TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager
FROM:
Ted Semaan, Interim Public Works Director
Gilbert Gamboa, Acting City Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of a Resolution Approving Amendment No. 5 to the Professional Services Agreement with KOA Corporation for Additional Traffic Engineering Support Services in the Amount of $20,000 for the Manhattan Beach Boulevard at Pacific Avenue Intersection Improvements Project. (Budgeted) (Interim Public Works Director Semaan).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 25-0088
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve Amendment No. 5 to the Professional Services Agreement with KOA Corporation for additional traffic engineering support services in the amount of $20,000 for the Manhattan Beach Boulevard at Pacific Avenue Intersection Improvements Project.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Sufficient funds of $20,000 are available within the Measure M Fund for Amendment No. 5 to the Professional Services Agreement with KOA Corporation (KOA) for additional traffic engineering support services for the Manhattan Beach Boulevard at Pacific Avenue Intersection Improvements Project. There are no additional fiscal implications for the project at this time.
BACKGROUND:
Manhattan Beach Boulevard (MBB) currently provides two westbound travel lanes at Pacific Avenue. Two westbound travel lanes merge west of Pacific Avenue into one through lane. The merging length is only about 60 feet between Pacific and Laurel Avenues. Due to the high demand of westbound through traffic, especially during the peak commuting periods (7-9 AM and 4-6 PM), vehicles are queued into the first westbound through lane when blocked by the left-turn vehicles and tend to switch to the second westbound through lane by suddenly speeding up/slowing down within the short merging area. This causes safety concerns and disturbs the traffic flow with sudden st...
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