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SUBSTITUTE Amending Section 3.14(7)(b) of the Madison General Ordinances to replace the member of the Long-Range Transportation Planning Committee appointed from the Dane County Regional Transit Authority Board with a citizen member.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This amendment changes the membership of the Long-Range Transportation Planning Committee, replacing the member of the now-defunct Dane County Regional Transit Authority Board with a citizen member. The name of the Metropolitan Planning Organization for Transportation Planning also is changed to its updated name.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subdivision (b) entitled "Composition" of Subsection (7) entitled "Long-Range Transportation Planning Committee" of Section 3.14 entitled "Department of Transportation" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(b) Composition. The Long-Range Transportation Planning Committee shall consist of eleven (11) voting members to serve without compensation consisting of two (2) members of the Pedestrian/Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Commission, two (2) members of the Transit and Parking Commission, one (1) member of the Board of Public Works, two (2) members of the Plan Commission, one (1) member of the Dane County Board of Supervisors who resides in Madison, two (2) City representatives of the Metropolitan Planning Organization for Transportation Planning Madison Area Transportation Planning Board, and one citizen member of the Dane County Regional Transit Authority Board of Directors who resides in Madison and is a member of another standing City committee, board or commission. Of the eleven (11) Committee members, three (3) shall also be members of the Common Council. The Mayor may also designate one (1) alternate."
2. Subdivision (c) entitled "Appointment and Terms of Members" of Subsection (7) entitled "Long-Range Transportation Planning Committee" of Section 3.14 entitled "Department of Transportation" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(c) Appointment and Terms of Members. Each board or commission with membership on the Long-Range Transportation Planning Committee shall recommend its representative(s) to the Committee except that the representatives of the Transit and Parking Commission and the Pedestrian/Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Commission shall include the chair of each or the chair's designee. The Mayor may also designate an alternate. The Mayoral Designee Alternate may participate in Committee business as though s/he were a full member, but may vote only in the absence of at least one Committee member. Appointments to the Long-Range Transportation Committee shall be for the same duration as the appointee's term on the parent Commission. The term of the Mayoral Designee Alternate shall coincide with the 2-year terms of the Common Council members. From the list of potential Committee members recommended by the parent bodies, the Mayor shall appoint Committee members, and ensure that three (3) are also members of the Common Council. The members appointed to the Committee by the Mayor shall be approved by the Common Council. The Common Council members' terms of service on the Committee shall coincide with their terms on the Common Council. The member of the Dane County Board of Supervisors shall be appointed by the Dane County Executive. That member's term of service on the Committee shall coincide with her/his term on the Dane County Board of Supervisors. The Mayor shall appoint the citizen member who shall serve a two- (2) year term. The Mayor may also designate an alternate. The Mayoral Designee Alternate may participate in Committee business as though s/he were a full member, but may vote only in the absence of at least one Committee member. The terms of the citizen member and alternate shall coincide with the two- (2) year terms of the Common Council members."