2016-29328 Reso RESOLUTION NO. 2016-29328
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, WAIVING, BY 5/7TH VOTE, THE
CITY'S FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENT, FINDING
SUCH WAIVER TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY; AND
APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR
DESIGNEE TO INCREASE THE SCOPE OF SERVICES SUBMITTED
BY METRIC ENGINEERING INC. (MEI), AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER
WITH ADVANCE TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS,
INC., FOR TRAFFIC MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES,
INCLUDING PERFORMANCE MEASURES, THROUGH MAY 31, 2016,
ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$122,000; AND APPROVING MEI AS THE SUCCESSOR VENDOR
ENTITY FOR THE SERVICES; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING. THE
CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND AND/OR MODIFY THE LEVEL OF
SERVICE PROVIDED BY MEI UNTIL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND SMART PARKING
SYSTEM PROJECT, BASED UPON THE TRAFFIC NEEDS OF THE
CITY AND SUBJECT TO FUNDING AVAILABILITY.
WHEREAS, the 2012 City of Miami Beach Community Satisfaction Survey identified
traffic congestion and degraded traffic flow as the number one problem for Miami Beach
residents; and
WHEREAS, in order to mitigate traffic conditions during "high-impact periods," the City
engaged Advanced Transportation Engineering -Consultants, Inc. (ATEC) to initiate a pilot
project to provide monitoring and management services during the 2013 Art Basel event period;
and
WHEREAS, based on the positive results obtained from the pilot project, on March 5,
2014, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2014-28512, waiving the City's formal
competitive bidding requirement, and authorizing the Administration to engage ATEC to provide
additional traffic monitoring and management consultant services for five (5) events (2014
Miami International Boat Show, Winter Party Week, Winter Music Conference, Ultra Music
Festival, and Memorial Weekend); and
WHEREAS, in comparison with events that were not monitored and managed, major
corridors reported improvements in travel time between 7% and 230% and improvements in
average speeds between 8% and 58%; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the improvements to travel time achieved during the 2013-
2014 high-impact period, on March 5, 2014, the City-Commission adopted Resolution No. 2014-
28512, authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to engage ATEC to deploy Traffic Monitoring and
Management for the 2014-2015 high impact period; and
WHEREAS, for the five (5) major special events during the 2014-2015 period, ATEC
implemented a new traffic signal pattern based on observations and results from the previous
year; and
WHEREAS, although major events reported higher attendance, travel times and speeds
reported by ATEC were similar, and in some cases better than those measured during the
2013-2014 high impact period; thus, demonstrating that the signalized intersections and
corridors were efficiently managing greater vehicular through-put; and
WHEREAS, to complement the event calendar traffic monitoring and management
efforts and as a response to lane closures and increased traffic due to construction, the City
expanded the scope of work for ATEC to include traffic monitoring and management during
morning and afternoon peak hours from January 2015 to June 2015; and
WHEREAS, based on the documented improvements to the network through the
monitoring and management services, on October,14, 2015, the City Commission adopted
Resolution No. 2015-29181, authorizing the City Manager or his designee to expand the scope
and fee agreement for event and peak hour monitoring and management services with ATEC
for three (3) years or until the implementation of the City of Miami Beach Intelligent
Transportation System and Smart Parking System project, whichever occurs first; and
WHEREAS, on or about February 8, 201-6, the Administration received notification that
ATEC merged with Metric Engineering, Inc. (MEI); and
WHEREAS, the Administration recommends approving MEI as the successor vendor
entity providing the traffic monitoring and management services; and
WHEREAS, MEI has been serving the engineering community since 1976 and currently
holds various traffic management center operation-contracts with FDOT; and
WHEREAS, the scope of work approved at the October 14, 2015 City Commission
Meeting included seven (7) events per year and traffic management during peak periods (7:00
AM —9:00 AM, 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM, 4:00 PM —7:00 PM)from December 1 to May 31; and
WHEREAS, in order to meet the traffic operation needs for the City, the proposed
increase to the scope of work (additional services) includes off-hour remote traffic monitoring
services via WAZE, INRIX, and other traffic and web-based applications from 9:00 AM to 12:00
PM, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, and from 7:00 PM to 9:0.0 PM; and
WHEREAS, the proposed additional services also includes weekend remote traffic
monitoring services from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM; and
WHEREAS, during the monitoring period, the traffic monitoring operators will be in
constant contact with the City's key departments to ensure that incidents and mitigation
measures are reported on a real-time basis; and
WHEREAS, as part of the additional services, the City is planning to place an in-house
consultant in the County's Traffic Management Center(TMC) to manage the traffic signals in the
City, whenever there is a vacancy in the City traffic engineer position, subject to funding
availability, in order to ensure continuous City presence at the County's TMC; and
WHEREAS, the in-house consultant will be located at the County's TMC eight (8) hours
a day, five (5) days a week; and
WHEREAS, the additional services also include strict performance measures to ensure
that communication and mitigation measures are implemented on a timely manner to improve
the effectiveness and efficiency of the service; and
WHEREAS, the cost for the additional services is approximately $122,000 through May
2016; and
WHEREAS although the City has typically only engaged traffic monitoring and
management services during the peak season .(December through May), said services may
need to be extended in order to address the evolving traffic needs of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Administration recommends delegating authority to the City Manager to
extend and/or modify the level of service being provided by MEI, including possibly maintaining
the peak hour week day traffic monitoring and management until implementation of the
Intelligent Transportation System and Smart Parking System Project, based upon the traffic
needs of the City and subject to funding availability.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City Commission hereby
waive, by 5/7th vote, the City's formal competitive bidding requirement, finding such waiver to
be in the best interest of the City; and approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to
increase the scope of services submitted by Metric Engineering, Inc. (MEI), as successor by
merger with Advance Transportation Engineering Consultants, Inc., for traffic monitoring and
management services, including performance measures, through May 31, 2016, on a month-to-
month basis, for an amount not to exceed $122,000; and approve MEI as the successor vendor
entity for the services; and further authorize the City Manager to extend and/or modify the scope
of services provided by MEI until implementation of the Intelligent Transportation System and
Smart Parking System Project, based upon the traffic needs of the City and subject to funding
availability.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 9 DAY OF Marck 2016.
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COMMISSION ITEM SUMMARY
Condensed Title:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,FLORIDA,WAIVING,BY 5/7TH VOTE,
THE CITY'S FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENT,FINDING SUCH WAIVER TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE
CITY;AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO INCREASE THE SCOPE OF SERVICES
SUBMITTED BY METRIC ENGINEERING INC. (MEI), AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER WITH ADVANCE TRANSPORTATION
ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS,INC.,FOR TRAFFIC MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES,INCLUDING PERFORMANCE
MEASURES,THROUGH MAY 31,2016,ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS,FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED$122,000;AND
1 APPROVING MEI AS THE SUCCESSOR VENDOR ENTITY FOR THE SERVICES; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXTEND AND/OR MODIFY THE LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDED BY MEI UNTIL IMPLEMENTATION OF
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND SMART PARKING SYSTEM PROJECT,BASED UPON THE TRAFFIC NEEDS OF
THE CITY AND SUBJECT TO FUNDING AVAILABILITY.
Key Intended Outcome Supported:
Ensure Comprehensive Mobility Addressing All Modes Throughout The City
, Supporting Data (Surveys, Environmental Scan, etc: N/A
Item Summary:
To mitigate traffic conditions during high impact periods,the City has been working with Metric Engineering Inc.(F.K.A.
Advanced Transportation Engineering Consultants(ATEC))to monitor and manage principal corridors throughout the
City during special events, morning peak-hours,and afternoon peak-hours, between December 1 and May 31 since
2014.The effort consists of monitoring traffic conditions via 26 traffic monitoring cameras,28 travel time measurement
devices, WAZE information, ten (10) City-owned DMS, and other available media. In addition, MEI works with the
County signal timing engineers to implement temporary and permanent signal timing changes for the main corridors in
the City. In addition, MEI traffic monitors communicate on a daily basis with the Department of Emergency
Management, Police Department, and the Transportation Department to exchange information related to traffic
operations,incidents,and congestion.The information is shared with the public by the City and by MEI via Twitter,Text.
Messaging(91011 Traffic Alerts).
Given the increased traffic volumes,the number of events on a weekly basis,and the current traffic conditions affecting
internal and external corridors,the Administration identified a need to supplement the existing scope and fee agreement
with additional monitoring hours during weekday and weekend.Currently,during the after-hour and weekend periods,
Transportation Department staff is on-call and monitors and responds to traffic congestion and unplanned incidents in
addition to their job duties and other responsibilities.
The proposed amendment to the existing scope and fee agreement proposes the addition of Off-Hour and Weekend
Remote Traffic Monitoring,and Afternoon Field Monitoring by a Traffic Engineer on a temporary basis until the Traffic
Flow Specialists are hired,equipped,and trained to perform their duties.If approved,this service will provide Remote
Traffic Monitoring services by experienced traffic management center operators between 7:00 AM and 9:00 PM,
Monday—Sunday.Furthermore,given that the City's traffic engineer position is currently vacant and the importance of
having a traffic engineer located in the County's Traffic Management Center to prioritize signal timing requests and
projects for City corridors,the Administration is recommending to utilize an experienced MEI consultant to perform this
function, and to provide a backup on an interim basis until the position is filled.
Given that traffic operations throughout the City is a high priority issue for the Commission, it is important to expand
upon previous efforts and continue to monitor and manage traffic conditions on a daily basis. To do so, the City
Manager recommends that the Mayor and City Commission approve a resolution, waiving, by 5/7th vote, the City's
formal competitive bidding requirement,finding such waiver to be in the best interest of the City; and approving and
authorizing the City Manager or designee to increase the scope of services submitted by Metric Engineering, Inc.(as
successor by merger with Advance Transportation Engineering Consultants, Inc.) for traffic monitoring and
management services, including performance measures, on a month-to-month basis, for an amount not to exceed
$122,000 until May 31,2016;and further authorizing the City Manager to modify the level of service provided by Metric
Engineering, Inc.,until implementation of Intelligent Transportation System and Smart Parking System Project,based
upon the traffic needs of the City and subject to funding availability.
Advisory Board Recommendation:
Financial Information:
Source of Amount Account
Funds:
OBPI / $95,000.00 March—May 2016 106-9615-000349
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' $26,768.23 March—May 2016 106-9615-000312
A .,, $160,000.00 June to September 2016 106-9615-000349
Not to Exceed$540,000.00 FY 2016/17 Coverage for vacant traffic engineer at County
$-- - TMC,as needed, subject to funding availability. ,
City Clerk's Office Legislative Tracking:
Jose R. Gonzalez, P.E.
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MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,Miami Beach, Florida 33139,www.miamibeachfl.gov
CO ISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Philip Levine and Members .1 the City st mission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: March 9, 2016
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MA \1 R AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA WAIVING, BY 5 17TH VOTE, THE CITY'S
FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENT, FINDING SUCH
WAIVER TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY; AND APPROVING
AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO INCREASE
THE SCOPE OF SERVICES SUBMITTED BY METRIC ENGINEERING INC.
(MEI), AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER WITH ADVANCE TRANSPORTATION
ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, INC., FOR TRAFFIC MONITORING AND
MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING PERFORMANCE MEASURES,
THROUGH MAY 31, 2016, ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS, FOR AN
AMOUNT NOT. TO EXCEED $122,000; AND APPROVING MEI AS THE
SUCCESSOR VENDOR ENTITY FOR THE SERVICES; AND FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND AND/OR MODIFY THE
LEVEL OF SERVICE PROVIDED BY MEI, UNTIL IMPLEMENTATION OF
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND SMART PARKING
SYSTEM PROJECT, BASED UPON THE TRAFFIC NEEDS OF THE CITY
AND SUBJECT TO FUNDING AVAILABILITY.
KEY INTENDED OUTCOME
Ensure Comprehensive Mobility Addressing All Modes Throughout The City.
FUNDING
As part of the budget process, the City Commission approved $289,000 in Fiscal Year
2015/2016 for the services approved on October 14, 2015, pursuant to Resolution No. 2015-
29181. There are $95,000 remaining on this account which will be supplemented with an
estimated additional $26,768.23 from the Transportation Department Professional Services
Account to fund the services until May 31, 2016. In the event the City's traffic needs require
maintaining traffic monitoring and management services, the City Manager should have the
discretion to continue the service until the implementation of the Intelligent Transportation
System and Smart Parking System Project, subject to any necessary adjustments in the level of
service and subject to funding availability.
Commission Memorandum
Extending the Contract with Metric for Traffic Monitoring and Management Services
March 9,2016
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BACKGROUND
While County-wide traffic volumes on regional highways have grown an average of 1% in the
last 5 years, highways serving Miami Beach have grown significantly more. In the last 5 years,
northbound 1-95 traffic volumes have grown by approximately 20%. From 2013 to 2015,
eastbound and westbound volumes on the MacArthur Causeway have grown by 3% and 7%,
respectively. From 2010 to 2015, eastbound and westbound volumes on the Julia Tuttle
Causeway grew by 15% and 12%, respectively.
Additionally, staff discussed population trends in the City as documented in the 2015
Environmental Scan and the impact of population growth on traffic. Over the past 5 years, the
City of Miami Beach resident population has grown by 4%, while the national average growth for
mid-sized cities has been only 1% over the same 5-year period. Average daily population,
consisting of daily resident population, labor force in Miami Beach, hotel guests, and other
visitors, has grown by 37% over a 10-year period. Daily traffic volumes and limited network
capacity has caused traffic conditions to degrade and Level of Service (LOS) conditions to fail
along principal arterials. The increased congestion also has a direct effect on law enforcement.
To mitigate traffic conditions during high impact periods, in November 2013, the City engaged
Advanced Transportation Engineering Consultants, Inc. (ATEC) to provide traffic monitoring and
management services as part of a pilot project during the 2013 Art Basel event period. ATEC
was responsible for collecting the appropriate data, manually adjusting signal timing, and
updating the information on the Digital Message Signs (DMS) to correspond to the demand
observed. The pilot project yielded positive results in the reduction of travel times and increasing
average vehicular speed and through-put. Based on the positive results obtained in the pilot
project, on March 5, 2014, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2014-28512, approving
the expansion of the traffic monitoring and management services along major corridors
throughout the City to cover five (5) events (2014 Miami International Boat Show, Winter Party
Week, Winter Music Conference, Ultra Music Festival, and Memorial Weekend).
In the first year, traffic monitoring and management was found to be an effective tool in active
arterial traffic management during special events. Using the Miami International Auto Show as a
baseline, travel times along the six (6) principal ingress and egress routes were reduced
between 7% and 230%. Moreover, average speeds along the routes increased between 8% and
58%.
Based on the positive results yielded by the service, the City Commission authorized the
Administration to engage ATEC, via bid-waiver, to deploy Traffic Monitoring and Management
for six (6) events during the 2014-2015 high-impact period. To complement the event calendar
traffic monitoring and management efforts and as a response to lane closures and increased
traffic due to roadway construction, the City expanded the scope of work for ATEC to include
traffic monitoring and management during morning, mid-day, afternoon peak hours from
February 2015 to May 2015. During that period, ATEC monitored various intersections
throughout the City. In addition, ATEC coordinated with the FDOT signal contractor for the Alton
Road project to ensure signal monitoring, coordination, and repairs were being conducted
periodically and expeditiously. As part of this effort, ATEC also developed travel time thresholds
for key corridors in the South and Middle Beach areas during weekday peak periods and
weekend peak periods.
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March 9,2016
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Based on the documented improvements to the network through the monitoring and
management services, in October 14, 2015, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 2015-
29181, waiving, by 517th vote, the City's formal competitive bidding requirement, authorizing the
City Manager or his designee to enter into a scope and fee agreement for Event and Peak Hour
Monitoring and Management Services with ATEC for three (3) years or until the implementation
of the City of Miami Beach Intelligent Transportation System and Smart Parking System project,
whichever occurs first.
The Administration received written notification from Metric Engineering, Inc. (MEI), dated
February 8, 2016, verifying that ATEC had merged with Metric Engineering, Inc. As such,
moving forward, the traffic management and monitoring services would be performed under the
name of MEI and the Administration would need to update all current ATEC task work orders to
reflect MEI as the vendor providing the services. MEI has been serving the engineering
community since 1976 and currently holds various Traffic Management Center Operation
Contracts with FDOT. From here on, ATEC will be referred to as MEI for the remainder of this
memorandum. Currently, MEI monitors peak-hour traffic throughout the City via 26 traffic
monitoring cameras, 28 travel time measurement devices, WAZE information, ten (10) City-
owned DMS, and other available media. In addition, MEI works with the County signal timing
engineers to implement temporary and permanent signal timing changes for the main corridors
in the City. In addition, MEI traffic monitors communicate on a daily basis with the Department of
Emergency Management, Police Department, and the Transportation Department to exchange
information related to traffic operations incidents and congestion. The information is shared with
the public by the City and by MEI via Twitter and Text. Messaging (91011 Traffic Alerts).
ANALYSIS
The scope of work approved at the October 14, 2015 City Commission Meeting included seven
(7) events per year and traffic management during peak periods (7:00 AM —9:00 AM, 12:00 PM
— 1:00 PM, 4:00 PM — 7:00 PM) from December 1 to May 31 for a period of three (3) years (up
to Memorial Weekend 2018) or the implementation of the ITS and SPS Project, whichever
occurs first. Additionally, the approved scope of services includes monitoring of key corridors in
North Beach. Although the scope was increased at that point, MEI has worked on reducing the
maintenance needs of the devices and other aspects to help reduce the cost of the project.
Given the vibrant characteristics of our City, the number of events on a weekly basis, and the
current traffic conditions affecting internal and external corridors, the Administration identified a
need to supplement the existing agreement with additional monitoring hours during weekday
and weekend periods. Currently, during the after-hour and weekend periods, Transportation
Department staff is on call and monitors and responds to traffic congestion and unplanned
incidents in addition to their regular job duties and other responsibilities. By increasing the
scope of services provided by MEI to include additional coverage during weekdays and
weekend periods, the monitoring, management, and communication process will be more
efficient and effective. Furthermore, in order to improve response time for signal timing
modifications, the Administration identified the need for the City to have an experienced in-
house consultant on an interim basis at the County's Traffic Management Center (TMC) to
prioritize signal timing requests and projects for City corridors. The additional scope of services
being considered includes:
Commission Memorandum
Extending the Contract with Metric for Traffic Monitoring and Management Services
March 9,2016
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Off-Hour and Weekend Remote Traffic Monitoring
The proposed services will complement the existing services to ensure that there will be
continuous traffic monitoring of the City's principal corridors between 7:00 AM and 9:00 PM,
Monday-Sunday. Under the current contract, Traffic Monitoring and Management during
peak hours occurs through constant reviews of the existing traffic monitoring cameras and
travel time devices. The additional services being proposed would expand weekday
monitoring via WAZE, INRIX, and other web-based traffic applications to include the
additional hours from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, and from 7:00 PM to
9:00 PM, including weekend monitoring. During the monitoring period, the traffic monitoring
operators will be in constant contact with the City's Traffic Management Working Group to
ensure that incidents and mitigation measures are reported on a real-time basis. All after-
hour and weekend emergency signal timing modifications will be sent to the assigned
Miami-Dade County Traffic Signals Engineer, as previously agreed with Miami-Dade County
staff. The services will also include a Field Monitor to drive the City corridors and be in
constant communication with the operators in the office to report any issues outside of
camera coverage. The Field Monitor will be part of the service on a temporary basis until the
Traffic Flow Specialists are hired, equipped, and trained to perform their duties.
The proposed additional services will include strict performance measures to ensure that
communication and mitigation measures are implemented on a timely manner to improve
the effectiveness and efficiency of the service.
Signal Timing Support
In 2015, the City worked with the Miami-Dade Public Works' Traffic Signals and Signs
Division to become the first City in the County to place a City employee at the County's TMC
to manage the 273 signals in Miami Beach. Recruiting that position was challenging, given
the uniqueness of the position, and unfortunately, that employee is no longer with the City.
Until a new City employee is hired, as part of the additional services, the City is
recommending placing an in-house consultant in the County's TMC to manage the traffic
signals in the City and perform the necessary real-time modifications in response to MEI
recommendations, conduct corridor optimization analysis, and other tasks related to traffic
signal timing engineering. The in-house consultant will be located at the County's TMC for
eight (8) hours a day, five (5) days a week. The contract will be able to be used whenever
there is a vacancy in the City traffic engineer position, subject to funding availability, in order
to ensure continuous City presence at the County's TMC.
COST IMPACTS
Since these services are subject to engaging MEI based on the City's needs, the Administration
recommends that the City Commission approve these services subject to issuance of task
orders. Based on historical needs for traffic monitoring and management, the estimated cost for
the service through May 31, 2016 shall be approximately $121,768.23.
Further, the City has typically only engaged traffic monitoring services for the high impact period
(December through May). In the event the City chose to maintain at least peak hour weekday
monitoring and management through September 30, 2016, it is estimated that the additional
cost would be approximately $120,000, if the City chose to increase the level of monitoring and
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Extending the Contract with Metric for Traffic Monitoring and Management Services
March 9,2016
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management from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM including weekends, with on-call support for the off-peak
hours, the estimated amount of these services would be approximately $160,000. Funding is
available in the Transportation budget. The Administration will monitor the level of support
needed, depending on traffic conditions beyond May 31, 2016, and determine if an extension to
the services are needed. The authorization for the level of service for FY 2016/17 would be
subject to FY 2016/17 budget appropriation. FY 2016/17 coverage for vacant traffic engineer
position at County TMC, as needed, subject to funding availability.
RECOMMENDATION
Given that traffic operations throughout the City is a high priority issue for the Commission, it is
important to expand upon previous efforts and continue to monitor and manage traffic conditions
on a daily basis. To do so, the City Manager recommends that the Mayor and City Commission
approve a resolution, waiving, by 5/7th vote, the City's formal competitive bidding requirement,
finding such waiver to be in the best interest of the City; and approving and authorizing the City
Manager or designee to increase the scope of services submitted by Metric Engineering, Inc.
(as successor by merger with Advance Transportation Engineering Consultants, Inc.) for traffic
monitoring and management services, including performance measures, on a month-to-month
basis, for an amount not to exceed $122,000 until May 31,2016; and further authorizing the City
Manager to modify the level of service provided by Metric Engineering, Inc., until implementation
of Intelligent Transportation System and Smart Parking System Project, based upon the traffic
needs • he City and subject to funding availability.
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