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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/pw <br />Item # 24 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />December 7, 2021 <br />TOPIC: Traffic Signal and Street Lighting Maintenance <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Approve Agreement Amendments with Econolite Systems Inc. and California <br />Professional Engineering Inc. for Traffic Signal and Street Lighting Maintenance <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a first amendment to the agreement with <br />Econolite Systems Inc. to expand the Traffic Signal maintenance scope of work and <br />increase the expenditure amount by $825,000, for a total agreement amount not to <br />exceed $4,200,000 for the remaining term of the agreement expiring July 1, 2024, <br />subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and the City <br />Attorney. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager to execute a first amendment to the agreement with <br />California Professional Engineering Inc. to expand the Street Lighting maintenance <br />scope of work and increase the expenditure amount by $360,000, for a total <br />agreement amount not to exceed $2,619,184 for the remaining term of the agreement <br />expiring October 1, 2024, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City <br />Manager and the City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Econolite System Inc. and California Professional Engineering (CPE) Inc. provide <br />electrical maintenance services for the City’s Traffic Signal and Street Lighting Systems. <br />There are two separate contracts, one for Traffic Signals and the other for Street Lighting. <br />Although the contracts are separate, the scope of services of the two agreements are <br />similar in nature providing preventative and emergency on-call maintenance services for <br />the citywide electrical systems. The two maintenance programs were previously managed <br />by separate sections within Public Works; however to improve efficiencies, both programs <br />are now under the supervision of the Public Works - Traffic Engineering Section (now <br />Traffic Signals and Street Lighting Division) as of the beginning of the current calendar <br />year. <br />By merging services, City Staff will be able to streamline repair services and improve <br />emergency response time to unforeseen circumstances such as damages caused by