City Council
MEETING DATE: 4/11/2018
TITLE:
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Signal Synchronization Participating Agreement
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FROM:
Charlie McClendon, City Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council approve the Signal Synchronization Participating Agreement between the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) and the City of Cathedral City.
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BACKGROUND:
At the February 26, 2018 meeting of the CVAG Executive Committee, the Signal Synchronization Participating Agreement was approved. Approval by the individual member cities' Councils is now required.
On December 13, 2017 staff from CVAG and the City Engineer provided an update on the project in study session. In addition to facilitating traffic movement, the report indicated that Cathedral City will benefit as older signal control equipment is replaced with current technology as required by the synchronization project.
DISCUSSION:
The Draft Agreement was presented on November 6, 2017 to the CVAG Transportation Committee, which approved the staff recommendation with the understanding that the language could be reviewed by individual jurisdictions before the Executive Committee voted on it. At the November 13, 2017, Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting, the City of Rancho Mirage requested a continuance of this item to allow time for their legal counsel to review the draft agreement. After discussion, the Committee recommended continuing the item to the January 2018 TAC meeting, allowing additional time for all jurisdictions to review the draft agreement and provide any recommended changes. Formal comments on the Participating Agreement were received from several jurisdictions. In most cases the comments requested clarifications in the draft language. Rather than providing formal comments on the draft Participating Agreement, the City of Rancho Mirage submitted a letter opting not to participate in the Signal Synchronization Program. That letter is included in the C...
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