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Red Light Photo Enforcement Program 2 April 18, 2011 Current City Council Policy Not applicable. Previous City Council Action(s) • On September 6, 2005, by Resolution No. 2005 -127, the City Council approved a five (5)- year agreement with Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc. to provide a Red Light Photo Enforcement Program. • On April 4, 2011, by Minute Order No. 2011 -066, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute an agreement extension with directions to negotiate for more favorable terms and bring an agreement back to the City Council for consideration. Fiscal Impact The equipment used for the Red Light Camera System is on a lease basis from the vendor, Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc. The monthly leasing fee per approach was $5,800 during the duration of the expired contract. The negotiated fee for the new contract is $5,200 monthly per approach, and the number of approaches has been reduced to five (5). It was determined that there was no longer a need for a red light camera at the approach at Lewelling Boulevard/Washington Avenue due to the drastically reduced number of violations since the deployment of the camera, and the lack of fines generated to cover the monthly leasing cost. The new contract will have a long term construction clause that gives the City protection should a red light camera intersection be under construction for an extended period of time, not allowing photo enforcement to take place. The clause has the City continue to pay for the intersection for the first 7 days of construction; the terms of the contract for that approach will then be suspended until the construction is completed. The contract proposal also contains clauses that would suspend the contract should legal issues arise that do not allow us to enforce red light camera violations. These issues are covered at both the State Supreme Court and Alameda County Superior Court levels. The new contract contains a CPI Cap of 2% per year. Projecting out the maximum 2% increase per year during the life of the contract would have the following results: • 2011 - $5,200 per month / per approach • 2012 - $5,304 per month / per approach • 2013 - $5,410.08 per month / per approach • 2014 - $5,518.28 per month / per approach • 2015 - $5,628.65 per month / per approach • 2016 - $5,741.22 per month / per approach • 2017 - $5,856.04 per month / per approach • 2018 - $5,973.17 per month / per approach Budget Authority Red Light Camera General Fund Account - 010 -21- 021 -5610 ' Tracy Vesely,''Finance Di ctor