Review of Responses to the 2018-2019 Grand Jury Reports*

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  in the report titled "City of Napa Traffic Signal states, "The City Council and the PWD resume Synchronization Study" negotiations with Caltrans for the release of control of the traffic signals located on Redwood Road/Trancas Street at the intersections of Highway 29 by March 31, 2020." The City resumed negotiations prior to March 31, 2020, as specified in the recommendation and City response. The City sent a letter to Caltrans on February 24, 2020 and received an email back from Einar Acuna, Caltrans District 4 Senior Traffic Engineer for Signal Operations on April 10, 2020 and a letter from Tony Tavares, Caltrans District 4 Director on April 21, 2020. The responses from Caltrans specify the technical reports and analysis that the City must perform for Caltrans to further evaluate and process the request for the City to assume control of the signal operations of the Caltrans signal system on Redwood Road/Trancas Street. City Hall: 955 School Street, Napa CA 94559 | Mailing Address: P.O. Box 660, Napa CA 94559 | (707) 257-9500 | www.cityofnapa.org City of Napa Response to 2019-2020 Napa County Grand Jury Final Report entitled "Review of Responses to the 2018-2019 Grand Jury Reports" The City has contacted a qualified Traffic Engineering Consultant to obtain a proposal to complete the engineering studies required by Caltrans to further the goal of Caltrans releasing the traffic signal operations to the City. The cost for the engineering work will be $70,000 and the scope of work includes traffic counts, traffic analysis, and development of future traffic projections. The work cannot begin until traffic volumes within the City are no longer impacted by the COVID-19 emergency and schools and other businesses have reopened to normal capacity. The City has identified the need for hardware upgrades for the signal system detection and communication systems. Considering signal upgrades, professional services and staff time, City staff has estimated the total cost to fully implement this work to meet Caltrans requirements to be approximately $200,000 to $250,000. The costs for this work have not been included within the fiscal year 20/21 budget due to the City's fiscal emergency and will be reexamined for priority within future budgets. The City of Napa thanks the Grand Jury for its service during the 2019-2020 term. If you or the Grand Jury Foreperson have any questions regarding the City's response, please contact me. Respectfully Submitted, Steve Potter, City Manager Michael Barrett, City Attorney CC: Julie Lucido, Public Works Director Phil Brun, Utilities Director · . . . . City Hall: 955 School Street, Napa CA 94559 | Mailing Address: P.O. Box 660, Napa CA 94559 | (707) 257-9500 | www.cityofnapa.org