TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 36005 with Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, of Long Beach, CA, and Xtelligent, of Los Angeles, CA, to continue development and testing of a Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV) and a Cooperative Intelligent Transportation System (C-ITS), at no cost to the City of Long Beach (City), and expand the pilot program to additional locations in the City and extend the term of the contract to April 1, 2024. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to amend Contract No. 36005 with Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America (Mercedes-Benz) and Xtelligent, to continue the development and testing of intelligent transportation system technology with the City of Long Beach (City), for an additional period of 12 months, at no cost to the City. The project is an innovative public-private partnership between Mercedes-Benz, Xtelligent, and the City.
On September 15, 2020, City Council awarded a Contract to Mercedes-Benz and Xtelligent as part of its adoption of resolution RES-20-0118 to develop, deploy, and test Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV) and a Cooperative Intelligent Transportation System (C-ITS), at no cost to the City, for a period of 10 months with a total period not to exceed 18 months.
Following the City Council’s approval, all parties executed Contract No. 36005 on August 26, 2021, and began work on the project shortly thereafter. Since then, project team members have met bi-weekly to implement the connected vehicles and intelligent traffic system at select intersections on the Atlantic Avenue corridor in Long Beach. The contract expired in December of 2022. The project is now approaching the end of the initial 18-month term and has had many notable successes, including the following:
· In partnership with the City and Long Beach Unified School District, Mercedes-Benz hosted a community youth w...
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