2013-73 APPROPRIATING $40,498 WITHIN THE DECATUR URBANIZED AREA TRANSPORTATION STUDY FUND #22

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DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MEMORANDUM No. 13-64 August 14, 2013 TO: Honorable Mayor Michael T. McElroy and City Council FROM: Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager Billy Tyus, Assistant City Manager for Development Servic s Mark Smith, Senior Planner, DUATS Study Director SUBJECT: DUATS Appropriation Adjustment RECOMMENDATION: City staff recommends approval of the attached ordinance, which provides appropriation approval for the City of Decatur to spend rrionies to fund services related to local transportation planning. BACKGROUND: The Decatur Urbanized Area Transportation Study (DUATS) serves as the transportation planning entity for the Decatur Urbanized Area. DUATS was created in 1964, and is the regional transportation-planning agency that ftilfills federal and state requirements for transportation planning in urban areas with more than 50,000 persons. Staff recommends adjusting the budgeted amount for DUAT professional services from $28,502 to $69,000 — a difference of$40,498 - for services to update the 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan. The update would be completed by December 31, 2013. All DUATS expenditures are covered by contractual agreemen that include Federal Highway, Federal Transit and State Metro Planning funds along with local matches from several local governments. The funding for this update is available currently through these agreements and said costs would not be paid through expenditures from the General Fund. DUATS works in conjunction with the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Illinois Department of Transportation. DUATS member agencies include the City of Decatur, Macon County, the Decatur Park District, the Decatur Public Transit System, the Villages of Forsyth, Harristown, Mt. Zion and Oreana. POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS: There are no objections. INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: All aspects of this project has been approved and authorized by the DUATS Policy Committee. STAFF REFERENCES: Questions can be directed to Mark Smith, DUATS Study Director& Senior Planner, 424-2790, or mismith@decaturil.gov. BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: The total cost for this project will be paid by DUATS. No City of Decatur General Funds will be involved.