R98-146 AUTHORIZING REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM NO. 98-138 DATE: October 27, 1998 TO: The Honorable Mayor Howley and Council Members FROM: James L. Williams , City Manager Cecil A. Collins, C mmunity Develop ir r Max Forgey, Senior Planner RE: Request For Qualifications For the Decatur Urbanized Area Transportation Study: 2020 Transportation Plan In order for the Decatur and Macon County to continue to receive Federal transportation funds within the 1998 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century(Tea-21), an updated and revised transportation plan must be developed. Attached is the Request For Qualifications(RFQ)for the Decatur Urbanized Area Transportation Study: 2020 Transportation Plan and a copy of the legal notice to be published. This project, when completed, will serve as the successor to the Long Range Transportation Study: 1995-2014 which was adopted by the Decatur Urbanized Area Transportation Study(DUATS), Macon County's inter jurisdictional Metropolitan Planning Organization)in December 1994. For this reason, this project is the Planning Division's second most urgent priority as expressed in our September 24, 1998 memorandum to City Council. The most urgent priority—the Floodplain Ordinance—will be reviewed by Council on November 9, 1998. Four matters of special emphasis. In addition to its role as a guide to Federal funding within our jurisdiction, the 2020 Transportation Plan will, when completed, serve a second critical function—as the Transportation Element to the revised comprehensive plan. For that reason, the final product must satisfy both Federal and local needs as a source of data and as a guide to policy-making. Given its key role within our comprehensive plan, the RFQ articulates four matters of special emphasis. They are: 1. The potential for the development of intermodal transportation corridors and facilities in the City of Decatur and Macon County, including linkages of air, auto, motor freight, rail, and bicycle/pedestrian routes. 2. The possibility of completing the interstate loop around the City of Decatur, the potential benefits of its completion, and the intermodal linkages which might result.