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FINANCIAL STATEMENT There will be an increase in annual operations and maintenance costs due to the additional signalized intersections in the City. Projected expenses for the project, including design and related expenses, total $700,600. There is $400,000 previously allocated in the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for this project, resulting in a shortfall of $300,600. To bridge the funding gap, staff recommends the use of $250,000 from the Bi-Annual Traffic Signal Installation project (CIP No. 155032) and $50,600 from the "Intersection Improvements at Various Locations" project (CIP No. 155041). Attachment 1 details the project funding and expenditure summary. BACKGROUND The traffic signals at Amador Valley High School along Santa Rita Road are identified as a high priority location in the City's Traffic Signal Priority List. The signals are recommended to be installed to improve access to and from the Amador High School Parking lot. The middle and north driveways along Santa Rita Road will be modified to resemble a roadway entrance design (instead of a driveway entrance design). These modifications will allow more efficient movement of vehicles into and out of the lot and also provide an additional visual queue to pedestrians and cyclists that they are crossing a signalized intersection. To improve the egress, the middle driveway will be widened to add an additional outbound left turn lane. The newly signalized intersections will require the installation of traffic signal poles and traffic signal cabinets within the sidewalk along Santa Rita Road. Where feasible, the signal poles and cabinets will be placed on Pleasanton Unified School District (PUSD) property to keep the sidewalk clear for pedestrians. PUSD has agreed to grant the City an easement to allow the traffic signal equipment on PUSD property. To expedite project delivery and avoid a potential signal pole delivery delay, the City has initiated an advanced purchase for the traffic signal poles (the fabrication and delivery for traffic signal poles can take 18+ weeks). This advanced purchase is shown as Azco Supply in Attachment 1 and allows the City to conservatively plan for a summer installation schedule (see Schedule discussion below). The project will also include the construction of sidewalk along the north property line of the parking lot (from the public sidewalk into the PUSD buildings) to provide an alternate pedestrian pathway that will allow students to walk directly from the street to the buildings and avoid the new signalized intersections. PUSD has agreed to pay for the construction of this sidewalk and a Reimbursement Agreement is attached (Attachment 2). DISCUSSION Construction Bids Sealed bids for this project were opened on February 10, 2016. There were seven bids received, and they ranged from $507,366 to $678,261, as compared to the engineer's Page 2 of 3