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Recommendation to increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $100,000, offset by State Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funds from California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) (HSIPL-5108(203); and
Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $100,000, offset by transfer of State HSIP funds from the Capital Grant Fund, a fund within the Capital Projects Fund Group. (Districts 4,5,7,9)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department for the Preliminary Engineering phase of the Protected Left-Turn Signalization Eight Intersections Citywide Project (Project).
On April 28, 2022, the City Manager executed a Master Agreement with California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) under the authority of Resolution No. RES-07-0097, approved by City Council on July 10, 2007, formalizing the terms and conditions of the administration of State and federal projects. The Master Agreement specified each agency’s role regarding the funding.
On March 30, 2021, the California Transportation Commission awarded the City of Long Beach (City) grant funding for the Project, which will include traffic signal upgrades to improve roadway safety through replacing the existing permissive only signal phasing with fully Protected and Protected-Permissive left-turn phasing. The Project also includes additional pedestrian focused upgrades such as countdown pedestrian signal heads and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant audible push buttons. The Project will improve the following eight signalized intersections: (1) South Street & Downey Avenue, (2) Carson Street & Orange Avenue, (3) Clark Avenue & Atherton Street, (4) Cherry Avenue & Bixby Road, (5) Bellflower Boulevard & Wardlow Road, (6) Willow Street & Studebaker Road, (7) Willow Road & Magnolia Avenue, and (8) Will...
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