Fiscal Note
The 2015 Operating Budget for the Planning Division includes $9,701 of anticipated revenue for the city’s transportation planning services (Account No. GN01-78530-224100-00-2202900-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 services to CARPC in calendar year 2015
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison Planning Division provides staffing for the Madison Area Transportation Planning Board (TPB) - A Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and the city serves as the MPO’s fiscal and administrative agent; and
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), the regional land use and environmental planning agency, is in need of services to conduct transportation planning for Dane County, particularly outside of the Madison Metropolitan Area; and
WHEREAS, CARPC will receive federal Planning funding from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) in 2015 for transportation planning activities for areas in Dane County outside of the Madison Metropolitan Area; and
WHEREAS, CARPC is 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 multi-modal transportation system, including an assessment of the capacity to handle the traffic to be generated, ability to serve ...
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