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<br />CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br /> <br />STAFF REPORT <br /> <br />APPROVED AND <br />FORWARDED <br />TO CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />July 16, 2007 <br /> <br />Jo <br />Ci <br /> <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />John J ermanis, City Manager <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />i <br />i <br />Uchenna Udemezue, Director1'. <br />Engineering and TransportatiorrD~partment <br /> <br />BY: <br /> <br />Keith R. Cooke, Principal Engineer <br /> <br />SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: <br /> <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT <br />WITH THE OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY TO ACCEPT A TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANT IN <br />AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $126,000 TO FUND THE INST ALLA TION OF VEHICLE <br />SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS ON NINE STREET SEGMENTS <br /> <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to <br />execute an agreement with the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to accept a traffic safety grant in <br />an amount not to exceed $126,000 to fund the installation of the vehicle speed feedback signs on <br />nine street segments. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />Each October the OTS requests proposals addressing traffic safety problems from all interested <br />and eligible agencies. The OTS awards federal funding on a competitive basis to state and local <br />political subdivision of the state. The traffic safety grants are distributed statewide and <br />regionally, as well as to programs that service seven identified regions, which include: Northern <br />California, Bay Area, Central Coast, Central California, Inland Empire, Los Angeles and Orange <br />Counties and Southern Border. <br /> <br />The OTS provides funding assistance to agencies with the greatest need. Therefore, a <br />comprehensive evaluation is part of the proposal review process. The OTS evaluates proposals <br />using the following criteria: <br />. potential traffic safety impact of proposed activities <br />. collision statistics and rankings <br />. seriousness of identified problems <br />. performance on previous grants <br />. proportionality of funding requested with identified traffic safety problem(s) <br />. value of the funding requested for the proposed activities <br />