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Consideration of and action on entering into an agreement with RRP Consulting Engineers for the development of traffic signal standards and specifications as well as the design to replace the traffic signals at the intersection of 4th Street and Center Street.
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The Public Works Traffic Division has a total of $500,000 budgeted for the traffic signal rehabilitation at the intersections of 4th Street at Center Street, and as 8th Street at Center Street.
RRP Consulting Engineering, LLC is one of the City's current prequalified professional service firms. Originally, the idea was to have RRP engineer, design and provide construction documents for the rehabilitation of both intersections. After meeting with the firm and explaining to them that the city has decided to replace the existing traffic signals with a more aesthetically appealing, decorative, traffic signal intersection they provided us with a suggestion. They suggested that since it is the city's desire to eventually replace all traffic signals with the more decorative ones, it would be best to create general specifications and detail standards for not only the current project but for all projects in the future.
What this means is, staff will work with RRP to design what our city standard for decorative traffic signals will be. Once there is a preliminary design, we will hold a Council workshop for council's input and approval. Once we adopt the new standard specifications and details, all future traffic signal intersections that are rehabilitated will be constructed using those standards. This will allow for uniformity throughout the city.
Staff requested that RRP provide a proposal to:
* Develop these new design specifications and standards
* Design the construction drawings to replace the traffic signals at the intersections of 4th at Center Street and 8th at Center Street
* Provide survey work at the two intersections
* Provide Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) at the ...
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