Title
Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Execute Program Supplement Agreement No. F029 Rev.1 to Administering Agency-State Agreement for Federal-Aid Project No. 04-5041F15 to Provide $322,550.00 in Grant Funds and Obligate the City to Provide $400,216.00 in Matching Funds for the Construction Phase of the Wicks Boulevard and Manor Boulevard Intersection Signal Upgrade Project, Project No. 2020.5620
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COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Infrastructure
SUMMARY
This agreement will provide federal-aid grant funds for construction and obligate the City to provide matching funds for the construction phase of the Wicks Boulevard and Manor Boulevard Intersection Signal Upgrade project.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends approval of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the Program Supplement Agreement that provides federal grant funding of $322,550.00 and obligates the City to provide matching funds of $400,216.00 for the construction phase and to complete the Wicks Boulevard and Manor Boulevard Intersection Signal Upgrade Project.
BACKGROUND
The City was awarded $323,910.00 in the 2018 Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Cycle 9 to upgrade the traffic signal and improve the traffic safety at the Wicks Boulevard and Manor Boulevard intersection. This intersection was selected because it ranked high on the City's High Collision Intersections list, which is regularly monitored and updated by City staff. Nineteen collisions were reported between April 1, 2013 and March 31, 2018, including twelve that involved southbound left turns from Manor Boulevard onto Wicks Boulevard.
Staff evaluated collision patterns during the five-year period and determined that left turn collisions could be decreased by upgrading the traffic signal equipment as well as enhancing traffic signal operations. More specifically, City staff identified the following three countermeasures:
* Provide a protected left turn traffic light phase (left t...
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