TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Derrick Abell, Chief of Police
SUBJECT:Title
Update on the Automated License Plate Reader Program (Police Chief Abell).
RECEIVE REPORT
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive this report.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
At the November 3, 2015 City Council meeting, staff was directed to report back to City Council regarding the feasibility of installing license plate readers at critical points of ingress and egress to the City. Staff returned to City Council on April 5, 2016, with a report on the feasibility of the project, as well as the proposed locations for the license plate readers. City Council subsequently approved the concept and a budget was appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016-17. At the February 21, 2017 City Council meeting, a contract for purchase, installation, and software was awarded to Vigilant Solutions.
The Police Department worked closely with the Traffic Engineer to determine the intersections that carried the highest volume of cars at points of ingress and egress, with each intersection averaging 15,000 cars daily. There were 7 intersections initially identified. Two of the seven intersections were along the Sepulveda corridor (at Rosecrans and at Artesia), and fall under the jurisdiction of California Department of Transportation (Cal Trans). Unfortunately, Cal Trans denied Manhattan Beach's permit applications to install cameras on their infrastructure.
The Police Department moved forward with installation of cameras at the other 5 locations (Artesia/Aviation, Manhattan Beach Blvd./Aviation, Marine/Aviation, Rosecrans/Aviation, and 45th/Highland). Four of the five intersections have multiple directions being monitored (i.e. traffic east and west b...
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