REPORT TO COUNCIL
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Approve Budget Modification No. 30 to Appropriate $664,700 of Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Cycle 7 Grant Funds and $50,000 in Matching Funds for a Traffic Signal Upgrade and the Installation of In-Roadway Warning Lights Pedestrian System, and Authorize the City Manager to Execute all Grant Related Documents
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GRANT SUMMARY
On December 11, 2015, the City was awarded grant funds in the amount of $664,700 for the modification and upgrade of the traffic signal at the intersection of Mathilda Avenue and Indio Way, and the installation of a pedestrian crossing with in-roadway warning lights at the intersection of West Remington Drive and Michelangelo Drive.
The HSIP falls under Title 23 of Fixing America's Surface Transpiration Act (FAST) of 2015. HSIP is a federal aid program for the purpose of achieving significant reductions in fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Division of Local Assistance (DLA) manages California's local agency share of the HSIP funds. Local HSIP focuses on infrastructure projects with nationally recognized crash reduction factors (CRFs). Local HSIP projects must be identified on the basis of crash history, crash potential, crash rate, or other data-supported means. These grant funds are awarded on a competitive basis at the state level, and the following two Sunnyvale projects were selected for HSIP grant funds totaling $664,700 with a local match of $50,000:
* Intersection of Mathilda Avenue and Indio Way: The project will upgrade the existing signal by installing a new cabinet and controller, a new vehicular and bike detection system, and a dedicated left turn traffic signal phase with left turn lanes on Indio Way. This project was identified after a citywide collision analysis. The intersection of Mathilda Avenue and Indio Way included a higher than average of collisions including a fatality. The estimated...
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