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6.1.C. - Page 1 RE PO RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Cit Mana er December 12, 2011 SUBJECT Design Services Agreement with Bellecci and Associates for the design of crosswalks and related improvements at the intersection of Woodside Road and Middlefield Road RECOMMENDATION Approve by motion, the standard form design services agreement with Bellecci and Associates for an amount not to exceed $70,794.00 and authorize the City Manager to increase the contract amount up to 10% if necessary BACKGROUND The Hoover Area Community Mobility Plan, dated February 2009, was funded by a California Department of Transportation Environmental Justice Transportation Planning grant. On December 4, 2006, the Redevelopment Agency Board authorized acceptance of the $153,000 grant for the purpose of engaging local community members in the effort to improve access and mobility in and around the Stambaugh- Heller and Redwood Village neighborhoods. The resulting mobility study identified Woodside Road as the most significant barrier to pedestrian travel in and around the subject neighborhoods. The mobility study's recommendations included creating at-grade crosswalks at the intersection of Woodside Road and Middlefield Road to remove barriers and improve access for pedestrians and bicyclists. ANALYSIS The proposed agreement with Bellecci and Associates is the engineering design work for improvements at the intersection of Woodside and Middlefield as recommended by the mobility study. Woodside Road is a state highway and proposed improvements must be coordinated with and approved by Caltrans. Fehr & Peers performed the traffic operations analysis that Caltrans requires to support preparation of an encroachment permit. Caltrans has indicated its approval in principle of a design option contained in the Fehr & Peers report dated August 26, 2011. The design option consists of at-grade crosswalks and replacement of existing traffic signals to include pedestrian signals. Free right turns, which may create pedestrian and vehicle conflicts, will be eliminated to conform to current intersection design standards. The Woodside/Middlefield at-grade crosswalk is proposed in conjunction with other upcoming projects to improve mobility and aesthetics along the Middlefield corridor and adjacent neighborhoods. Other projects include providing a safer route to Hoover