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A resolution approving Amendment Number 2 to a sole source agreement between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and Vanderbilt University for partnering services for a Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grant from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT).
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WHEREAS, RS2023-1937 approved the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure's (NDOT) application for a Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grant from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) for an award amount of $2,000,000, with no cash match required, to use video and other sensor data to identify safety issues outside of traditional crash reports, implement targeted safety measures, and evaluate such measures; and,
WHEREAS, RS2023-2382 approved an intergovernmental agreement between the Metropolitan Government, by and through NDOT, and the USDOT, for the acceptance of the SMART Grant to install LiDAR and video camera technologies at key intersections and mid-block segments for "near-miss" data collection; and,
WHEREAS, following the acceptance of the SMART Grant, the Metropolitan Government entered into a sole source agreement with Vanderbilt University to provide partnering services for the SMART Grant aimed at improving multimodal transportation safety ("the Agreement"); and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4.12.060 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, Council must approve by resolution sole source contracts with a total contract amount over $250,000; and,
WHEREAS, RS2025-1094 approved Amendment Number 1 to the Agreement, which increased the value of the Agreement beyond $250,000; and,
WHEREAS, as set forth in Amendment Number 2, attached hereto and incorporated by reference, the parties desire to implement LiDAR deployment and other associated tasks, and as such, increase the value of the Agreement; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of the ...
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