Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council. Memorandum of Understanding: Interstate 80 Integrated Corridor Mobility (I-80 ICM) Project

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1 Office of the City Manager CONSENT CALENDAR May 1, 2012 To: From: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council Christine Daniel, Interim City Manager Submitted by: Andrew Clough, Director, Public Works Subject: Memorandum of Understanding: Interstate 80 Integrated Corridor Mobility (I-80 ICM) Project RECOMMENDATION Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the documents necessary for the City of Berkeley to join other parties in the Memorandum of Understanding for the I-80 Integrated Corridor Mobility Project. SUMMARY This action is the next step for Berkeley s participation in the I-80 Integrated Corridor Mobility Project (I-80 ICM), a regional effort to reduce congestion, enhance safety, and increase the efficiency for all modes of travel along the I-80 corridor and designated portion of San Pablo Avenue. As stated in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU): The primary goal of the I-80 ICM project is to enhance the effectiveness of the existing transportation network, including the freeway, ramps, parallel arterials, and the crossing arterials in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, as well as the transit service. The City Council adopted Resolution No. 63,917 Supporting the I-80 Integrated Corridor Mobility (ICM) Project Project Concept and Funding Plan in December Other parties to the I-80 ICM Project MOU are: the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC), Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA), West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC), Contra Costa County, AC Transit, WestCAT, and the cities of Oakland, Emeryville, Albany, El Cerrito, Richmond, San Pablo, Pinole, and Hercules. The California Transportation Commission (CTC) funded Project costs of approximately $88 million. The City of Berkeley benefits from installation of traffic control devices within its boundaries worth approximately $200,000, in return for carrying an annual expenditure for maintenance estimated at $11,520. The Project is expected to be completed in the first quarter of calendar year FISCAL IMPACTS OF POSSIBLE FUTURE ACTION The estimated cost for the City to operate and maintain the devices obtained through this project is $11,520 per year. Funding for the project will be recommended for 2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley, CA Tel: (510) TDD: (510) Fax: (510) manager@cityofberkeley.info Website:

2 Memorandum of Understanding: CONSENT CALENDAR Interstate 80 Integrated Corridor Mobility (I-80 ICM) Project May 1, 2012 appropriation in the 2014 budget from the annual Measure B Local Streets & Roads allocation. CURRENT SITUATION AND ITS EFFECTS The I-80 corridor, from the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza in Oakland to the Carquinez Bridge in Crockett, is one of the key traffic corridors in the Bay Area and, according to an MTC Monitoring Report, was ranked as the most congested corridor for the last consecutive 6 years. The Project corridor consists of the I-80 freeway, San Pablo Avenue (State Route 123), and crossing connectors, which in Berkeley are Gilman Street, University Avenue, and Ashby Avenue. The I-80 ICM Project will create an integrated, comprehensive and multi-modal management system along the I-80 corridor, including parallel arterials and the connecting roadways in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. The project will create an effective solution to freeway and arterial management, providing rapid incident management and real-time traveler information to the public. The purpose of the MOU (see Attachment 2) is to: 1. Confirm support from all project partners, particularly local support for ramp metering and other freeway elements; 2. Articulate key operations and maintenance (O&M) principles for continuing project development; 3. Clarify ownership, O&M, and management responsibilities; 4. Clarify the distribution of costs and funding sources; 5. Outline the framework for multi-agency cooperation, collaboration, and conflict resolution; 6. Identify which Smart Corridor devices will be made part of the I-80 ICM project; and 7. Signify the ongoing commitment of the project partners to deliver the project and make it a success. Within the City of Berkeley, the transportation infrastructure would be enhanced through the project-paid improvements worth approximately $200,000 by adding the following hardware: 1. Emergency Vehicle Pre-emption devices: 5 locations 2. Trailblazer signs along San Pablo: 6 locations 3. Upgraded traffic signal controllers along San Pablo: 16 locations 4. Vehicle Video detection cameras: 11 locations 5. Traffic signal interconnect: 1 Page 2

3 Memorandum of Understanding: CONSENT CALENDAR Interstate 80 Integrated Corridor Mobility (I-80 ICM) Project May 1, 2012 BACKGROUND The source of almost $88 million of funding for the I-80 ICM Project is from the 2007 Bond Measure Act through the California Transportation Commission (CTC). The complete project has 3 parts: the freeway component ($55.3 million); project development local match ($8.1 million), provided by ACCMA and the Contra Costa Transportation Authority; and the local arterial and transit component ($24.3 million), through the Local Arterial Synchronization Account of the bond measure program. Given the level of traffic congestion along the I-80 Corridor, the CTC ranked the I-80 ICM Project as one with the highest cost-benefit ratio submitted for Bond Act consideration, with a return-on-investment of less than one year in transportation costs. The Berkeley portion of the project is expected to be completed by early calendar year In December 2007, the Berkeley City Council adopted Resolution No. 63,917 Supporting the I-80 Integrated Corridor Mobility (ICM) Project Project Concept and Funding Plan. The MOU reflects the goals, policies, and procedures agreed upon by the parties to enhance traffic operations along the I-80 corridor in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. It also identifies the overall commitment and responsibilities of ownership, operation and maintenance of the traffic control equipment installed as part of the Project. RATIONALE FOR RECOMMENDATION This regional project provides the City with project-paid and installed safety and efficiency improvements at some of the major intersections along San Pablo and the crossing connectors to I-80. It offers an excellent benefit without incurring a capital expenditure by the City, and having a very reasonable carrying cost for operation and maintenance. ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS CONSIDERED Not participating in this regional project was considered, however, it would have deprived the City of Berkeley of increased traffic safety and operational improvements without capital costs. CONTACT PERSON Hamid Mostowfi, P.E., Supervising Traffic Engineer, Public Works, Attachments: 1: Resolution 2: I-80 ICM Memorandum of Understanding 3: Letter of support from PW Transportation Page 3

4 RESOLUTION NO. ##,###-N.S. JOIN OTHER PARTIES IN THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THE I-80 INTEGRATED CORRIDOR MOBILITY (ICM) PROJECT WHEREAS, Interstate 80 ( I-80 ) is an integrated freeway, arterial and principal transportation corridor from the Carquinez Bridge to the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza, a distance of approximately 20.5 miles, for the movement of people, goods, and services within Contra Costa and Alameda counties; and WHEREAS, Alameda County Congestion Management Agency ( ACCMA ), West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee ( WCCTAC ), Contra Costa Transportation Authority ( CCTA ), California Department of Transportation District 4 ( Caltrans ), and Metropolitan Transportation Commission ( MTC ) (collectively the Sponsoring Agencies ), in partnership with Contra Costa County, the cities of Hercules, Pinole, San Pablo, Richmond, El Cerrito, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, and Oakland, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District ( AC Transit ) and Western Contra Costa Transit Authority ( WestCAT ) (collectively the the Participating Agencies ), jointly participated in the development of a Systems Engineering Management Plan ( SEMP ) and a Project Study Report ( PSR ) defining the I-80 Integrated Corridor Mobility Project ( I-80 ICM Project ); and WHEREAS, the I-80 ICM Project was ranked by the California Transportation Commission ( CTC ) as one of the highest cost-benefit ratio projects submitted for the Bond Act consideration, with a return-on-investment of less than one year in transportation costs; and WHEREAS, the Participating Agencies have identified the overall goals of the I-80 Project to include improvement of mobility, enhancement of safety and increase in efficiency for all modes of travel along the corridor; and WHEREAS, due to physical and environmental constraints along the Corridor there are no other viable, short term roadway widening projects that can address congestion and mobility in the Corridor; and WHEREAS, other transportation and commute programs and projects are in place or are planned in the Corridor; and WHEREAS, with the support of the other Sponsoring Agencies, the Project has been funded for its cost of approximately $88 million; and WHEREAS, the projected cost to operate and maintain the devices obtained through this Project to enhance traffic operation and safety within the City of Berkeley is estimated at $11,520 per year; and

5 WHEREAS, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been developed to support the I-80 ICM Project, and which identifies the overall commitment and responsibilities of ownership, operation and maintenance of the traffic control equipment installed as part of the Project. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Berkeley that the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute the documents necessary for the City of Berkeley to join other parties in the Memorandum of Understanding for the I-80 Integrated Corridor Mobility Project, along with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC), Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA), West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC), Contra Costa County, AC Transit, WestCAT, the cities of Oakland, Emeryville, Albany, El Cerrito, Richmond, San Pablo, Pinole, and Hercules.

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