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TO:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
ATTENTION:Ryan Smoot, City Manager
FROM:Len Gorecki, Assistant City Manager/Director of Public Works Sarah Ho, Public Works Manager
SUBJECT:Consideration and possible action to authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement File No. 257.7, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with Gateway Cities Council of Governments, for the implementation of the Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study.
DATE:October 14, 2024
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This action would authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with the Gateway Cities Council of Governments (Gateway) for the administration, coordination and cost sharing for the implementation of the Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study. The study includes development of a master plan for Alondra Boulevard through the cities of La Mirada, Santa Fe Springs, Norwalk, Cerritos, Bellflower, Paramount, Compton and LA County Unincorporated, all cities/agencies in the Los Angeles Gateway region.
RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL
1) Authorize the City Manager to execute Agreement File No. 257.7, in a form approved by the City Attorney; and
2) Approve a budget amendment to allocate $31,875 in Account No. 135-41200-3600 for fiscal year 2024-25; or
3) Alternatively, discuss and take other action related to this item.
FISCAL IMPACT
The total cost for the City per the terms of the amendment is $31,875.
DISCUSSION
At the Gateway Board of Directors Meeting on March 6, 2024, the board members discussed and approved an item to consider an Agreement with the cities of La Mirada, Santa Fe Springs, Norwalk Cerritos, Bellflower, Paramount, Compton and LA County Unincorporated to develop a complete street study for Alondra Boulevard. -1-
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Staff Report – Agreement File No. 257.7
October 14, 2024
DISCUSSION – Continued
The Gateway Cities Strategic Transportation Plan includes a Master Plan for Arterial Highways in the region which incorporates the Complete Streets concept. Complete streets are designed to maximize the efficiency of automobile, truck, and bus traffic as well as bicycle and pedestrian traffic. Completion of a plan puts the participating cities in a good position to apply for funding in the future for these improvements.
Gateway has previously completed six other Complete streets corridor studies including Artesia Boulevard, Lakewood/Rosemead Boulevard, Atlantic Boulevard, Florence Avenue, Imperial Highway and Telegraph Road. The City of Bellflower participated in both the Artesia Boulevard and Lakewood/Rosemead Boulevard studies. The consensus of the City and County representatives was to move forward with a study for Alondra Boulevard to be completed by Gateway’s consultant engineers. The study will take a year and a half to complete and has an estimated cost of $229,200. The study will be partially funded by the participating agencies under a formula based on the linear miles of Alondra Boulevard street frontage areas. The remaining portion of the project is paid by Metro. The full agreement attached to this report also includes the cost share for each participating agency.
ATTACHMENT
Agreement File No. 257.7…...…………………………………………………………………3
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ALONDRA BOULEVARD COMPLETE STREET STUDY
IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
GATEWAY CITIES COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
AND
CITY OF ________________
THIS ALONDRA BOULEVARD COMPLETE STREET STUDY IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered as of the ____ day of ___________, 2024, by and between the Gateway Cities Council of Governments (“Gateway”) and the City of __________________________, a municipal corporation (“City”), individually a “party” and collectively, the “parties”.
W I T N E S S E T H:
In consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Findings. This Agreement is made and entered into with respect to the following facts:
(a) Alondra Boulevard is a major east/west arterial corridor through the Gateway Cities from Calverton Drive in the City of La Mirada west to Shashkins Avenue in the City of Compton for a total of 15.28 miles. (b) Alondra Boulevard carries a significant amount of traffic, particularly in relieving heavy traffic volumes along the I-710, I-605, and I-5 freeways, which it crosses at varying points.
(c) The City, along with other agencies through which the Alondra Boulevard Corridor (“Corridor”) runs, is desirous of establishing a “Complete Streets” study for a subregional arterial corridor plan for this major Corridor to relieve traffic congestion and to enhance active transportation opportunities in the neighboring communities, and for GCCOG to coordinate and implement such a study (“Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study” or the “Study”). (d) The development of the Study would position the participating agencies to apply for, and receive, federal, state, and regional funding for improvement of the Corridor.
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(e) Section 21 of Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement of the Gateway Cities Council of Governments, to which the City is a signatory, provides that when authorized by the Board of Directors, affected Members may execute an implementation agreement for the purpose of authorizing GCCOG to implement, manage and administer area-wide and regional programs in the interest of the local public welfare, and that the costs incurred by such program, including indirect costs, shall be assessed only to those members who are parties to an implementation agreement.
Section 2. Implementation of Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study. To the fullest extent of its authority, the City authorizes GCCOG to implement and initiate the Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study, including any initial feasibility studies required to coordinate with other transportation studies. Further, the City authorizes GCCOG to request funding from and to partner with other public agencies for the Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study (including, but not limited to, Caltrans, SCAG, and Metro).
Section 3. Scope of Work. The Scope of Work to be performed for the Study under this Agreement is described in Attachment A attached hereto and incorporated by this reference.
Section 4. Assessment for Proportional Costs of Study. The City agrees to pay to GCCOG upon execution of this Agreement an assessment in the amount set forth in Attachment A for City’s proportional share of the projected costs of the Study.
Section 5. Committees.
(a) Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study Committee. There is hereby established a committee to be known as the Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study Committee. The Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study Committee shall consist of an elected member of the legislative body of each agency that has entered into a Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study Implementation Agreement with GCCOG, designated by the respective legislative bodies. The Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study Committee will work in coordination with the Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study Technical Advisory Committee to provide policy assistance, guidance, and direction to GCCOG regarding the Study. All members of the Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study Committee shall receive a stipend of one hundred dollars ($100) for attendance at each meeting.
(b) Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study Technical Advisory Committee. There is hereby established a committee to be known as the Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study Technical Advisory Committee. The Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study Technical Advisory Committee shall consist of a staff representative of each agency that has entered into an Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study Implementation Agreement with GCCOG, designated by the City Manager or, for the County of Los Angeles, the appropriate designating authority. Such designated representative shall be the Public Works Director or other employee or consultant with -4-
relevant technical knowledge. The Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study Technical Advisory Committee shall report to and receive direction from the Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study Committee.
Section 6. Meetings. All regular, adjourned, and special meetings of the committees established by this Agreement shall be called and conducted in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act, Government Code Section 54950 et seq., as amended from time to time.
Section 7. Defense and Indemnification.
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Party (“Indemnifying Party”) mutually agrees to defend, indemnify, and save and hold harmless the other Party, its officials, officers, agents, employees, and volunteers (“Indemnified Party”) from and against any claim, loss, liability, damage, lawsuit, cost, or expense (“Claim”) that arises out of, or is any way related to, the performance of this Agreement and attributable to the acts or omissions of the Indemnifying Party. This obligation extends, without limitation, to any injury, death, loss, or damage which occurs in the performance of the Agreement. Each Party certifies that it has adequate self-insured retention of funds to meet any obligation arising from this Agreement, and it shall continue to maintain such funds throughout the term of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be construed to require any Party to defend and indemnify the other Party from any Claim arising from the sole negligence or willful misconduct of the other Party. Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing an award of attorney fees in any action on or to enforce the terms of this Agreement. This obligation shall apply to all Claims and liability regardless of whether any insurance policies are applicable. Any policy limits shall not act as a limitation upon the amount of defense or indemnification to be provided.
(b) At its sole discretion, the Indemnified Party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any claim, action or proceeding, but such participation shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of any obligation imposed by this Agreement. The Parties shall notify each other promptly of any claim, action or proceeding and cooperate fully in the defense. The Parties agree to defend themselves from any claim, action or proceeding arising out of the concurrent acts or omissions of each Party. In such cases, the Parties agree to retain their own legal counsel, bear their own defense costs, and waive their right to seek reimbursement of such costs. Where a trial verdict or arbitration award allocates or determines the comparative fault of the Parties, the Parties may seek reimbursement and/or reallocation of defense costs, settlement payments, judgments and awards, consistent with such comparative fault.
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Section 8. Notices. Any notice required to be given or delivered by any provision of this Agreement shall be deposited in any United States Post Office, registered or certified, postage prepaid, addressed as set forth below, and shall be deemed to have been received by the Party to whom the same is addressed at the expiration of seventy- two (72) hours thereafter. Written notice shall be directed as follows unless a Party provides written notice of change of address for notices:
To GCCOG: Gateway Cities Council of Governments
16401 Paramount Boulevard
Paramount, CA 90723
Attention: Executive Director
To City: __________________
__________________
__________________
__________________
Section 9. Waiver. Waiver by a party to this Agreement of any term, condition, or covenant of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other term, condition, or covenant. Waiver by any party of any breach of the provisions of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other provision, or a waiver of any subsequent breach or violation of any provision of this Agreement.
Section 10. Law to Govern; Venue. This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed, and governed according to the laws of the State of California. In the event of litigation between the parties, venue in state trial courts shall lie exclusively in the County of Los Angeles.
Section 11. Construction. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises with respect to this Agreement, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and in accordance with its fair meaning. There shall be no presumption or burden of proof favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 12. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements, whether written or oral, with respect thereto. This Agreement may be amended as agreed upon by the Parties in writing.
Section 13. Severability. If any term, provision, condition or covenant of this Agreement is declared or determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby and the Agreement shall be read and construed without the invalid, void or unenforceable provision(s).
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Section 14. Attorneys’ Fees. In the event litigation or other proceeding is required to enforce or interpret any provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party in such litigation or other proceeding shall be entitled to an award of reasonable fees, costs and expenses, in addition to any other relief to which it may be entitled.
Section 15. Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor of a Party.
Section 16. Assignment and Delegation. Neither Party shall assign any rights nor delegate any duties under this Agreement without the written consent of the other Party.
Section 17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which together shall constitute a single agreement, and each of which shall be an original for all purposes.
Section 18. Execution. The persons executing this Agreement on behalf of the Parties warrant and represent that they have the authority to execute this Agreement on behalf of the Parties and have the authority to bind the Parties to the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 19. Electronic Signatures. The Parties acknowledge and agree that execution of this Agreement by electronic signatures or electronic transmittal of signatures are the same as handwritten signatures for the purposes of validity, enforceability, and admissibility.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused the Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first written above.
CITY OF ______________
By:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
By:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_____________________________
City Attorney
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GATEWAY CITIES COUNCIL OF
GOVERNMENTS
________________________________
Ariel Pe, President
ATTEST:
_________________________________
Hector De La Torre, Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM
_________________________________
Ivy M. Tsai, General Counsel
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Attachment A
Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study
Scope of Work and Budget
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Attachment A
Gateway Cities Council of Governments
SCOPE OF WORK
Project ID: LA0G1717
Project Title: Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Study
Project Limits: The project is located at Calverton Drive in the City of La Mirada west to Shashkins Avenue in the City of Compton, for a total of 15.28 miles.
Which traverses through the jurisdictions of La Mirada, Santa Fe Springs, Cerritos, Norwalk, Bellflower, Paramount, Compton, and Unincorporated LA,
in the Gateway Cities Council of Governments area.
Project Description:
Develop a subregional Complete Street master plan for Alondra Boulevard, which is a high priority high quality transit arterial within the Gateway Cities. This high priority corridor is based on the Gateway Cities COG Board approved prioritization process. The limits extend from COG boundary to COG boundary for a total of approximately 15.28 miles (total). This masterplan will maximize multimodal opportunities on this E/W arterial corridor within the Gateway Cities, as well as maximize our ability to obtain grants for design and construction.
Project Funding:
PROJECT ITEM Grant funds
(LACMTA) LOCAL
AGENCY
TOTAL
Planning, Design,
Engineering
$163,414
$65,787
$229,201
TOTAL BUDGET COST $163,414 $65,787 $229,201
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SCOPE:
I. Task 1: Project Management and Administration
a. Project Initiation
The GCCOG will hold a kick-off meeting with the Cities and Metro to discuss the project scope of work, goals and objectives. A meeting agenda, minutes and action items listing will be produced.
b. Project Administration
The GCCOG will submit complete invoice packages to Metro based on existing/status quo protocol. The progress report will contain the following components:
1. Executive summary
2. Description of the tasks or deliverables completed
3. Management issues, including status, resolution and action items
4. Project task schedule describing percentages of completeness of each task
5. Schedule and schedule tracking narrative
6. List of deliverable items
7. Dollar amount for which payment is requested.
c. Project Management
The GCCOG will complete the project including the technical tasks included in this scope as well as the Project Management of the overall project. b. Task 2: Review Existing Documentations
The GCCOG will gather all relevant document and literature for review and summarize useful information and findings relating to the Corridor, including the STP, relevant transit plans, relevant agency land use plans, and relevant as-builts.
Deliverable: Technical memo/ summary report listing documents reviewed.
c. Task 3: Corridor Evaluation Documentations
a. Existing Conditions Corridor Evaluation and Analysis The GCCOG will conduct thorough existing conditions analysis by identifying opportunities and constraints for the multimodal Corridor. This is partially obtained via a 1-on-1 meeting with each agency, which will be documented in the report.
Evaluation analysis could include the current traffic conditions and Levels of Service, truck volumes/impacts, pavement needs, pedestrian and bicycle traffic, transit connections, parking and other commercial and residential linkages, and City entryways, or gateways, and potential safe routes to school options. -11-
b. Future Conditions Corridor Evaluation and Analysis
The GCCOG will use data and information from recent studies on future conditions along the project Corridor and conduct thorough future conditions analysis for the multimodal Corridor. Evaluation analysis would include the 2035 traffic conditions and Levels of Service, truck volumes/impacts, pavement needs, pedestrian and bicycle traffic, transit connections, parking and other commercial and residential linkages, and City entryways, or gateways, and potential safe routes to school options.
Deliverable: Technical memo/ summary report regarding the existing conditions, constraints, opportunities.
d. Task 4: Conduct Complete Streets Needs Analysis
The GCCOG will conduct a detailed needs analysis for complete streets and multimodal Corridor development, along with identifying constraints/opportunities.
Deliverable: Technical memo/ summary report regarding the needs and along with providing recommendations for consideration based on the constraints and opportunities.
e. Task 5: Community and Stakeholder Outreach
a. Stakeholder and Community Outreach
The GCCOG will coordinate meetings to discuss project with various stakeholder agencies. The GCCOG will also conduct stakeholder outreach after developing the concept alternatives and after the development of the draft Master Plan.
The GCCOG will develop a workshop to introduce the project to the public, define project parameters, inform community of project opportunities and constraints, and solicit opinions from the community. The GCCOG will also conduct community outreach after developing the concept alternatives and after the development of the draft Master Plan.
Deliverable: Coordinate and attend Meetings and a coordinate and conduct a Workshop.
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f. Task 6: Complete Streets Implementation Alternatives a. Develop Alternatives
Based on the existing and future conditions evaluation and the stakeholder/community input, the GCCOG will develop alternative concepts for complete street implementation, and will include plans, sketches, and photos.
Two primary alternatives considered include 1) the Florence Avenue Corridor as a “Complete Street” in an “unconstrained” condition to quantify the high level engineering and feasibility, and 2) as a multi-modal Corridor evaluated for consistency across the sub-region, including a potentially phased approach to a Complete Street, along with any major challenges as well as project benefits so that potential funding partners could understand the holistic context of the improvements.
Deliverable: Develop concepts and exhibits, via alternatives, to support the needs identified.
g. Task 7: Prepare Conceptual Complete Streets Plan
Based on the preferred design alternative chosen in the stakeholder and community outreach efforts and discussions with the Cities, the GCCOG will develop a draft Concept Master Plan.
Deliverable: Develop concept plan to incorporate into the Draft Report. This is the first step in creating the Draft Report.
h. Task 8: Develop Conceptual Design Alternatives for Complete Streets Plan with Cost Estimates
The GCCOG will develop conceptual design alternatives with cost estimates.
Illustrations will be made in plan view, as street cross sections, and as sketches.
Deliverable: Develop cost estimates to accompany the concept alterative preferred, to incorporate into the draft Report.
i. Task 9: Presentation to Committees and City Councils, Describing Quantified and Other Benefits
The GCCOG will prepare and present PowerPoint presentations to Committees and City Councils, describing quantified and other benefits.
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j. Task 10: Finalize Conceptual Design of Complete Streets Master Plan with Needed Delivery Schedule for Preliminary Engineering, Design, and Construction The GCCOG will finalize the Master Plan, with proposed implementation schedule concepts indicating funding opportunities to leverage.
Deliverable: Prepare final report for approval by the Corridor Committee.
Project Cost, including Overall Funding, by Jurisdiction:
The following tables includes the linear distance of the Corridor by jurisdiction, and a funding cost summary. Based on past Complete Streets efforts, and overall cost was developed for the project.
The GCCOG coordinated with Metro to provide a grant in the total amount of $163,414 for the Alondra Boulevard Corridor. To fully fund the project, this Implementation Agreement includes a 29% match, which is defined in the table below under the “Portion Paid by City” column, to fully fund the overall project scope of work totaling $229,200.
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GCCOG
Subsidy to Jurisdiction Total Project
Project via Contribution Study Cost
Prop C
Total Miles per Jurisidciton
and
Cost Breakdown
La Mirada 1.70 S 18,180.88 S 7,319.12 5 25,500.00
Santa Fe Springs 1.01 S 10,801.58 S 4,348.42 S 15,150.00 Norwalk 2.69 S 28,715.09 S 11,559.91 S 40,275.00
Cerritos 0.87 S 9,250.86 S 3,724.14 S 12,975.00
Bellflower 2.13 S 22,726.10 S 9,148.90 S 31,875.00
Paramount 2.40 S 25,613.65 S 10,311.35 S 35,925.00
Compton 4.13 S 44,115.36 S 17,759.64 S 61,875.00
(Not GCCOG) 0.26 S 2,780.60 S 1,119.40 S 3,900.00
LA County Unincorporated 5 1,229.88 $ 495.12 $ 1,725.00 Total Corridor Miles _. ' 163,414 65,786.00 S 229,200.00
Schedule:
The Gateway Cities Council of Governments (GCCOG) proposes to complete the Alondra Boulevard Complete Street Evaluation and Master Plan over the period of approximately 1 1/2 years, with an anticipated kick off on July 1, 2024.
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Alondra Corridor Complete Street Schedule
Gateway Cities Council of Governments
TASK
Exhibit 1 - Revised Schedule
Start Date Estimate =
DRUG RESS START
7/1/2024
EN [I Weeks per
Task
1 [Months 1.6)
Task 1 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT ANDADMINISTRATTON
Task 2 - REVIEW EXIS'HNG DOCUMENTATIONS 095 7/1/24 5/1/25 43 096 (Mll'llll 512) a
Task 3 - CORRIDOR EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS — EXISTING AND FUTURE CONDrTIONS AS MULTI 0% 10/1/24 5/1/25 43 ms
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Task 4 - CONDUCT COM PLETESTREETS NEEDS ANALYSIS 09:. 11/1/24 9/1/25 43 on .— Pmammin 13—13) a
TASK 5 - COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH 09:. 11/1/24 11/1/24 0 l Task 6 - COMPLEI'E STREETS IMPLEMENTATION ALTERNATIVES ms 10/1/24 Ill/26 65 * Task 7 - PREPARE CON CEPTUAL DESIGN OF COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN 09:. 10/1/24 12/1/25 61 F Task 8 - DEVELOP CONCEPTUAL DES IGN ALTERNATIVE FOR A COMPLETE STREETS PLAN WITH COST ESTIMATE 0" 12/1/24 ”1’26 57 an
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Task 9 - PRESENTATION TO COMMI'ITEES AND CITv COUNCILS, DESCRIBING QUANTIFI ED AND OTHER BENEFITS 0’6 5/1125 Ill/26 35
Task 10- FINALIZE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN WITH NEDED 0% Sims 1/1/26 35 DENVER! SCHEDULE FOR PRELIMINARV ENGINEERING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION
Project Map:
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Ave. to Bloomfield Ave.
Bloomfield Ave. to 260' East of Madris Ave.
260' East of Madris Ave. to Elmcroft Ave.
Elmcrofl: Ave. to Studebaker Rd.
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Hayter Ave. to Hunsalcer Ave.
Hunsaker Ave. to 530' West of Hunsaker Ave.
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Compton/LA County Unincorporated White Ave. to 5 Butler Ave.
Compton 3 Butler Ave. to 5 Thorson Ave.
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180' East of 5 Haskins Ave. to 5 Haskins Ave.