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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Purchase Eleven (11) Traffic Signal Controller Cabinets from Econolite Control Products, Inc. in an Amount Not to Exceed $123,495 and Authorize Future Purchases of Up to an Additional Twenty (20) Traffic Signal Controller Cabinets by the End of Calendar Year 2023, for a Total Cumulative Amount Not to Exceed $348,495. (Public Works 310)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda's (City) traffic signal system is functionally obsolete for many intersections throughout the city. The traffic signal system is nearly 40 years old and has aged beyond its design life cycle. Modernization of the traffic signal system starts with the traffic signal cabinet which houses all of the electronic equipment managing the safe operations of an intersection. Staff would like to purchase eleven (11) traffic signal controller cabinets at the cost of $123,495 and will work with Econolite through the end of 2023 to purchase up to twenty (20) additional traffic signal controller cabinets at the current bid price, for a total cumulative amount not to exceed $348,495.
BACKGROUND
The City has an ongoing need to repair and replace traffic signal infrastructure. The City's traffic signal system is comprised of approximately ninety (90) signalized traffic signals, seventy-seven (77) within the City's right-of-way and thirteen (13) within Caltrans right-of-way.
The controller cabinet is an essential component of a signalized intersection. Not only does it house all of the electronics needed to operate the timing and lights at an intersection, it also provides the foundation for advanced detection and communication systems to be installed; greatly expanding the operational capabilities of an intersection. The existing, older, controller cabinets are not built to support multi-functional operations to efficiently serve the competing movements at an intersection. Currently, staff ...
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