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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - January 17, 2001 E-13AGENDA TITLE: Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Professional Services Agreement with Y&C Transportation Consultants, Inc., for a Traffic Signal Location Study for Turner Road and Loma Drive; and Appropriate $9,350 for the Study MEETING DATE: January 17, 2001 PREPARED BY: Public Works Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional services agreement with Y&C Transportation Consultants, Inc. for a Traffic Signal Location Study for Turner Road and Loma Drive; and appropriate funds in accordance with the recommendation below. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: At the July 19, 2000 City Council meeting, staff presented several alternatives to enhancing the traffic safety devices on Turner Road at Loma Drive. At that meeting, City Council directed staff to plan for a traffic signal in the next fiscal year and bring this matter back to Council to discuss funding options. As staff's current workload prohibits immediate attention to this project, we are recommending the City retain Y&C Transportation Consultants, Inc., the transportation consultants used on several other City projects, to determine the appropriate location configuration and operation for the signal. Since Loma Drive, Parkview Drive and the Lodi Lake entry intersections are spaced close together, it is necessary to evaluate the effect on traffic safety of a signal that controls one or more of these intersections. A similar situation is at Lodi Avenue and Fairmont Avenue where the streets are offset, however, the intersection is operated with one signal timed with an overlap. The study will include review of these signal combinations: 1) Lodi Lake entrance, 2) Lodi Lake entrance and Loma Drive, 3) Lodi Lake entrance, Parkview Avenue and Loma Drive, and 4) Lodi Lake entrance and Parkview Avenue. The study will also include determining the need for a raised median to restrict turning movements if only one street or the Lodi Lake entrance is signalized. After the study is completed, staff will present the recommendations to City Council and, at that time, request authorization to retain a consultant to prepare the signal design, appropriate funds for the design work, and discuss funding options. We anticipate the study will be completed by March 2001. Staff recommends City Council authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement with Y&C Transportation Consultants, Inc. for professional engineering services in the amount of $8,500, and appropriate funding for this study. The appropriation includes ten percent for contingencies. FUNDING: Requested appropriation: Funding Available: $9,350 TDA funds Vicky McAthie, Finance Director Richard C. Pri Jr. Public Works Director Prepared by Paula J. Fernandez, Associate Traffic Engineer cc: Randy Hays, City Attorney Carlos Tobar, Transportation Manager Y&C Transportation Consultants, Inc. APPROVED: a,,C,.d H. Dixon Flynn -- City Manager CTURNRLOMASIGSTDY 01/10/01 RESOLUTION NO. 2001-06 A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH Y&C TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANTS, INC., FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL LOCATION STUDY FOR TURNER ROAD AND LOMA DRIVE, AND FURTHER APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE STUDY NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Lodi City Council does hereby authorize the City Manager to execute a professional services agreement with Y&C Transportation Consultants, Inc., for a Traffic Signal Location Study for Turner Road and Loma Drive, in an amount not to exceed $8,500.00, to review the following signal combinations: 1) Lodi Lake Entrance; 2) Lodi Lake Entrance and Loma Drive; 3) Lodi Lake Entrance, Parkview Avenue and Loma Drive; 4) Lodi Lake Entrance and Parkview Avenue; and 5) Determine the need for a raised median to restrict turning movements if only one street or the Lodi Lake Entrance is signalized. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that funds in the amount of $9,350.00 be appropriated to complete the study, which includes ten percent for contingencies. Dated: January 17, 2001 I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2001-06 was passed and adopted by the Lodi City Council in a regular meeting held January 17, 2001 by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hitchcock, Howard, Land, Pennino and Mayor Nakanishi NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None SUSAN J. BLAC STON City Clerk 2001-06 CITY COUNCIL ALAN S. NAKANISHI, Mayor CITY OF L O D I PHILLIP A. PENNINO Mayor Pro Tempore PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SUSAN HITCHCOCK EMILY HOWARD CITY HALL, 221 WEST PINE STREET KEITH LAND P.O. BOX 3006 LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241-1910 (209)333-6706 FAX (209) 333-6710 EMAIL pwdept@lodi.gov http:\\www.lodi.gov January 11, 2001 Y & C Transportation Consultants Inc. 1851 Heritage Lane, Suite 265 Sacramento, CA 95815 H. DIXON FLYNN City Manager SUSAN J. BLACKSTON City Clerk RANDALL A. HAYS City Attorney RICHARD C. PRIMA, JR. Public Works Director SUBJECT: Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Professional Services Agreement with Y&C Transportation Consultants, Inc., for a Traffic Signal Location Study for Turner Road and Loma Drive; and Appropriate $9,350 for the Study Enclosed is a copy of background information on an item on the City Council agenda of Wednesday, January 17, 2001. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, Carnegie Forum, 305 West Pine Street. This item is on the consent calendar and is usually not discussed unless a Council Member requests discussion. The public is given an opportunity to address items on the consent calendar at the appropriate time. If you wish to write to the City Council, please address your letter to City Council, City of Lodi, P. O. Box 3006, Lodi, California, 95241-1910. Be sure to allow time for the mail. Or, you may hand -deliver the letter to City Hall, 221 West Pine Street. If you wish to address the Council at the Council Meeting, be sure to fill out a speaker's card (available at the Carnegie Forum immediately prior to the start of the meeting) and give it to the City Clerk. If you have any questions about communicating with the Council, please contact Susan Blackston, City Clerk, at (209) 333-6702. If you have any questions about the item itself, please call Paula J. Fernandez at (209) 333-6800, ext. 2667. 4 chard C. Prima, Jr. ublic Works Director RCP/Im Enclosure cc: City Clerk NCTURNRLOMASIGSTDY