Fiscal Note
The 2009 Operating Budget for the Planning Division includes $20,000 of anticipated revenue for this service (Account No. GN01-73350-224100-00-2202812-CARPC000-00000000). No additional local share is required as matching funds are already included in the salary expenses.
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Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an agreement with the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission (CARPC) for the Madison Area Transportation Planning Board (TPB) to provide transportation planning work activities to the CARPC in calendar year 2009.
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WHEREAS, the Madison Area Transportation Planning Board (TPB) is the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Madison Metropolitan Area with responsibilities to perform metropolitan transportation planning and programming activities; and
WHEREAS, the newly formed Capital Area Regional Planning Commission (CARPC) is in need of services to conduct transportation planning for the areas in Dane County, particularly outside of the Madison Metropolitan Area; and
WHEREAS, CARPC is requesting $30,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for transportation planning activities for areas in Dane County outside of the Madison Metropolitan Area; and
WHEREAS, the CARPC is also requesting that the Madison Area TPB, as the MPO for the region, provide these services in a manner that has been provided historically by the MPO to the previous RPC, the Dane County Regional Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, these services are to consist of conducting an analysis of the impact of Urban Service Area amendments on the overall transportation system, particularly the impact on rural transportation systems, including general transportation considerations, and preparing the transportation section of CARPC’s Annual Trends Report; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Division and Comptroller’s Office have concluded that it would be desirable to continue to provide these services to the newly formed CARPC as it did ...
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