SOUTH JERSEY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION  

RESOLUTION 0807-21:       Requesting that the South Jersey Transportation Authority Accept Funds for South Jersey Travel Demand Model Peer Review  

WHEREAS, the South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization (SJTPO) is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) designated under Federal law for the southern region of New Jersey including Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, and Salem Counties; and  

WHEREAS, the Fiscal Year 2008 SJTPO Unified Planning Work Program included a $145,000 project to significantly upgrade the South Jersey Travel Demand Model (SJTDM); and  

WHEREAS, the selected consultant, PB Americas, Inc. of Princeton , NJ , was unable to complete the project in FY 2008; and  

WHEREAS, FY 2008 PL funding cannot be expended in FY 2009, which began on July 1, 2008; and  

WHEREAS, PB Americas, Inc. desires to complete the project in FY 2009 and recognizes that no charges can be made to the project; and  

WHEREAS, the upgraded SJTDM products can only be accepted by SJTPO after an independent peer review by a recognized expert; and  

WHEREAS, funds for such review were included in the FY 2008 SJTPO UPWP, and these funds likewise cannot be expended after June 30, 2008; and  

WHEREAS, PB Americas, Inc. desires to fund the independent peer review to enable SJTPO to accept the SJTDM products; and  

WHEREAS, the South Jersey Transportation Authority, as administrative host to the SJTPO, is empowered to accept funds on behalf of SJTPO.  

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Policy Board of the South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization hereby requests that SJTA accept funds from PB Americas , Inc. in an amount not to exceed $7,500.00 for an independent peer review of the South Jersey Travel Demand Model Improvement project.  

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the SJTPO Executive Director is hereby authorized to negotiate minor changes to the scope of work within the overall intent of the project; and  

Certification  

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct and true copy of a resolution adopted by the Policy Board of the South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization at its meeting of July 28, 2008.  

Charles R. Sullivan/mal

                                                                          
Monica LoGuidice for 
Charles R. Sullivan, Secretary/Treasurer