Title
SUBSTITUTE - Amending the 2013 Engineering-Other Capital Budget and Transferring $54,110 from the University Avenue Underpass Capital Project to allow for enhancements to the "Aerial Photo / Orthophotos" Project.
Body
WHEREAS, City Engineering has reviewed several 2013 aerial photography project proposals with various City departments; and
WHEREAS, the quantity and quality of product deliverables and the price were all competitive and favorable to the City; and
WHEREAS, an additional deliverable, 3-D Building Modeling, was offered by a vendor at a very reasonable price; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Division requested $100,000 in their 2013 budget for 3-D Building Modeling, yet this budget item was not approved and was removed from their 2013 budget; and
WHEREAS, the City Engineering recommended 2013 Orthophotography vendor, Pictometry, has quoted in their 2013 Orthophotography proposal inclusion of the 3-D Building Model deliverables for the downtown area at a very reasonable price of $32,000; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council approved Substitute RES-12-00564 Adopting the Downtown Plan as a Supplement to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the adopted Downtown Master Plan contained Recommendation 47 which stated that the City should commission the construction of a physical scale model of the Downtown to assist in evaluating development proposals; and
WHEREAS, the 2013 Orthophotography Project deliverables could provide that very scale model and the Planning Division supports inclusion of the 3-D Building Model component in the scope; and
WHEREAS, the City Engineering Division has collaborated with University of Wisconsin Campus Planning to determine if the UW has an interest in partnering with the City on the 3-D building modeling scope of this 2013 Aerial Photo / Orthophotos project; and
WHEREAS, the UW has communicated to Engineering Division UW interest and agreement to participate with the City on this project and agreed to place $11,110.00 toward the total project cost for the UW add-on area portion of the 3-D modeling scope of this project; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 2013 Engineering-Other Capital Budget is hereby amended to increase the Budget Authority in the Ortho Imagery Capital Project by $54,110 $43,000; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a transfer of $54,110 $43,000 in available funds be made from the University Avenue Underpass Capital Project (810733) to the Ortho Imagery Project (810650), and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to enter into any necessary agreements and/or the City Engineer is allowed to accept payments from the cooperating municipalities and University of Wisconsin.
Fiscal Note
This resolution transfers $54,110 $43,000 of available funds from the University Avenue Underpass Capital Project (810733) to the Ortho Imagery Capital Project (810650). It also establishes the requisite budget authority to spend the transferred funds for the Ortho Imagery Project and funds from the University of Wisconsin for their share of the project.
The Budget Amendment necessary is as follows:
CE53-54901-810650 $54,110 $43,000
CE53-73420-810650 $11,110
CE53-79444-810650 ($43,000)
The entry needed to transfer the funds is as follows:
CS53-57443-810733 $43,000
CE53-79444-810650 ($43,000)