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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Contract Amendment with Ray's Electric for the Park Street Corridor Safety and Operations Improvement Project, No. P.W. 03-15-03, in an Amount Not to Exceed $99,750, Including Contingency, for a Total Expenditure Under the Agreement, of $429,830. (Public Works 91170)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Eric Levitt, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In 2011, the City of Alameda (City) was awarded a Highway Safety Improvement Project (HSIP) grant and Transportation for the Clean Air (TFCA) funds for the Park Street Corridor Safety and Operations Improvement project. On April 3, 2018, the City Council awarded a contract to Ray's Electric in the amount of $333,080 for the final phase of the traffic signal upgrades along the Park Street corridor between Blanding Avenue and Encinal Avenue. Unforeseen extra work and additional project components will require a contract increase of $99,750 to complete the final phase. Sufficient funding is available in the existing capital project budget to pay for the additional contractual expenses and there is no impact to the General Fund.
BACKGROUND
Construction work for the original project included amending traffic signal timing sequence, installation of pedestrian push buttons that are Americans with Disability Act (ADA) compliant, advance warning system, emergency vehicle preemption and transit signal priority system, which provides advance green indication to allow emergency vehicles to move first, and converting signal operation from fixed time to on-demand via installation of a video detection system, which is one of the most effective tools for reducing pollutant emissions and overall traffic delay in the corridor. Traffic signal equipment upgrades were done at following intersections:
Park Street and Blanding Avenue
Park Street and Clement Avenue
Park Street and Buena Vista Avenue
Park Street and Tilden Avenue
Park Street and...
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