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441F0009' CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
May 24, 2006 CONSENT CALENDAR
Subject: PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT FOR COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROJECT FOR ADA
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
From: David H. Ready, City Manager
By: Director of Public Works/City Engineer
SUMMARY:
On 3 May 2006 the Palm Springs City Council approved a Community
Development Block Grant Project that contained a component to retrofit 12
signalized intersections with equipment to make those locations more ADA
friendly. The Public Works Department in conjunction with the Department of
Procurement and Contracting has located the only manufacturer of the
tactile/audible pedestrian push buttons that will fully inform visually impaired
pedestrians as to the status of the walk / don't walk phases of the signal cycle.
This item will approve purchase of accessible pedestrian push buttons for twelve
signalized intersections from Western Pacific Signal.
RECOMMENDATION:
1) Adopt Minute Order No. _ "APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF
ACCESSIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL PUSH BUTTONS TO BE
INSTALLED AT TWELVE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS ON RAMON
ROAD, BARISTO ROAD AND TAHQUITZ CANYON WAY IN THE
AMOUNT OF SIXTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY TWO
DOLLARS AND FIFTY EIGHT CENTS ($62,252.58) FROM WESTERN
PACIFIC SIGNAL"
2) Authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.
Item No. n . B .
City Council Staff Report
Block Grant for ADA Improvement
Page 2 of 3
STAFF ANALYSIS:
The ADA Coordinator and the Community Development Administrator have
identified 12 locations where a number of residents have a need for ADA
improvements that increase the information used to inform visually impaired
pedestrians as to the status of the walk/ don't walk phases of the signal cycle.
Staff has learned that there is current work being done to require that APS
(accessible pedestrian signal) push buttons are used at all new installations in
the very near future.
Staff has looked at several APS devices and has settled on the use of the
Navigator APS push button from Polara. Staff has witnessed the proposed
devices use in the field and believes that they are the right devise to serve the
targeted segment of the community.
The Navigator APS push button emits a low tone to help visually impaired
pedestrians find the button. Upon the pedestrian touching the push button, the
Navigator APS push button provides the pedestrian with a voice message that
states the location of the intersection, ie. "Wait to cross Tahquitz at Encilia".
When the walk symbol is displayed the APS then announces, "Tahquitz, the walk
sign is on for Tahquitz". When the pedestrian phase cycles to the flashing "don't
walk" portion of the cycle the Navigator APS push button does one of two things
depending on programming. It will beep in a ping pong fashion (emitting a tone
on each side of the crosswalk in an alternating pattern) or if the location is
equipped with count down pedestrian heads it will count down simultaneously
with the count down heads in a ping pong fashion.
The Navigator APS push button is fully programmable and all features can be
activated or deactivated and the volume of each feature can be adjusted. The
Navigator APS push button then monitors ambient noise and will adjust to a
preset maximum and preset minimum volume.
The Navigator APS push button is a solid state circuit system with no moving
parts to get stuck or wear out. The system is powered by the existing wires in
the signal system and consumes no more electricity than the existing equipment.
Staff believes that the Navigator APS push button provides the greatest amount
of information to the visually impaired pedestrian and will enhance their mobility
in the targeted areas.
City Council Staff Report
Block Grant for ADA Improvement
Payee 3 of 3
FISCAL IMPACT: Finance Director Review: 19
There is no direct fiscal impact to the General Fund in that these dollars a eYin
the City's allocated federal annual entitlement Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) program. Therefore, this project is being entirely appropriated
through the CDBG fund account of 137-4805-63560 (Public Works & Engineering
Department — ADA Pedestrian Safety Improvements). The proposed purchase
of the APS push buttons for $62,252.58 does not include their installation which
is proposed to be accomplished by Riverside County under their existing signal
maintenance agreement at a cost of approximately $5,000.00.
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DAVID J. BARAKIAN DALE COOK
Director of Public�� Works/City Eng' eer Community Development Administrator
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APPROVED:
DAVID H. READY
City Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Minute Order
MINUTE ORDER NO.
APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF ACCESSIBLE
PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL PUSH BUTTONS TO BE
INSTALLED AT TWELVE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS
ON RAMON ROAD, BARISTO ROAD AND TAHQUITZ
CANYON WAY IN THE AMOUNT OF SIXTY TWO
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY TWO DOLLARS AND
FIFTY EIGHT CENTS ($62,252.58) FROM WESTERN
PACIFIC SIGNAL
I James Thompson, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, California, hereby
certify that this Minute Order approving the purchase of accessible pedestrian
signal push buttons to be installed at twelve signalized intersections on Ramon
Road, Baristo road and Tahquitz Canyon Way in the amount of sixty two
thousand two hundred fifty two dollars and fifty eight cents ($62,252.58) from
Western Pacific Signal, was adopted by the City Council of the City of Palm
Springs, California in a meeting thereof held on the 24M day of May, 2006.
James Thompson, City Clerk
City of Palm Springs, California