REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Action on Award of Contract for the Homestead Road and Lick Mill Boulevard Signal Timing Project and Related Budget Amendment
Report
BACKGROUND
On November 21, 2017, City Council approved and authorized the City Manager to execute a Congestion Management Program Transportation Fund for Clean Air Agreement with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority for a grant of $300,000 for the Homestead Road Signal Timing Project and $166,000 for the Lick Mill Boulevard Signal Timing Project. To support the grant applications for these two projects, the City offered local funding match amounts of $300,000 for the Homestead Road Signal Timing Project and $314,000 for the Lick Mill Boulevard Signal Timing Project. This results in total project funding of $600,000 for the Homestead Road Signal Timing Project and $480,000 for the Lick Mill Boulevard Signal Timing Project. To advance the project and provide economies of scale for this work, staff managed both projects as one, the Homestead Road and Lick Mill Boulevard Signal Timing Project (Project) for the purposes of design, bid, award, and construction for a total Project budget of $1,080,000. In January 2018, the City contracted with Kimley-Horn and Associates to perform the design work for the Project and on December 19, 2018, the Project was advertised for public bid.
This Project is designed to improve signal timing, vehicle progression, and travel times for vehicles and transit along these corridors while reducing vehicle emissions and allowing for remote monitoring of traffic signals. Specifically, the Project will upgrade traffic signal controller equipment, install traffic signal communications with fiber optic cables and conduits, and implement traffic signal coordination timing on these corridors. The Project boundaries include Homestead Road from San Tomas Expressway to Lafayette Street and Lick Mill Boulevard from Montague Expressway to Tasman Drive, as seen in the Pr...
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