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April 28, 2022
Council Memorandum
To: Honorable Mayor Hall and Members of the City Council
From: Paz Gomez, Deputy City Manager, Public Works
Via: Geoff Patnoe, Assistant City Manager @
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Memo ID #2022050
Re: Village and Barrio Traffic Circles and Barrio Lighting Projects Update (District 1) ·
This memorandum provides an update to a previous Council Memorandum dated
Jan. 6, 2022, on the Village and Barrio Traffic Circles, Capital Improvement Program {CIP)
Project No. 4015, and the Barrio Lighting, CIP Project No. 4013.
Background
The Council Memorandum dated Jan. 6, 2022, provided background information on both
projects.
Discussion
Village and Barrio Traffic Circles Project
In April 2021, staff worked with U.S. Representative Mike Levin's office to submit a fiscal year
(FY) 2022 Community Projects Funding request for the Village and Barrio Traffic Circles and
Barrio Lighting Projects to be funded through the federal budgeting and appropriations process.
Staff were recently notified that Representative Levin secured $5 million dollars of federal
funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Local Transportation Priorities Account
and under the Highway Infrastructure Programs (HIP) for the traffic circles and street lighting
projects after Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022.
Under the HIP account, there are 309 line-item projects totaling approximately $847 million
administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Before this funding becomes
available to the city, the FHWA and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) must
complete several steps. First, all congressionally directed projects assigned to FHWA will flow
through Caltrans.
Second, to ensure that all federal requirements are met, FHWA will send the funds to Caltrans,
and Caltrans will ultimately provide them to the city. Staff therefore does not know when the
city will receive these funds. In accordance with the federal requirements, the funds are
available for obligation until Sept. 30, 2025. Any funding not obligated by the end of the federal
FY 2025 will expire.
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April 28, 2022
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Since the FHWA program is a reimbursement program, expenses incurred before the FHWA
project authorization date are not eligible for reimbursement. Based on this requirement, staff
plan to delay going to the City Council with a request to approve the plans, specifications and
contract documents and to authorize bidding for both projects until funds are ready to be
disbursed. This will avoid incurring ineligible project expenditures.
A city webpage is currently active to provide information to the public, available at the
following link: https://www.carlsbadca.gov/departments/public-works/traffic-circles.
Barrio Lighting Project
Attachment A discussed installation of 14 streetlights at various locations throughout the Barrio
as part of Phase 1 of the Barrio Lighting Project. Staff have coordinated with San Diego Gas &
Electric {SDG&E) to energize 11 of the 14 streetlights. The three streetlights that have not yet
been energized will require additional work, including trenching and electrical work. Staff will
continue working with SDG&E in this regard and-anticipate this work will be completed by fall
2022.
Phase 2 of the Barrio Lighting Project, which is currently in the design phase, will provide
pedestrian lighting in the Barrio neighborhood. Phase 2A will focus on one of the major
corridors in the Barrio, which includes Roosevelt Street, Madison Street, Harding Street and
Magnolia Avenue, and will provide connectivity to the Village. Staff will be evaluating lighting
needs along each corridor before determining initial light pole spacing.
Staff also completed focused public outreach to solicit input from the community on corridor
preference and priority in early 2022. Staff are currently performing a lighting study that will
include recommendations for new pedestrian-scale lighting locations in the Barrio area. The
final design of Phase 2A will proceed upon completion of the lighting study and will incorporate
feedback received through the public outreach efforts.
Next Steps
Village and Barrio Traffic Circles Project
Staff plan to finalize the plans, specifications and contract documents in late 2022 and will
request City Council approval of these documents and authorization to bid after receipt of the
federal funding.
Cultural Arts staff have adjusted their timing to release the Call for Artists to align to the newly
established construction and funding allocation timeline. A process to select an artist for the
public art at the traffic circle in the intersection of Harding Street and Pine Avenue will begin in
fall 2022.
Barrio Lighting Project
Staff will continue to coordinate with SDG&E to energize the remaining three streetlights in
Phase 1. Staff expect that these lights will be energized by fall 2022.
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April 28, 2022
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For Phase 2A, staff are currently performing a lighting study for the Barrio area. Once
completed, staff will finalize the engineering design and coordinate with utility companies. Staff
will then bring Phase 2A to the City Council for approval of plans, specifications and contract
documents and authorization to bid after receipt of the federal funding.
cc: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Celia Brewer, City Attorney
Gary Barberio, Deputy City Manager, Community Services
Laura Rocha, Deputy City Manager, Administrative Services
Michael Calderwood, Fire Chief
Mickey Williams, Police Chief
Robby Contreras, Assistant City Attorney
Tom Frank, Transportation Director/City Engineer
David Graham, Chief Innovation Officer
Jason Haber, Intergovernmental Affairs Director
Zach Korach, Finance Director
Jeff Murphy, Community Development Director
Vicki Quiram, Utilities Director
Kristina Ray, Communication & Engagement Director
Suzanne Smithson, Library & Cultural Arts Director
Hossein Ajideh, Engineering Manager
Scott Lyle, Senior Engineer
Lauren Ferrell, Associate Engineer