That the City Council:
A. Waive formal bid procedures per La Habra Municipal Code Section 4.20.070 (E) and utilize Cooperative Agreement for Project No. 74-46029 with the City of Fullerton for the Harbor Boulevard Corridor Project Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (RTSSP); and,

B. Approve and authorize the City Manager to issue purchase orders for the following equipment and services to be applied as a portion of the City's required local match contribution for the Harbor Boulevard Corridor RTSSP project to:
 

1. Western Systems of Everett, Washington, in the amount of $9,404.75 for the purchase of two (2) traffic cameras;

2. Iteris, Inc., of Santa Ana, California, in the amount of $67,688.18 for the purchase of video detection equipment; and,

3. CT West of Temecula, California, in the amount of $16,200.00 for the purchase of traffic controllers.

The Comprehensive Transportation Funding Programs (CTFP), administered by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), was developed to help fund local roadway improvement projects throughout Orange County. Measure M was a 20-year half-cent local transportation sales tax program approved in 1990. In 2006, Orange County voters approved the renewed Measure M (M2), which is a 30-year multi-billion dollar program extension of the original Measure M. In 2018, OCTA issued a "Call for Projects" related to funding made available under the Project "P" Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (RTSSP). Approximately $7.6 million was made available from RTSSP for capital, operational, and maintenance funding related to the coordination of traffic signals across local jurisdictional boundaries.

RTSSP guidelines require that all participating local agencies provide minimum matching funds of 20 percent for each project. Matching funds may be from local funds or in-kind services from local agency staff. The previously approved Harbor Boulevard Corridor signal synchronization project is such a project and is described as follows:

Harbor Boulevard Corridor Project
The Harbor Boulevard Corridor project was approved by the City Council in September 2022, and will synchronize traffic signals along Harbor Boulevard from Arbolita Drive in the City of La Habra to the SR-91 freeway interchange in the City of Fullerton. This 6.4 mile long project includes twenty-five (25) traffic signals in the cities of La Habra and Fullerton, as well as four (4) traffic signals operated by Caltrans. The City of Fullerton is serving as the lead agency for this project.

Total project cost for engineering, construction, project management, signal timing, and signal support is $2,718,774, with $2,174,995 secured from RTSSP funding. The City of La Habra is responsible for $144,670 of the remaining project cost, which will go toward the 20% required local match contribution.

The City of La Habra can apply the purchase price of the proposed traffic equipment, in the amount of $93,292.93, as a portion of its local match. Staff time and other project expenses will account for the $51,377.07 balance of the City's local match obligation. Pursuant to La Habra Municipal Code Section 4.20.070(E), staff is able to waive formal bid procedures as these purchases are computer and technology-related equipment necessary for the integration and operation of the project traffic signals.

The City is required to provide local matching funds for this project under the RTSSP funding guidelines. The City's share of the project cost is $144,670, and funding for the City's local match obligatoin is allocated from the adopted Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Gas Tax fund budget.