REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: SCOTT MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: JILL M. GORMLEY, TE, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Traffic & Engineering Services Division
ANDREINA AGUILAR, Chief Engineering Technician
Public Works Department, Traffic & Engineering Services Division
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to professional consulting services for the Vision Zero Action Plan (Citywide)
1. Approve a Professional Consultant Services Agreement with TDG Engineering, Inc., an affiliate of Toole Design Group, LLC., in the amount not to exceed four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) and a contingency amount not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) for any additional work.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve a professional consulting services agreement between the City of Fresno (City) and TDG Engineering, Inc. (Consultant) to provide professional consulting services for the Public Works Traffic & Engineering Services Division for the Vision Zero Action Plan and authorize the Public Works Director or designee to the agreement on behalf of the City.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Public Works Department seeks City Council's approval for a Professional Consulting Services Agreement with TDG Engineering, Inc. an affiliate of Toole Design Group, LLC., for the City's Vision Zero Action Plan. The Plan is crucial to acting on the City's commitments to systemic change leading to the elimination of traffic fatalities and serious injuries while increasing health, safety, and equitable mobility for all. The Plan will outline a strategic planning framework to prioritize and implement safety enhancements that most effectively improve safety for all users as a first step towards the aspirational goal of eliminating traffic deaths and an important acknowledgement that achieving this goal will require a fundamental shift in the day-to-day "business" of transportation in the City of Fresno.
BACKGROUND
The De...
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