Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the City of Madison to enter into a contract with Cambridge Systematics for consultant services to update and make enhancements to the regional travel demand forecasting model. The contracted amount, as shown in the attachment, is not to exceed $309,977. An optional task (Task 14) has been added to the contract, which would add $19,221 to the contracted amount for a total of $329,198. The Planning Division’s 2019 Adopted Operating Budget for the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MATPB) includes funding for the proposed contract. No additional City appropriation is required.
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SUBSTITUTE- Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk, on behalf of the Madison Area Transportation Planning Board - An MPO, to enter into a contract with Cambridge Systematics for consultant services to update and make enhancements to the regional travel demand forecasting model.
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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 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 MATPB has responsibilities to perform metropolitan transportation planning and programming activities, including development of a long-range multi-modal regional transportation plan; and
WHEREAS, MATPB staff recently completed a project with the assistance of a consultant, Fehr & Peers, to develop a multi-year strategic work plan to improve the agency’s planning analysis tools, including the agency’s regional travel forecast model, and the data needed to support those tools, which ...
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