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Report regarding a Resolution accepting $400,000 in grant funding from C/CAG's Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 3 Program and approving Budget Amendment 22.065 and awarding a construction contract to Ray's Electric of Oakland, California in an amount not to exceed $897,985.90, authorizing a total construction contract authority budget of $1,077,583, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement on behalf of the City for the Hillside Boulevard Road Diet Improvements Project (No. tr1906, Bid No. 2656). (Jeffrey Chou, Associate Civil Engineer)
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RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution accepting $400,000 in grant funding from C/CAG's Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 3 Program and approving Budget Amendment 22.065 and awarding a construction contract to Ray's Electric of Oakland, California in an amount not to exceed $897,985.90, authorizing a total construction contract authority budget of $1,077,583, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement on behalf of the City for the Hillside Boulevard Road Diet Improvements Project (No. tr1906, Bid No. 2656).
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The Hillside Boulevard Road Diet Improvements Project (Project) is part of a larger effort undertaken by the City to improve pedestrian and bicycle accessibility and safety for neighborhoods within the project's vicinity.
Along Hillside Boulevard between Lawndale Boulevard and Lincoln Street is currently an undivided four-lane roadway with unbuffered Class II bike lanes for both directions. The Project will:
* Calm the high traffic speeds along the corridor and improve traffic safety by reducing the roadway's lane configuration to one lane in each direction
* Allow for safer left turns onto and out of un-signalized streets, local roads and driveways by installing a dedicated left-turn / refuge center lane
* Promote safer and more user-friendly access for bicyclist though this c...
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