Madison Area Transportation Planning Board - A Metropolitan Planning Organization and Metro Transit, on behalf of the City of Madison, to enter into an agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for continuing transportation planning for the Madison Metropolitan Area.
• Sponsors: David Ahrens, Mark Clear, Steve King, Tim Gruber

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/6/2017	#2	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
5/25/2017	#2	LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COMMITTEE (ended 6/2018)
4/12/2017	1	TRANSIT AND PARKING COMMISSION (ended 06/2018)	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
3/22/2017	1	LONG RANGE METRO TRANSIT PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE	Referred
3/21/2017	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
3/14/2017	1	Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution continues an existing agreement between the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Planning Organization to carry out transportation related planning activities for the Madison metropolitan area. This service is included in the annual operating budget within the Planning Division. The 2017 Adopted Operating Budget for the MPO is $1,204,917, which includes $141,941 as Madison’s local match.
Title
SUBSTITUTE - Authorizing the Madison Area Transportation Planning Board - A Metropolitan Planning Organization and Metro Transit, on behalf of the City of Madison, to enter into an agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for continuing transportation planning for the Madison Metropolitan Area.
Body
WHEREAS, various federal grants and aids are available to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (“WisDOT”) and the Madison Area Transportation Planning Board (“MATPB”) as the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (“MPO”) for the Madison Metropolitan Area, and various state grants and aids are available to the MPO for carrying out metropolitan transportation planning activities; and

WHEREAS, WisDOT is authorized by sec. 85.02, Wis. Stats., to direct, undertake and expend state and federal aid for planning, promotion and protection activities for all transportation modes; and

WHEREAS, the Governor of Wisconsin and local communities within the Madison Metropolitan Planning Area ("Planning Area"), through their authorized representatives, jointly designated the MATPB as the MPO to carry out metropolitan transportation planning activities for the Planning Area; and

WHEREAS, the City of Madison is responsible for providing professional staff services to the MATPB as provided for in the MPO designation agreement; and

WHEREAS, the City of Madison is the administrative and fiscal agent for the MATPB and is a legally constituted entity under the laws of the State of Wisconsin and able ...