TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Public Works Director
Prem Kumar, City Engineer
Adilia Miller, Senior Civil Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Review Pedestrian Safety Measures and Consider Transferring $200,000 from the General Fund Unreserved Fund Balance to the CIP Fund and Appropriating Those Funds for Assessment, Design, and Implementation Services (Public Works Director Katsouleas).
a) DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
b) APPROPRIATE FUNDS AND APPROVE FUNDS TRANSFER
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:ody
Staff recommends the City Council review the pedestrian safety measures undertaken by several local jurisdictions, discuss and provide direction on next steps for Manhattan Beach, and consider transferring $200,000 from the General Fund Unreserved Fund Balance to the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Fund and appropriating those funds for assessment, design, and implementation services.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
A budget for this work plan item has not yet been allocated. However, based on the research done to date, staff believes that safety bollards can be designed and installed to protect Farmers Market pedestrians for less than $200,000. Therefore, staff recommends that City Council approve a $200,000 funds transfer from the General Fund unreserved fund balance to the CIP Fund and appropriate those funds for this effort.
Staff also recommends spending $40,000 from the Non-Motorized Transportation Program already budgeted in the CIP Fund for evaluation and assessment services of pedestrian safety measures on Manhattan Beach Boulevard at the intersections of Manhattan Avenue and Ocean Drive. Because funding for this effort is available using Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget appropriations, no additional funding is necessary.
BACKGROUND:
On Friday, March 9, 2018, City Council held a meeting to...
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