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Staff Report for a Resolution to Authorize the City Manager to Execute Program Supplement Agreement No. 026-F with the State of California to Provide $32,850 in Grant Funds for the Design Phase of the East 14th Street (State Route 185) at 144th Avenue High-intensity Activated Crosswalk (HAWK) Signal Project
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends approval of a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the Program Supplement Agreement that accepts federal funding of $32,850 and obligates the City to provide matching funds of $3,650 in order to complete the design phase of the East 14th Street at 144th Avenue High-intensity Activated Crosswalk (HAWK) Signal Project.
BACKGROUND
The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, which was signed into law on December 4, 2015, established the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) as a core Federal-aid program. The overall purpose of this Program is to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads through the implementation of infrastructure-related highway safety improvements.
The City was awarded $184,230 in the 2016-17 HSIP cycle to install a High-intensity Activated Crosswalk (HAWK) signal at the East 14th Street at 144th Avenue intersection. HAWK signals are considered a Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon as defined in Chapter 4F of the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, a nationally-adopted standard. This will be San Leandro's second HAWK installation once the installation at Davis Street and Carpentier Street is constructed in late 2018.
The East 14th Street at 144th Avenue intersection ranked high on the City's High Collision Intersections list, which is regularly monitored and updated by City staff. Thirteen collisions were reported between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2015. Four bicycle or pedestrian related collisions were recorded in this five-year period.
The non-signalized intersection of East 14th ...
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