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The total payment to PUSD is $800,000 from the Traffic Impact Fee fund. BACKGROUND The Pleasanton Unified School District submitted plans to the State Architect for the construction of a new science building at Foothill High School. As part of the science building approval, the State Architect required that the orientation of the drop off loop be reversed, to allow for students to be dropped off at the adjacent sidewalk. Typical drop off loop design routes vehicles so that the passenger side of the vehicle is next to a sidewalk. This allows the student to exit the passenger side of the vehicle directly onto the sidewalk. In 2003 the City constructed a traffic signal at Foothill High School and during that process reversed the flow of vehicles. This reversal allowed for smoother traffic signal operation into and out of the parent drop off loop but also resulted in the driver side being adjacent to the sidewalk, rather than the passenger side. PUSD informed the City of the State Architect's requirement to reverse the loop in the winter of 2019 and the City contracted with Hexagon Transportation Consultants to develop a design that would accommodate the loop reversal and maintain as efficient traffic movement as possible on Foothill Road during peak periods. The recommended design included the expansion of the drop off loop area, the closure of the middle driveway, the relocation of the traffic signal from the middle driveway to the north driveway, and the addition of a second southbound left turn lane. The added requirement of the circulation change was not a cost anticipated in PUSD's project budget for the Science Building, adding approximately $1,600,000 in offsite improvement costs to PUSD for this project. DISCUSSION The City had identified the future need of a second southbound left turn lane into Foothill High School in the 2010 Traffic Impact Fee Update. This improvement would have been necessary with or without the reversal of the flow within the drop off loop. In discussions between the City and PUSD, agreement was reached for the City to pay $800,000 towards the additional off-site improvement costs associated with the PUSD project. This agreement covered the estimated $600,000 cost for the southbound left turn lane and an additional $200,000 in exchange for the land needed from the School District for the Bernal Avenue at First Street/Sunol Boulevard Second Left Turn Lane (CIP No. 17556) — a property valuation completed by the City provided an estimated land value of$200,000. The Foothill High School project is now complete, and staff recommends acceptance of the improvements and authorization to pay PUSD the amount of$800,000 as agreed upon in the attached letter. Page 2 of 3