Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the MPO to enter into a sole source agreement with Fehr and Peers to develop strategic plan regarding tools and models utilized by the MPO to forecast regional travel patterns. The total cost of the contract is estimated to be $120,000; $75,000 for the contract is available in the 2017 MPO budget. Funding for the remaining portion of the contract is subject to appropriations in the 2018 budget.
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Authorizing, on behalf of the Madison Area Transportation Planning Board - An MPO, the sole source purchase of transportation planning services from Fehr & Peers to develop a strategic plan for improving the MPO’s travel model and other planning analysis tools
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison is responsible for providing professional staff services to the Madison Area Transportation Planning Board (“MATPB”), the designated metropolitan planning organization (“MPO”) for the Madison area, as provided for in the 2007 MPO designation agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison is the administrative and fiscal agent for the MATPB and is a legally constituted entity under the laws of the State of Wisconsin and able to receive the federal and state funding, which covers 85% of the MATPB budget; and
WHEREAS, as the designated MPO for the Madison area the MATPB has responsibilities to perform metropolitan transportation planning and programming activities, including development of a long-range multi-modal regional transportation plan; and
WHEREAS, new federal metropolitan planning rules require a more performance based approach to planning and project programming; and
WHEREAS, the MATPB seeks to develop better transportation system performance metrics that address regional goals and desired policy outcomes both for performance monitoring and for forecasting the impacts of plan scenarios and individual projects; and
WHEREAS, in order to make best use of its available planning funding the MATPB is seeking consultant as...
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