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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/pw <br />Item # 23 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />May 3, 2022 <br />TOPIC: Amend Traffic Counting Services Agreements <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Approve a Reallocation of Funds and Increase the Shared Agreement Amount by <br />$40,000 for Existing Agreements with TSI and AIM for a new Aggregate Amount not to <br />Exceed $140,000 (Non-General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Approve the reallocation of $40,000 in unspent Measure M2 Local Fairshare funds <br />from Traffic Management Plans FY19/20 Project (No. 20-6897) to Traffic Management <br />Plans FY 20/21 Project (No. 21-6897). <br />2. Authorize the City Manager to execute agreement amendments for traffic counting <br />services with AimTD, LLC and Transportation Studies, Inc. to increase the shared <br />agreement amount by $40,000, for an aggregate agreement amount of $140,000, <br />subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and the City <br />Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City performs studies for neighborhood traffic safety on an on-going basis, and <br />current traffic counts and field data are needed to recommend improvements that will lead <br />to positive benefits to our community. To gather this information, staff needs access to <br />specialized traffic counting services to conduct counts, collect data and conduct speed <br />surveys. <br />On July 20, 2021, the City Council approved professional services agreements with <br />AimTD LLC (“AIM”) and Transportation Studies, Inc. (“TSI”) for traffic counting services. <br />The approval allocated $40,000 for use in Fiscal Year 2021-22. Due to the large number <br />of traffic counts that have been conducted in the current fiscal year, this year’s fund <br />expenditure limit of $40,000 has been reached. To continue to address neighborhood <br />traffic safety related concerns, and to allow for additional counts needed to apply for <br />grants, an increase in the expenditure limit is needed for the current fiscal year. Staff <br />recommends amending the agreements by increasing the shared amount by $40,000, for <br />a total of $80,000 for this fiscal year (Exhibit 1-2).