Fiscal Note
The 2021 Adopted Operating Budget for the MPO within the Planning Division includes $5,457 of anticipated revenue for the City’s transportation planning services to CARPC (Account Nos: GL - 6530020-42110-00000; PL - 65521-651-203). 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 Greater Madison MPO to provide transportation planning services to CARPC in calendar year 2021
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison Planning Division provides staffing for the Greater Madison MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization [Formerly named Madison Area Transportation Planning Board]) and the city serves as the MPO’s fiscal and administrative agent; and
WHEREAS, the Greater Madison MPO is the designated 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 the regional land use and area-wide water quality management planning agency for Dane County with responsibilities that include preparing a master plan for the physical development of the region and approving local government requests for expansions of their sewer service areas; and
WHEREAS, CARPC is in need of services to conduct transportation planning for Dane County, including areas outside of the Madison Metropolitan Area; and
WHEREAS, CARPC will receive federal Planning funding from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) in 2021 for transportation related planning activities; and
WHEREAS, CARPC is requesting that the Greater Madison MPO provide transportation planning services in a manner that has been provided historically by the MPO to CARPC since the MPO function was separated from the RPC; and
WHEREAS, these services are to consist of (1) conducting analyses of the impact of proposed Sewer Service Area amendments in the county on the multi-modal transportation system, including assessing the capacity to handle the traffic to be generated, ability to serve the development with public transit, accommodations for pedestrians and bicyclists, other design issues, and overall consistency with the goals, policies, and recommendations in the Regional Transportation Plan 2050; and (2) supporting CARPC’s work to update the Regional Land Use Plan/Development Framework and coordinating that work with the MPO’s update to the Regional Transportation Plan, including analyzing transportation impacts and needs associated with land use scenarios and supporting public engagement efforts; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Division and MPO have concluded that it would be desirable to continue to provide these services to CARPC as has been done in prior years by entering into the attached agreement with CARPC; and
WHEREAS, on November 4, 2020, the MPO approved MPO 2020 Resolution No. 9 authorizing the City of Madison to contract with CARPC for the provision of services by the MPO to CARPC in 2021; and
WHEREAS, the MPO will invoice CARPC on a quarterly basis for the cost of its transportation planning services not to exceed $5,457 for calendar year 2021:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and the City Clerk are authorized to enter into the attached agreement with CARPC for the MPO to provide transportation planning work activities to CARPC in calendar year 2021.