REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award of Contract for Professional Engineering Services for Signal Coordination Timing and Optimization (F18-283) to Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. and Approval of Budget Modification No. 9 to Appropriate $340,393 in Transportation Funds for Clean Air for the Project
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a contract to Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. of Pleasanton, in an amount not to exceed $240,931 for professional engineering services associated with various arterials and residential corridors included in the Traffic Signal Timing and Optimization Project. Approval is also requested for a 10% design contingency in the amount of $24,093. Lastly, approval is requested for Budget Modification No. 9 to appropriate $340,393 in Transportation Funds for Clean Air for the project.
EXISTING POLICY
Pursuant to Section 2.08.040 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, City Council approval is required for the procurement of goods and services exceeding $100,000 in any one transaction.
Pursuant to Sunnyvale Charter Section 1305, at any meeting after the adoption of the budget, the City Council may amend or supplement the budget by motion adopted by affirmative votes of at least four members so as to authorize the transfer of unused balances appropriated for one purpose to another, or to appropriate available revenue not included in the budget.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(a) as it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The City received a FY 2017/18 Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) Program grant. The Traffic Signal Timing and Optimization project goals are to reduce traffic delays, queues (number of vehicles s...
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