Fiscal Note
The proposed federal transportation grant provides $94,400 in 2021 and $96,800 in 2022. The City’s match for this grant is $23,600 in 2021 and $24,200 in 2022 with the City’s share of the costs primarily in the form of staff salaries and benefits. The proposed grant funding, grant match, and City expenses are included in the Planning Division’s 2021 Adopted Operating Budget. No additional City appropriation is required.
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Authorizing the City of Madison on behalf of the Greater Madison MPO to accept a federal funding grant for $191,200 from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to implement the MPO’s Rideshare Etc. program and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into the grant contracts and State/Municipal Agreements.
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison Planning Division provides staffing for the Greater Madison MPO and the city serves as the MPO's fiscal and administrative agent; and
WHEREAS, the MPO operates the Rideshare Etc. program, which provides ride-matching and alternative transportation promotion services, works with employers to conduct travel demand management (TDM) programs, coordinates TDM efforts of other agencies and organizations, provides assistance on other initiatives to promote ridesharing, transit, bicycling and walking, including employer-based commuter challenges, and produces and disseminates TDM marketing materials; and
WHEREAS, the MPO uses some of the federal transportation funding it receives as an MPO to support its Rideshare Etc. program; and
WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) administers the federal funding for the MPO and will provide federal funding in the amount of $191,200 to the City of Madison on behalf of the MPO for operating the Rideshare Etc. program in 2021 and 2022; and
WHEREAS, WisDOT's federal contract language requires the City to indemnify and save harmless WisDOT and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) from damages to persons or property resulting from negligence of the City in connection with performance of the contract; and
WHEREAS, City APM 1-1 requires Council approval whenever the City indemnifies another party.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Madison is authorized to accept $191,200 from WisDOT for the Rideshare Etc. program and the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to sign the project contracts and State/Municipal Agreements for the program for years 2021 (5992-08-38) and 2022 (5992-08-39).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City is authorized to indemnify and save harmless WisDOT and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) from damages to persons or property resulting from negligence of the City in connection with performance of these contracts.