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 re...
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