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CC - PUBLIC HEARING: Approval of a Five-Year Agreement with Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc., to Provide Automated Red Light Camera Enforcement Equipment and Services in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $4,554,000.
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Meeting Date: March 18, 2019
Contact Person/Dept: Lieutenant William Browne/Police Department
Phone Number: (310) 253-6109
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [X] No []
Public Hearing: [X] Action Item: [] Attachments: [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No []
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (03/13/19); Public Hearing Notice in Culver City News (03/07/19 and 03/14/19).
Department Approval: Scott Bixby, Police Chief (03/11/19)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council conduct a public hearing and approve a five-year agreement with Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc., in an amount not-to-exceed $4,554,000.
PROCEDURE:
1. Mayor seeks a motion to receive and file the affidavit for publishing a legal notice.
2. Mayor requests a brief staff report and City Council poses questions to staff as desired.
3. Mayor opens public hearing and invites public comments.
4. Mayor seeks a motion to close the public hearing.
5. Based on public comment and staff research, City Council discusses the proposed recommendation and arrives at its decision.
BACKGROUND
The City's automated enforcement program, using red light cameras to capture violators as they drive their vehicles through an intersection after the traffic signal has turned red ("Automated Enforcement Program"), began in1998, with the first intersection at Washington Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard. California Vehicle Code section 21455.5 authorizes governmental agencies to utilize automated enforcement equipment at intersections and other locations within a municipality, if certain conditions are met. The City's Auto...
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