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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Bayside Stripe & Seal, Inc. for the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Sign and Striping Maintenance Project, No. P.W. 02-20-13, in an Amount Not to Exceed Amount of $281,843; and
Adoption of Resolution Amending the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Capital Budget by Reducing Revenue and Expenditure Appropriations in Capital Improvement Program 91811 by $328,524 and Increasing Revenue and Expenditure Appropriations for Capital Improvement Program 96011 by $328,524. (Public Works 310)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda (City) has over 125 centerline miles of roadway and 969 intersections, providing access and circulation to every resident and business in the city. Beginning with the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-19 budget, the City established an annual capital project to methodically refresh and replace pavement markings and signs in order to ensure that pavement markings and control signs (stop/yield) are properly maintained. This project will refresh striping and pavement markings at 131 intersections.
BACKGROUND
Public Works staff will focus on intersections as they have heightened safety considerations. The pavement markings and signs at intersections help to control the right-of-way and preserve the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists. Although intersections are the program's initial focus, midblock sections or segments of roadway may be considered for inclusion based on condition.
In FY 2019-20, staff was able to use two fiscal years of funding to:
1. Refresh 242 intersections in the west end zone, 64 of which were in Alameda Point
2. Restripe Main Street, from Pacific Avenue to the Main Street Ferry Terminal - converting it from a four-lane roadway to a three-lane roadway with Class 2 bike lanes.
For FY 2020-21, staff began the condition assessment of intersection pavement markings and signs in the east end zone of the city, b...
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