Title
Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager, or Her Designee, to Enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Alameda Unified School District to Accept $78,000 for Crossing Guard Services; and
Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager, or Her Designee, to Execute a First Amendment to Agreement with All City Management Services Incorporated Extending the Term 10 Months and Adding the Amount of $284,486.40 for a Total Contract Amount of $523,501.40 for Crossing Guard Services. (Police 3190)
Body
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager, or Her Designee to Enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Alameda Unified School District to Accept $78,000 for Crossing Guard Services; and Recommendation to Authorize for the City Manager, or Her Designee to Execute a First Amendment to Agreement with All City Management Services Incorporated Extending the Term 10 Months and Adding the Amount of $284,486.40 for a Total Contract Amount of $523,501.40 for Crossing Guard Services
BACKGROUND
The City of Alameda has provided crossing guard services for the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) for more than 25 years. According to the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), Section 7E.02, cities and counties may designate local law enforcement agencies, the governing board of any school district, or a county superintendent of schools to recruit and assign adult crossing guards to intersections that meet approved guidelines for adult supervision. These guidelines require crossing guards at elementary schools only. The responsibility for implementation and funding of this program in the City of Alameda currently lies with the Alameda Police Department. Twenty-two locations throughout the City are staffed for four hours per school day by 22 part-time crossing guards. The annual budget for the crossing guard program for Fiscal Yea...
Click here for full text