HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/17/2000, C11 - VIDEO TRAFFIC DETECTION EQUIPMENT ON SOUTH HIGUERA STREET RECONSTRUCTION council '10 -1 - 00
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CITY OF SAN LUIS O B 1 S P 0
FROM: Michael D.McCluskey,Public Works Director �'�
Prepared By: David Elliott, Administrative Analyst
SUBJECT: Video Traffic Detection Equipment on South Higuera Street Reconstruction
CAO RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize Finance Department to issue a purchase order in the amount of$50,645.48 to Iteris,Inc.
for video traffic detection equipment on the South Higuera Street Reconstruction project.
DISCUSSION
When South Higuera Street is reconstructed and resurfaced in Spring 2001, the contractor will
remove undersurface traffic detection loops for traffic signals at the intersections of
Higuera/Margarita,Higuera/Prado, Higuera/01d Farm Road, Higuera/Suburban, and
Higuera/Los Osos Valley Road. Public Works has determined that whenever detection loops
must be removed, they should be replaced with aboveground video detection equipment. The
cost is about the same,but,unlike buried detection loops, video detection equipment never has to
be replaced when the pavement at an intersection has to be disturbed because of construction.
Past experience has shown that installing, testing, and calibrating the video detection equipment
during construction is very disruptive. Consequently, for this major project Public Works is
recommending that City crews install this equipment well before construction begins.
The City has standardized on Odetics video detection equipment (distributed exclusive by Iteris,
Inc.), so this is a sole source procurement.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is $1,175,000 budgeted for the South Higuera Street Reconstruction project. (See 1999-01
Financial Plan,pages E-8 and E-32, and Appendix B,pages 173-174.) 100 percent of project
outlays up to$1,175,000 will be covered by a State Transportation Improvement Program(STIP)
grant.
90078 Video Tmffic Detection Equipment
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