R99-07 AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF CONSULTING AGREEMENT

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. . : SC�PE OF SERVICES Page 4 The socio/economic data will be checked for per dwelling unit personal trips. Comparisons will be made with regions of similar characteristics and national averages. Mean trip length by trip purpose for the study will be developed with the most current survey data available from other sources. The parameters will be adjusted iteratively through the running and checking the model output. After socio/economic data and parameters for trip generation and distribution ' models are checked and adjusted for reasonability, trip assignment results will be , checked. The validation process will indicate if assignment procedures should be fine-tuned, or network attributes be adjusted. Additional traffic counts might � need to be collected by Decatur, DUATS or Macon County to confirm this validation stE p. The balancing of productions and attractions will be completed during this task. Adjustments, if necessary, will be made to trip attraction calculations. A day training session will be provided for the City staff when the consultant installs the model on the City computer. Task 6: Prepare Alternative Solutions The consultant will run the validated model for three alternatives. Each alternative will be developed in cooperation with the Technical Committee. Each alternative will be evaluated in terms of the traditional transportation measures of effectiveness and other community values established by the Committee. Results ' will be reports for each alternative tested. The three alternatives will be compared and a preferred alternative will be selected in cooperation with the Technical Committee. For the preferred alternative, planning level cost estimates of improvements will be prepared and categorized by functional classification and jurisdictional responsibility. Concurrently, forecasts of transportation financial resources will be completed and categorized by type and source. The implementation costs and financial resources will then be compared and the magnitude of additional resources will be identified and discussed with the Technical Committee. Upon directive from the Committee, the consultant will establish priorities and adjust the Plan. The consultant will update all data, tables and maps which appeared in the Long Range Transportation P/an: 1995-2014, consistent with the list of deliverabfes stated in Task 2. The consultant will meet once with the DUATS Policy and Technical Committee to discuss the methodology used in preparation of the plan and its deliverables.