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2. Discussion Regarding Washington/Beatrice/I-880 Interchange Project <br />Ken Joseph presented this project. In the 1990s Caltrans had aproblem -traffic on Beatrice <br />was backing up onto freeway. A proposed Caltrans project would have closed Beatrice. This <br />proposal was not acceptable to the community. At about the same time, the City had a <br />problem with traffic backing up on Washington Avenue at Beatrice and at the entry to the <br />Greenhouse Marketplace. The City prepared eight alternative solutions that were presented <br />to the community. <br />The preferred project's goals will: 1) provide better freeway access, 2) eliminate crossover at <br />Beatrice and Washington and 3) deal with traffic light timing at Fargo by adding left turn <br />lanes on Washington and a third lane exiting the shopping center. This is a no right-of--way <br />project. As Caltrans canceled its project, the preferred City project allows a future Caltrans <br />project to be built without the need for right of way acquisition. Staff met and agreed with <br />Safeway and the Greenhouse Marketplace manager to improve the ingress/egress at <br />Washington and Fargo. Construction work that would improve parking lot circulation is not <br />part of this project. <br />The majority of the project is within Caltrans' right of way and the City must obtain a <br />Caltrans permit before proceeding. The work will be phased to provide access during the <br />construction. The on-ramp to I880/I238 will need to be closed during certain activities. The <br />project is scheduled to go to bid in April. <br />3. Update on Marina Overcrossing Project <br />Keith Cooke updated the group on the Marina overcrossing, which was recently hit again. <br />On February 25, 2008, weather permitting, during the day Caltrans will close both westbound <br />lanes on Marina Boulevard. The cost will be $2 million. The overcrossing is scheduled to be <br />replaced in 2012. <br />4. Discussion Regarding WPCP Co-generation <br />The project concept is to install three generators to produce all the normal power the plant <br />would use. Supplemental energy will continue to be supplied by PG&E. This is both an <br />energy saving project and a green project, which will lessen our carbon footprint. From a <br />money perspective, we can use the energy savings to finance the project. Rebate funds are <br />driving a very aggressive timeline. We need to have the project running by the end of the <br />year, which will require an agreement going to Council by April 7. <br />Discussion followed- Councilmember Starosciak mentioned that she used to sell this kind of <br />project for Honeywell and listed some critical items: 1) how much can they guarantee -the <br />longer the period, the less certain; 2) the length and strength of the annual maintenance <br />contract; 3) experience of the company doing these projects. The trucks required for the <br />grease delivery are of concern due to increased traffic on Davis Street. There will be only <br />two trucks a day. <br />2 <br />