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BACKGROUND I-680/Sunol Boulevard Interchange is the City's southernmost access to 1-680 and experiences a high volume of morning peak hour traffic that causes recurring congestion along Sunol Boulevard. Ramp metering was installed on the 1-680 southbound ramp in 2011. The existing southbound loop ramp design is only a single lane. The single lane design requires that the meter operate with the "2 cars per green" to accommodate the volume of traffic attempting to enter the freeway. However, even using the "two cars per green" operation the congestion creates a southbound vehicle queue from the southbound on- ramp to at least the intersection of Sunol Boulevard at Arlington Drive. This congestion results in vehicle cut-through traffic through Arlington Drive, Happy Valley Road, Pleasanton/Sunol Road and Riddell Street. A modification to the interchange is necessary to reduce congestion, improve safety and reduce the cut through traffic. Local interchange improvements, although located in Caltrans right of way, are always funded by the local agency. A local interchange provides access from city streets to the Caltrans freeway system. Any improvements to this local access must be reviewed and approved by Caltrans and paid for by the local agency. The Caltrans project development process contains very detailed steps to receive project approval. The first two steps are the Feasibility Study and the PID approval. Upon completion of these steps a detailed design can be completed followed by construction. DISCUSSION On November 28th 2017, the City of Pleasanton issued a request for proposals from design consultants to aid the City in conducting a Feasibility Study and to prepare Project Initiation Documents. On December 18, 2017, staff held a pre-proposal meeting of interested consultants to discuss questions specific to the project. Proposals were due on January 22, 2018, with a total of four proposals submitted. Staff conducted an evaluation of the proposals, taking into account relevant experience, work plan, technical approach to the project, schedule, and their familiarity with the Caltrans project development procedures. Consultant team interviews were held on February 1, 2018 to supplement the evaluation of submitted proposals. Based upon the analysis of the proposals and consultant team interviews, the City has selected AECOM Technical Services, Inc., as the design consultant for this work. AECOM has extensive experience with the Caltrans Project Initiation Document process and has performed several freeway interchange projects in the greater Bay Area, with their most recent work at the US 101/Broadway interchange in San Mateo County and US 101/Zanker Road Interchange in Santa Clara County. AECOM is also the design consultant for the 1-680 Express Lane (SR-84 to Alcosta Blvd) under contract with the Alameda County Transportation Commission. The consultant team is made up of various disciplines consisting of environmental and hydrology services, geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering, right-of-way, surveying, and public outreach Page 2 of 3