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Albany County approves Ayers Associates contract to develop Safe Streets for All plan
Summary
Albany County commissioners voted to execute a consultant agreement with Ayers Associates to develop a Safe Streets for All safety action plan; staff said the project is in the data-gathering phase and that the contract amount shown in staff materials is $11,354,500 (a commissioner misspoke a much larger figure during the motion).
Albany County commissioners on a unanimous vote approved a consultant agreement with Ayers Associates to prepare a Safety Action Plan under the federal Safe Streets for All grant.
County staff told the board the contract work will begin with a kickoff meeting and an initial, largely desktop data-gathering phase that includes collecting GIS data and deploying traffic counters. "We will have a kickoff meeting here in the next couple of weeks, and then we'll define that," county staff said, adding that the consultant will gather data over several months before forming recommendations.
The contract amount presented earlier in the staff materials was $11,354,500. During the motion to approve, a commissioner misstated the figure; the misstatement was recorded on the transcript but staff documentation shows the $11,354,500 amount.
Commissioner (S2) moved to approve the agreement and authorize the chair to sign; the motion was seconded and carried. The vote was recorded as three ayes and the board said the county and city will coordinate elements of the project as staff develops the scope.
The board did not set an immediate timeline for public outreach beyond the kickoff and initial data collection. Staff said subsequent work will include traffic counts and further evaluation before issuing design or policy recommendations.
