Title
Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into an Agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for the Completion of the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's Regional Intelligent Transportation Systems Plan
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LEGISLATIVE INTENT/PURPOSE:
WHEREAS, the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization ("WMPO") intends to enter into an agreement to complete the WMPO's portion of the Regional Intelligent Transportation Systems ("ITS") Strategic Deployment Plan; and,
WHEREAS, Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. ("Kimley-Horn") is one of the on-call transportation planning consultants for the WMPO and NCDOT, and has been selected to complete the plan; and,
WHEREAS, on March 1, 2023, the Federal Highway Administration ("FHWA") and the Federal Transit Administration ("FTA") issued the certification review of the transportation planning process for the WMPO; and,
WHEREAS, the review includes a recommendation "that the MPO coordinate with NCDOT to update the Regional ITS Architecture/Strategic Deployment Plan, and that the MTP include stronger language directly connecting the Regional ITS Architecture/Strategic Deployment Plan to the projects identified in the MTP"; and,
WHEREAS, the WMPO budgeted $100,000 in their adopted FY25 Unified Planning Work Program to partner with NCDOT to update the Regional ITS Architecture/Strategic Deployment Plan; and,
WHEREAS, NCDOT is providing $200,000 in State and Planning Research Funds ("SPR"); and,
WHEREAS, NCDOT's funding will be used to complete Task 1 (Stakeholder Identification and Outreach Plan), Task 2 (Vision, Goals, and Objectives), Task 3 (Gap Assessment), and Task 4 (Best Practices and Project Identification); and,
WHEREAS, the WMPO's funding will be used to complete Task 5 (ITS Regional Strategic Deployment Plan); and,
WHEREAS, the WMPO's cost to complete Task 5 is $99,960.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
THAT, the City Manager, on behalf of the WMPO, is authorized to execu...
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