Fiscal Note
The 2013 Operating Budget for the Planning Division includes $10,000 of anticipated revenue for this service (Account No. GN01-73110-224100-00-2202812-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 2013
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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 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 funding from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for transportation planning activities for areas in Dane County outside of the Madison Metropolitan Area; and
WHEREAS, 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 CARPC; and
WHEREAS, these services are to consist of (a) conducting analyses of the impact of Urban Service Area amendments on the overall transportation system, including general transportation considerations, (b) preparing the transportation section of CARPC's Annual Trends Report, and (c) analyzing transportation issues associated with development of plans for sustainable growth consistent with CARPC's Future Urban Development Area planning; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Division and Finance Department have concluded that it would be desirable to continue to provide these services to CARPC as it did last year by entering into the attached draft agreement with CARPC for the provision of these services; and
WHEREAS, on November 7, 2012, the Madison Area TPB approved authorizing the City of Madison to contract with CARPC to provide these services in 2013; and
WHEREAS, the Madison Area TPB will bill the CARPC on a monthly basis for the cost of these services not to exceed $9,701 for calendar year 2013;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and the City Clerk are authorized to enter into the attached agreement with the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission (CARPC) for the Madison Area TPB to provide transportation planning work activities to the CARPC in calendar year 2013 for the reimbursement of staff services at an amount not to exceed $9,701.