From: Lori S <
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2022 10:02 PM
To: Lindsay Lara <[email protected]>
Cc: Mayor Kate <[email protected]>; Eli Hill <[email protected]>; Maribeth Bushey <[email protected]>; Maika Llorens Gulati <[email protected]>; Rachel Kertz <[email protected]>; Bill Guerin <[email protected]>; Rob Epstein <[email protected]>
Subject: Mr. Raie's reply to 5th Avenue Traffic Signal upgrades Hello,
I have never written to the council before so I hope I am doing this properly.
From page 2 of the City of San Rafael Agenda Report regarding the Fifth Avenue Traffic Signal Upgrades.
Item 5d, Meeting Date: March 21, 2022, Approved by City Manager Jim Schutz. "Completing these upgrades will bring the total modernized signalized intersections to 46 out of the 50 locations in Central San Rafael. There are plans to upgrade the remaining locations in central San Rafael with future projects."
In addition to my bringing up that the documents that asks the council on 3/21/22 to approve a Quote from MioVision Technologies from Kitchener, ON for USD 96,570.25 for this project which specifically say Valid until 11/3/2021, Plus a letter to Lauren Davini dated 7/16/21 from DC Electric Group with a total Labor, Material and Equipment fee of $26,795.00 which specifically says it expires in 30 days (that would be mid August of 2021) and "any change to the above schedule/scope of work will need to be renegotiated……,"
my specific question was what are the 4 remaining locations where the traffic light are not going to be upgraded with this project.
I had hoped that perhaps since you are approving legal documents from 2 different companies, they should reflect correct information prior to being approved by the city council.
In Rahfat's reply he assured the council that the costs will remain the same as they are on both documents that expired in 2021, and he stated that there is a new light going in on 4th street at Ross Valley.
Although it is interesting to be told that another light is going in on 4th street at Ross Valley, that clearly did not answer my very specific question of what are the 4 locations in Central San Rafael that will remain to be done once this project completes 46 out of the 50 locations? Perhaps the new light on 4th and Ross Valley is one of the 4.
If any of you can tell me a clearer way I could have asked this question so I could get the correct answer on the first try, I would love to learn.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to speak.
Lori Schifrin