For City Council Meeting October 28, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Tanya Williams, City Manager
FROM: Tim Sullivan, Assistant City Manager
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Request City Council to: (1) Accept the Highway Safety Improvement Program Cycle 12 Grant from the California Department of Transportation for the School Crossing & Pedestrian Safety Improvements Project; (2) Accept the Highway Safety Improvement Program Cycle 12 Grant from the California Department of Transportation for the Citywide Traffic Signal Upgrade Improvements Project; and (3) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents.
(ACTION)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1) Accept the Highway Safety Improvement Program Cycle 12 Grant from the California Department of Transportation in the amount of $268,740;
2) Accept the Highway Safety Improvement Program Cycle 12 Grant from the California Department of Transportation in the amount of $4,876,200; and
3) Authorize the City Manager or their designee to execute all related documents.
BACKGROUND
On May 6, 2024, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced Cycle 12 of the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Call for projects.
As part of the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant accepted by City Council on May 9, 2023, the City developed a draft Safety Action Plan that uses data-driven analysis to identify high-priority locations where targeted safety improvements will have the greatest impact on reducing traffic crashes and improving pedestrian and vehicle safety. Based on these findings, staff identified critical locations for proposed countermeasure improvements to submit a competitive application under the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Cycle 12. The identified priority locations include the following:
1. Alder Avenue and Riverside Avenue
2. Sycamore Avenue and Baseline Road
3. Riverside Avenue and Foothill Boulevard
4. Acadia Avenue and Ria...
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