City of Madison - File #: 80827

• File #: 80827
• Version: 1
• Name: Authorizing the City of Madison on behalf of the Greater Madison MPO to accept a federal funding grant for $103,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/14/2023
• In control: Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development
• On agenda: 12/5/2023
• Final action: 12/5/2023
• Enactment date: 12/13/2023
• Enactment #: RES-23-00780
• Title: Authorizing the City of Madison on behalf of the Greater Madison MPO to accept a federal funding grant for $103,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to implement the MPO’s RoundTrip TDM program and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into the grant contract and State/Municipal Agreement.
• Sponsors: John W. Duncan, Derek Field, Barbara Harrington-McKinney, Regina M. Vidaver

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/5/2023	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
11/27/2023	1	FINANCE COMMITTEE	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
11/21/2023	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
11/14/2023	1	Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
This federal transportation grant provides for $103,000 in 2024. The City’s match for this grant is $25,750. The City’s share of the costs would be paid primarily in the form of staff salaries and benefits, as well as marketing materials, advertising, and similar costs. These costs have been included in the 2024 Operating Budget. No additional City appropriation required.
Title
Authorizing the City of Madison on behalf of the Greater Madison MPO to accept a federal funding grant for $103,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to implement the MPO’s RoundTrip TDM program and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into the grant contract and State/Municipal Agreement.
Body
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 RoundTrip 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 and the City of Madison recognize the need for and benefits of TDM programs and other strategies to promote the use of transit, car/vanpooling, bicycling, and walking in the region; and

WHEREAS, the MPO uses some of the federal transportation funding it receives as an MPO under the Surface Transportation Block (STBG) - Urban program to support its RoundTrip 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 $103,000 to the City of Madison on behalf of the MPO for operating the RoundTrip program in 2024; and

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