05-082, All City Management Services
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CITY OF
CUPEI~TINO
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AGENDA ITEM
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SUBJECT AND ISSUE
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
AGENDA DATE August 16, 2005
Report on Lawson Middle School Pedestrian and Traffic Committee
Adoption of Resolution No. OS- f y o ,authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and
execute an amendment to the agreement with All City Management Services (ACS) to provide
for up to three additional school pedestrian crossing guards in the vicinity of the new Lawson
Middle School.
BACKGROUND
The Cupertino Union School District (CUSD) is in the process of converting Collins School in
Cupertino from an elementary to a middle school. Following the approval on a redistricting plan
within the City of Cupertino, a Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Committee consisting of City Staff,
CSUD staff, and representatives of the parent groups from each school. A variety of issues and
concerns were discussed over a period of six months to ensure that every effort is made to
provide safe routes to school for children walking or cycling to the schools in the Lawson area.
The City has installed countdown pedestrian head devices at key intersections and has installed
additional pedestrian warning signs to reflect the change in routes to school affected by the
redistricting plan within the City of Cupertino. The City has also sought grant funding from the
California Office of Traffic Safety advance school flashing beacons and in-roadway warning
lighting systems in this same area. Lastly, one of the considerations, which had been discussed as
an important adjunct to the traffic and safety programs, was the need for additional school
crossing guards.
City staff had, in anticipation of this need, prepared a budget proposal to provide additional
crossing guards as part of the FY 2005-2006 operating budget. However, it was indeterminate at
that time as how many crossing guards were needed and at what locations they would be
stationed. So the budget proposal was deferred until that evaluation had taken place.
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It has now been determined that three crossing guards will be needed at the intersections of De
Anza Boulevard and Mariam and Rodrigues Avenues as well as at Vista Drive and Stevens
Creek Boulevard. The City currently maintains a contract with a provider of crossing guards for
other locations in the City. An amendment to the contract with ACS would be required to place
the three additional crossing guards.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funding is available for the amendment to the ACS crossing guards contract in the approved FY
2005-2006 budget of the Service Center Administration Division, Account No. 110-8201-7014.
This funding is available because of some projected savings in contract services for the coming
fiscal year. Thereafter the incremental would be included in future FY budget proposals.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Adoption of Resolution No. OS- (~~ ,authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and
execute an amendment to the agreement with All City Management Services (ACS) to provide
for up to three additional school pedestrian crossing guards in the vicinity of the new Lawson
Middle School.
Submitted by: Ap ved for submission:
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Ralph A. Qualls, Jr. David W. Knapp
Director of Public Works City Manager
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