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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Bayside Stripe & Seal, Inc. for Alameda Neighborhood Greenways Pacific Avenue - Oak Street to Lafayette Street, No. P.W. 04-25-09, in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $276,255, Including Contingency.
In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), this action is categorically exempt from further environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities). (Public Works 310)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda (City) Active Transportation Program (ATP) includes conversion of the Slow Street segments of Pacific Avenue, San Jose Avenue / Morton Street, and Versailles Avenue to be converted to Neighborhood Greenways in the first phase of implementation. The Neighborhood Greenways will include more permanent traffic-calming treatments to create safe, low-stress streets for walking and biking. Pacific Avenue from Oak Street to Lafayette Street is the first "pilot" project to construct and evaluate the selected traffic-calming treatments. Staff recommends awarding a contract to Bayside Stripe & Seal, Inc. for a total amount of $276,255.
BACKGROUND
The City's ATP calls for Neighborhood Greenways to be used to facilitate the creation of a connected, low-stress bicycling network which is essential for meeting Alameda's climate, safety and transportation goals. Neighborhood Greenways are bicycle- and pedestrian-priority streets designed to allow bicyclists and motorists to safely share the road on low-volume, low-speed, local streets, and to make crossing larger streets safer and easier. They are also designed to be used by people of all ages and abilities.
The implementation of first phase of Neighborhood Greenways will replace the Slow Street barricades that were put in place at the beginning of COVID-19 in 2020. A "pilot" project on Pacific Avenue from ...
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