DATE: July 21, 2020
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt Resolutions Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Alameda County Public Works Agency for the Hesperian Boulevard and West A Street Protected Intersection Project and Appropriate $1,250,056 for this Project from Measure BB (Local Transportation), Fund 212; Measure B (Local Transportation), Fund 215; and the Transportation System Improvement, Fund 460
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts the attached resolutions (Attachments II and III):
1. Authorizing the City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Alameda County Public Works Agency (ACPWA) for the Hesperian Boulevard and West A Street Protected Intersection Project; and
2. Appropriate $1,250,056 for this Project from Measure BB (Local Transportation), Fund 212; Measure B (Local Transportation), Fund 215; and the Transportation System Improvement, Fund 460.
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SUMMARY
The Alameda County Public Works Agency (ACPWA) is leading the Hesperian Boulevard Corridor Improvement Project, a project designed to benefit motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders through the installation of wider decorative sidewalks, pedestrian lighting, signal improvements, Class II buffered bicycle lanes, bus boarding islands, wider median areas, landscaping, and pavement rehabilitation on Hesperian Boulevard between Embers Way and West A Street.
The City has jurisdiction over approximately 20% of the right-of-way along this corridor with the entire intersection of Hesperian Boulevard and West A Street falling completely under City jurisdiction. Hesperian Boulevard and West A Street is a high vehicular volume intersection that serves as an integral north-south connection for bicyclists. This proposed project is an at-grade <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/at-grade> signalized intersection in which cyclists <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling> and pedestrians <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian> are separated from cars.
If Council approves executing an MOU and appropriates funds to the Project, the Hesperian Boulevard and West A Street Protected Intersection Project will be included as an amendment to the ACPWA contract.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution
Attachment III Appropriation Resolution
Attachment IV Hesperian and A Street - Final Plans