PRESENTER: Presenter
Scott McClelland, Assistant Transportation and Construction Services Director
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SUBJECT: Title
Approval of a professional service agreement with Pape Dawson Engineers, Inc. to develop and implement a citywide traffic signal optimization plan as part of the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Carbon Reduction Program.
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation and Construction Services
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COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City of New Braunfels was awarded federal funding through the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Carbon Reduction Program to collect data and implement updated traffic signal timing plans at all the City’s signalized intersections, including six coordinated corridors. The data collected by Pape Dawson will be used to evaluate and optimize existing signal timings and to identify short-term improvements, such as lane assignment changes or signal head changes. This data can also be used to identify longer-term improvements for other programs, such as future bond programs.
The City issued a Request for Qualifications and September 12, 2025 fourteen (14) responses were received. Staff evaluated responses based on qualifications and experience. Pape Dawson was selected as the most qualified. Pape Dawson will be responsible for all necessary data collection and analysis to develop a traffic signal timing plan and to implement new software and/or systems at the signalized intersections with the greatest need. A summary report will also be submitted, including the final travel time data generated by the optimization plan.
All analysis and deliverables will be due no later than November 20, 2026, amended from the previous date of September 1, 2026. Pape Dawson has submitted a proposal for $449,985.00 to complete all phases of the non-construction Professional Services Agreement.
ISSUE:
Provide a system of convenient and safe transportation facilities through comprehensive, cooperative, and continuing transportation system planning and development.
STRATEGIC PLAN REFERENCE:
☐Economic Mobility ☒Enhanced Connectivity ☐Community Identity
☒Organizational Excellence ☒Community Well-Being ☐N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
Reimbursable funding
Total Project: $450,000
Federal Participation: $360,000
Indirect Costs - State Participation: $133
City Participation: $90,000
Direct State Costs - City Participation: $2,520
City participation totals $92,520 and was funded in the FY2025 Budget; sufficient funding is available.
Recommendation
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of a professional service agreement with Pape Dawson Engineers, Inc., to develop and implement a traffic signal optimization plan as part of the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Carbon Reduction Program.