Memorandum of Understanding - MACOG - Traffic Count Data Collection

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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into by and between the City of South Bend Board of Public Works and the Michiana Area Council of Governments, hereinafter referred to as "MACOG". WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the City of South Bend Board of Public Works, has previously maintained an annual traffic counting program for the purpose of planning and project development and seeks to cooperate with the MACOG to obtain the data using MACOG staff, WHEREAS, MACOG currently maintains an annual traffic counting program for the purpose of developing Vehicle Miles of Travel (VMT), Annual Average Daily traffic (AADT), project selection, planning and other traffic related statistics. WHEREAS, MACOG also maintains a four county state traffic counting program, completes the HPMS counts for the state and collects other traffic counts I the region; WHEREAS, the MACOG has professional staff that collects and a maintains traffic count programs throughout the region, WHEREAS, MACOG working in partnership with its member cities, towns and counties is the data repository for the regions reporting and traffic statistics and as traffic count data is a major factor in the selection of projects for federal road projects it mutually benefits both parties that the traffic count program be consistently completed on a three year count cycle. IT IS THEREFORE AGREED by and between the City of South Bend Board of Public Works and MACOG: MACOG will collect traffic count data for the City of South Bend Board of Public Works at those sites within the county as listed on attachment A of this MOU and herein agreed to by both parties. 2, This MOU is renewable each year upon the signing of a similar agreement to provide traffic counting service, 3.. MACOG, in partnership with the City of South Bend Board of Public Works will develop a mutually agreeable schedule of counting activities in such manner that all agreed sites will be counted in their entirety within a three (3) year cycle, (contingent upon this program being continued for a full three years). 4. Data to be collected shall be classification counts based on the thirteen (13) vehicle types as defined within the Federal Highway Administration's "Traffic "Monitoring Guide". The counts shall be hourly, per direction, for a minimum of forty-eight (48) hours.