TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Public Works Director
Prem Kumar, City Engineer
Helen Shi, Senior Civil Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Adopting a Resolution to Approve a Funding Agreement Between the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) and City of Manhattan Beach for the Recently Awarded Measure M Manhattan Beach Advanced Traffic Signal (MBATS) System Project for $5,440,000 (Public Works Director Katsouleas).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 20-0055
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council adopt Resolution No. 20-0055:
1. Approving a Measure M Funding Agreement between the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) and City of Manhattan Beach for $5,440,000 to fund development of design plans and specifications and construction of the Manhattan Beach Advanced Traffic Signal (MBATS) System Project; and
2. Authorizing the City Manager to execute the Measure M Funding Agreement and any subsequent administrative amendments.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
This $5.44 million Measure M project was awarded through LACMTA's competitive grant in the Multi-Year Sub-Regional Improvements Program (MSP). These funds will be paid by LACMTA to the City on a reimbursement basis. There are no required City matching funds for the project. These funds will be programmed in the Capital Improvement Plan budget under Measure M.
BACKGROUND:
Currently, the City's traffic signals along the arterial corridors throughout Manhattan Beach are activated using one or more standard traditional technologies, including loop detection, video detection and pre-set signal timing. These intersections carry a significant amount of outbound, inbound and through traffic during peak commute periods of the day. The traffic signals' controls are limited by current technologies and the signals ...
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