Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-7091 for the Long Beach Blue Line Signal Prioritization Project; award the contract to Aldridge Electric, Inc., of Libertyville, IL, in the amount of $2,078,187, authorize a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $311,728, for a total contract amount not to exceed $2,389,915; authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments; Increase appropriations in the Transportation Fund (SR 182) in the Public Works Department (PW) by $1,330,000, offset by funds available; and Accept Categorical Exemption No. CE-17-052. (Districts 1,2,6,7,8,9)
Motion carries. Thank you. Item number 34, please. Item 34 is reported for public works. Recommendation two What a contract to Aldridge electorate for Long Beach Blue Line Signal Prioritization Project four Total contract amount not to exceed 2.3 mil. District 126789. Thank you. And I made a motion so I can speak up on this one. You know, I'm really excited about this one. We get not just synchronization of the blue line, but we get Atlantic Avenue all the way up to the 91 from downtown, all the way up to 91, seeing signal synchronization that's going to do so much to improve the flow of traffic on Atlantic Avenue and for the blue line. So good job, city staff. Councilwoman Gonzalez. Yeah, same thing. Great job. This is just more improvements, more efficiencies. It's wonderful. Thank you. Thank you. And you know, if you want to have a brief, brief staff report, please. Are we good? Okay. Councilman Pierce. Super exciting, I believe is going to shave off like 10 minutes of a trip from downtown, which is huge. So just rah rah. Yeah, fantastic. Great. Well, thank you so much. Is there any public comment on this item? Senior members, please cast your vote. Anyone keeping track. Wishing Karis. Thank you. And so I believe that it satisfies our agenda. So now we have our second public comment period. Members of the public would like to address the body. Please come forward. You have 3 minutes sing. No public comment.