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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2019-145RESOLUTION NO. 2019 - 145 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AND SAN DIEGO PORT TENANTS ASSOCIATION, STC TRAFFIC, INC. AND DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA (FSM TEAM) FOR ACCESS TO CITY OF NATIONAL CITY TRAFFIC SIGNAL DATA FOR FREIGHT SIGNAL PRIORITY PILOT PROJECT DEMONSTRATION WHEREAS, on March 16, 2016, San Diego Port Tenants Association submitted the "Port of San Diego Sustainable Freight Demonstration Project" (GFO 15-604: Freight Transportation Projects at California Seaports) to the California Energy Commission (CEC); and WHEREAS, the project was awarded and funded through the CEC's Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program: and WHEREAS, the project includes a demonstration of Freight Signal Priority (FSP) which provides traffic signal priority for commercial vehicles in order to reduce stops, fuel consumption and related emissions, and to improve travel time reliability and traffic safety at intersections; and WHEREAS, in order to achieve the FSP project goals and success, the City of National City with the San Diego Port Tenants Association, STC Traffic, Inc. and DENSO International America (FSP Team) have proposed a FSP Pilot Project Demonstration (FSP Pilot Project) for corridor traffic signal operations beginning at Harbor Drive and Cesar E. Chavez Parkway and ending at Tidelands Avenue and Bay Marina Drive; and WHEREAS, the FSP Pilot Project will study potential to reduce emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions from freight movement along Harbor Drive; and WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the FSP Pilot Project, a Cooperative Agreement must be signed with other public entities to allow for the collection and sharing of Real Time Traffic Signal Data and other related data which would allow the FSP Team to collaborate on developing strategies and systems to use for maximizing the efficiency of transportation end users and the overall capacity of existing transportation networks; and WHEREAS, this Cooperative Agreement would allow the FSP Team to install physical equipment in the City's right-of-way that will allow the collection of Real Time Traffic Signal Data and other related data; and WHEREAS, the physical equipment may be removed and relocated if necessary by the FSP Team at their sole expense at the City's discretion; and WHEREAS, authorization of this Cooperative Agreement would permit the FSP Team to obtain access to the Real Time Traffic Signal Data in exchange for providing related inventories, signal performance metrics, and other formatted data products, subject to the terms and conditions of the Cooperative Agreement which will allow the FSP Team to use the data to improve freight operations through implementation of the FSP technology to improve truck freight performance or efficiency and ride comfort for drivers or operators. Resolution No. 2019 — 145 Page Two NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of National City authorizes the Mayor to Execute the Cooperative Agreement between the City of National City and San Diego Port Tenants Association, STC Traffic, Inc. and DENSO International America (FSM Team) for Access to City of National City Traffic Signal Data for Freight Signal Priority Pilot Project Demonstration. PASSED and ADOPTED this 5th day of , v- • ber, 2019. ATTES Michael R. ► alla, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: . Morris -Jo es ity Attorney Aleja telolis, Mayor Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on November 5, 2019 by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Councilmembers Morrison, Quintero, Rios, Sotelo-Solis. Nays: None. Absent: Cano. Abstain: None. AUTHENTICATED BY: ALEJANDRA SOTELO-SOLIS Mayor of the City of National City, California City Clerk of the City of National City, California By: I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of RESOLUTION NO. 2019-145 of the City of National City, California, passed and adopted by the Council of said City on November 5, 2019. City Clerk of the City of National City, California By: Deputy