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K (i` J <br /> COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM i <br /> NO. 99-21 <br /> January 28, 1999 <br /> TO: The Honorable May r Howley and Council Members <br /> FROM: 7ames L. Willia ., City Manager <br /> Cecil A. Collins, r., Director of Community D velopme <br /> Joselyn A. Collins, Transportation Planner � <br /> SUBJECT: 2025 Long Range Transportation Plan Contract <br /> On November 2, 1998, City Council authorized and directed the City Manager and the Director <br /> of Community Development to seek a qualified consultant to perform the study and other work <br /> described on the Request for Qualifications, regarding the Decatur Urbanized Area Transporta- <br /> tion Study, and to negotiate a contract with such consultant for said study. <br /> In order for the Decatur and Macon County to continue to receive Federal transportation funds <br /> within the 1998 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century(TEA-21), an updated and re- <br /> vised transportation plan must be developed. Attached is the resolution contracting out with Wil- <br /> bur Smith Associates. <br /> This project, when completed, will serve as the successor to the Long-Range Transportation <br /> Study: 1995-2014 which was adopted by the Decatur Urbanized Area Transportation Study (DU- <br /> ATS), Macon County's inter jurisdictional Metropolitan Planning Organization, in December <br /> 1994. <br /> The Decatur Urbanized Area Transportation Study(DUATS) Selection Committee has reviewed <br /> all supporting documents and has conducted interviews with all applicants for the preparation of <br /> the Long-Range Transportation Plan. The ranking was as follows: <br /> # 1 Wilbur Smith AssociatesBlank, Wesselink, Cook& Associates; <br /> # 2 Chastain& Associates; and <br /> # 3 Champaign County Regional Planning Council <br />