Brawley City Council: Cattle Call area traffic ordinance, water and pavement projects
BRAWLEY – The Brawley City Council is expected to ratify an ordinance on Tuesday to provide additional traffic measures to reduce speed in the Cattle Call area.
Cattle Call Drive-ing
At the request of Brawley Public Works and Operations Director Romualdo Medina, the Brawley City Council members voted 5-0 on December 5 for an ordinance to install solar speed radar signals at the corner of Malan Street and 18th Street, as well as safety bollards and speed reduction installation to reduce motorists’ speed. The resolution will be back Tuesday, December 19, for a second reading, according to city council documents.
The city also painted the curb red from Eastern Avenue to 18th Street on K Street, which will prohibit vehicle parking in the area.
Medina told the council that the City’s Traffic Safety Committee received complaints from community members and staff regarding certain considerations that required review. Due to these complaints, the decision to authorize the project costing approximately $15,400 was made and will be funded from Measure D.
The ordinance states that the council determined that motorized vehicles traveling at speed through Cattle Call Park pose an unreasonable risk to pedestrians and bicyclists. The ordinance will go into effect 30 days after its adoption.
Water Pipeline and Paving Improvements projects
In other items, the Brawley City Council will consider awarding a $12.6 million contract at its Tuesday night meeting to El Centro-based Rove Engineering for the Main Street Water Pipeline Installation from First Street to Eastern Avenue, and the Paving Improvements Project from Ninth Street to Eastern Avenue. City documents show that the City’s engineering department advertised the project on October 24.
“City Staff along with the Design team of the Holt Group, determined that due to the complexity and coordination required for the various components of these two projects, it would be in the City’s best interest to award both projects to the same contractor,” per the documents. The city received only one bid from the proposed awardee.
The waterline installation has a cost of $8.5 million, and the paving project has an estimated tag price of $2.4 million. The city must add a $1.6 million contingency, city documents show. Funds will come from several sources — ARPA, Highway Relinquishment, a 2020 Earmark Grant, and Measure D.
Both projects the water installation and paving projects are expected to be finished by May 2024.