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Council introduces contract for Goldwood School traffic signal, $298,929.18 not-to-exceed
Summary
Council introduced Ordinance No. 1-26 to award a contract to Perram Electric, Inc., for a new traffic signal near Goldwood School with a base bid of $283,929.18 and contingencies raising the total to a not-to-exceed $298,929.18; signal warrant and intersection capacity analyses determined the signal is warranted.
Council introduced Ordinance No. 1-26, authored by Councilman Thomas J. Hunt, to authorize the mayor and director of public safety-service to enter a contract with Perram Electric, Inc., for the Goldwood School traffic signal program in a base amount of $283,929.18 with contingency authority of $15,000 for a total not to exceed $298,929.18.
Hunt said the project follows recommendations in the 2017 Complete Streets and Corridor Enhancement Plan and grew from traffic studies on Center Ridge. Four bids were received; the Perram bid was about $4,400 below the next-lowest and under the engineer’s estimate. A traffic-signal warrant analysis and intersection capacity study found a signal was warranted and would not unduly degrade operations along the corridor.
Director Snyder described the proposed signal’s operations, saying it will default to green for Center Ridge traffic and only change when tripped by radar detection (for vehicles egressing Goldwood or Westwood or by pedestrian activation). Councilwoman Christina Morris asked whether the crosswalk would be wider given potential pedestrian volumes; Snyder said the crosswalk meets ODOT specifications and he believed it was 10 feet wide. Mr. Hunt indicated he expects three readings for the ordinance with additional opportunity for discussion.
The ordinance was presented at first reading; no final vote or contract award was recorded in the provided transcript.
