A resolution approving a proposed First Amendment to Management Program Agreement by and between the City and County of Denver and Conduent State & Local Solutions, Inc. f/ka Xerox State & Local Solutions, Inc. to reflect the contractor’s name change and increase the contract maximum amount to provide expanded Photo Radar and Photo Red Light Services. Amends a contract with Conduent State and Local Solutions, Inc. by adding $1,177,460 for a new total of $7,807,421 for expanded photo radar and photo red light services including the relocation of one photo red light, the addition of two photo red light locations and one additional photo speed van. No change to contract duration (201627552). The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 1-7-19. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 12-5-18. Pursuant to Council Rule 3.7, Councilman Flynn called out this resolution at the Monday, December 17, 2018 Council meeting for a postponement to the next regularly scheduled meeting of Wednesday, January 2, 2019.
11 days. Council Bill 1409 has been defeated. Madam Secretary, please put the next item on our screens. And, Councilman Flynn, go ahead with your question. Or is this the one that. Mr. President, I ask for under rule 3.7 for a one week postponement for this resolution, which is the amendment to the photo radar and photo red light contract. At Mayor Council last week, both I and Councilman Lopez asked for additional information. And at this point, we have not received any answers yet. And so failing that, give them one more week to answer the and provide the information we asked for about how the intersections were chosen for the new red light cameras, what the accident rates were, what the yellow change interval timing changes might have been, and what other countermeasures might have been taken before putting up cameras that photograph accidents rather than prevent them. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Flynn, Councilman Lopez. And thank you, Mr. President. I also wanted to chime in with that. I do support the the the postponement to January 2nd for the same reasons. You know, when I was in committee, I asked the same questions that I asked in mayor council, and that is regarding the intersection at 14th and Federal Boulevard. It's still very unclear and I haven't got any kind of answer yet whether we whether CDOT indeed studied that intersection or not, and that they studied 14th and federal and said no formally. And the other question I have is whether the city even asked whether they to study the intersection. We still haven't I still haven't received adequate information or any kind of response as to whether that indeed took place. It is a very dangerous intersection. It's an intersection, I think, that would benefit from a tool like like our photo radar, especially when it comes to pedestrian and auto accidents. I know that typically photo radar is intended for folks that are running red lights and auto and reducing auto auto accidents. We all can agree that a lot of you know what would remedy the situation would be more officers. But since we do not have the budget and we've actually came down in the number of folks on patrol, these questions are important. And it's important to know, especially when as a city, we've signed on to a Vision Zero philosophy and goals. So I would love to have some kind of response to those two questions. Definitely. All right. Thank you, Councilman Lopez, Councilwoman Ortega. Thank you, Mr. President. Generally, I am supportive of photo radar in our community. Photo red light that helps us look at keeping our intersections safe. The one thing that I was surprised and if this was already mentioned, I apologize because I was out in the hall. But when we had the presentation to our committee and learned that the data that is collected on accidents does not include pedestrians that are struck by a vehicle or fatalities that involve pedestrians, that is not part of the data that Vision Zero looks at. It's only car accidents, cars against each other. And I think we need to be collecting that data because we already know, for example, Federal Boulevard is one of the most unsafe pedestrian corridors. We've had a number of fatalities in Councilman Flint's district by Loretta Heights. We've seen a number of serious injuries. I'm not sure the stats on fatalities at 14th and federal where we have a rail stop, but people cross that to catch a bus and they'll dart across traffic. I've seen that multiple times because I'm in that area on a regular basis. And it's not to say this is the only corridor and the only intersection in the city. But I think it is important that we begin to collect the data that helps us to be more accurate in targeting the resources where we need to address them. And we know that 14 in federal is, in fact, one of those intersections that has had a lot of challenges and problems. So I support the postponement so that we can have more discussion about this and be able to bring it back. And hopefully, I don't know what the the lever is to get us to start collecting the pedestrian data, but I think around the city that is really critical. I don't even know if it includes bikes, but if bikes are not included as well, that that should be in terms of the accidents and potential fatalities as well. Thank you. Thank you. Councilwoman Ortega. Pursuant to Council Rule 3.7, adoption of Council Resolution 1437 will be postponed to Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019. No formal motion or vote is required. Madam Secretary, please, with the next item on our screens. 1407 Councilman Espinosa, do you want to go ahead with your comment?