New City Council Prepares to Tackle First
Full Agenda
• Traffic Light, Park Design and
Street Sweeping Top List of Nitty-Gritty Decisions
The newly installed Malibu City Council
will be asked next week to allocate more money for the
installation of a Pacific Coast Highway/Corral Canyon Road
traffic light.
The council is being urged to pony up
another $64,800 for a redesign of the traffic signal that
canyon residents have clamored for the past several years.
The city had entered into an agreement with
state Department of Transportation in what was described as an
effort to expedite the installation of the signal by the
municipality overseeing the funding and design. Most recently,
Caltrans suggested alterations to the original design and after
a series of meetings between the city staff and state agency
came to an agreement on the final design. The work for the
design company David Evans and Associates, Inc., or DEA, has
become increasingly complex and in order for DEA to complete
the design that will incorporate Caltrans conditions and
standards, it will cost an additional $64,800.
Once the design is complete, Malibu will
submit the final draft to Caltrans for an encroachment permit
and funding approval. After the state’s approval has
been finalized, the project will be ready for public bidding,
according to city officials.
The installation of a traffic signal at the
location will allow vehicles entering PCH from Corral
Canyon Road through a signed, controlled intersection, thereby
potentially reducing accidents at that location, according to
city officials.
The proposal includes a provision for
U-turn movements at the intersection. The traffic signals are
being installed to allow a protected U-turn movement from
westbound PCH to eastbound PCH.
However, the consultant has told municipal
officials it was their understanding that Caltrans is currently
not willing to approve the protected U-turn due to the
warrants not being met. The city has, nevertheless, directed
DEA to proceed with the plans showing the U-turns and continue
to discuss this issue concurrently as the plans are processed.
Malibu had originally signed a $24,600
contract with DEA. The work done by DEA has already exceeded
the amount authorized and the firm came back to the city for
more money.
In other action, funding for phase two for
Las Flores Canyon Creek Park is set to air before the city
council when members will be asked to approve $109,730.
The council is being asked to authorize a
contract for MNS Engineers, Inc. as the design firm.
The previous council held a ribbon-cutting
event just before the election ceremoniously ending phase one,
which included restoration of the creek bed, creation of a
parking area on Rambla Pacifico, a trails system and
installation of park amenities.
Phase two will consist of the installation
of a pedestrian bridge that will connect the parking for
visitors from the Rambla Pacifico side of the park to the last
Flores Canyon Road side, according to municipal officials, who
indicate the work will also include the installation of a
restroom facility with an advanced onsite wastewater treatment
system.
A proposal for the design of phase two has
been put together. The staff said it anticipates the design to
be finished and ready for public bidding at the end of the
summer with construction to follow and finishing in the winter
2008.
The council is poised to approve a street
sweeping contract for $82,560.
The contract which was put out to bid will
extend an agreement awarded to CleanStreet for the next two
years. Clean Street has performed sweeping services for
the past two years and bid for contract that includes no price
increase.
The state will reimburse the city $39,360
per year for sweeping Pacific Coast Highway within the
city’s jurisdiction.
Richard Calvin, who is the city’s
public works superintendent, is expected to tell the council
the agreement with CleanStreet would benefit the city since it
will allow the city to lock-in prices that originated two years
ago and carry these same prices forward for the next two years.
