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Recommendation to increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund (CP) in the Public Works Department (PW) by $741,600, for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Grant award for the design and construction of the Redondo Avenue and Anaheim Street Intersection Improvements Project. (District 4)
DISCUSSION
On January 8, 2013, the City Council authorized the City Manager to apply for grant funding for eligible projects covered under the 2013 Call for Projects by Metro.
The City was subsequently informed that a grant would be awarded to the City, in the amount of $741,600, for the Redondo Project. This grant amount was approved by the Metro Board of Directors on September 26, 2013. On March 3, 2015, the Metro Board of Directors executed the Funding Agreement for this project.
The Redondo Project proposes to widen and improve the intersection of Redondo Avenue at Anaheim Street to reduce traffic congestion and enhance multimodal safety, and will also include enhancements to bus stops, signals for pedestrians and bicycle users. The pedestrian ramps at the intersection will be upgraded to be compliant with current disabled access regulations. The limits of the project will extend approximately 200 feet north, south, east and west of the intersection, as shown on the attached vicinity map.
This intersection is extensively used by both adults and school age children, due to its proximity to nearby commercial and retail centers, such as the Belmont Center, and the Jefferson Leadership Academies Middle School, with a student population of 880 students. The pedestrian activity is attributable to the existing bus stops on both the north and south sides of the intersection, which provide transit services connecting to the Metro Light Rail Station and the Transit Galley to the south of the Anaheim Rail Station.
In order to enhance the pedestrian and bicyclist environment, the following improvements are proposed:
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