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Item #11 CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING OF APRIL 2, 2002 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: AMER JAKHER, P.E., CITY ENGINEER SUBJECT: AUTHORIZATION REQUEST FOR LETTER OF COMMITMENT TO PARTICIPATE WITH SANBAG ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN AUTOMATED TRAFFIC COLLISION ANALYSIS SYSTEM DATE: MARCH 25, 2002 BACKGROUND: SANBAG (San Bernardino Associated Governments) has received a $280,000.00 grant allocation from the State Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for the purpose of installing an Automated Traffic Collision Analysis System in each of the participating local agencies in the county. SANBAG, with the support of participating agencies, will request proposals from qualified vendors and consultants to develop, deploy, train, and provide support services in the operation of the system for a three year period. The proposed software systems will be evaluated on their ability to identify collisions concentrations at intersections and midblock locations, tract individual collision and the information related to each event, and provide laptop -reporting capabilities. Ae program includes the following: • Installation of collision analysis software operating on a Geographic Information System (GIS) platform • A three year database of traffic collisions in each jurisdiction to initiate the program • Training of agency staff in the operation of the system • Three years of support services from the software vendor • The program will be administered by SANBAG, through a Steering Committee open to all participating agencies. • Vendor services will be solicited for implementation of this project with a proposed start date of October 2002, when funds are first available.