HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 15487 (Annual Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Upgrade for Fiscal Year 2025-26)RESOLUTION NO. 15487
RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH MIOVISION TECHNOLOGIES
INCORPORATED FOR THE PURCHASE OF EIGHT TRAFFIC DETECTION AND
MONITORING CAMERAS AND ASSOCIATED SOFTWARE LICENSING IN THE
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $129,332
WHEREAS, in 2018, the City of San Rafael (“City”) was selected to receive grant
funding to upgrade its traffic signal system through the Metropolitan Transportation Commission
(MTC) Innovative Deployments to Enhance Arterials (IDEA) Grant program; and
WHEREAS, in 2020, Miovision Technologies Incorporated (“Miovision”) was selected as
the provider of the camera detection system for the City, and construction started on the IDEA
grant downtown signal modernization project; and
WHEREAS, in 2025, the City entered into an agreement with Miovision to transition the
City from an annual subscription payment plan to a one-time perpetual software license for
intersection monitoring, wireless communication to access Miovision applications, and base-
level automated traffic signal performance measures; and
WHEREAS, Miovision traffic camera systems are installed at 57 out of the City’s 94
signalized intersections and provide intelligent transportation system (ITS) features that are
being utilized by the City, such as the collection of traffic data and activation of emergency
vehicle preemption (EVP); and
WHEREAS, Goal B.2.4 of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2028 City Council Three-Year
Strategic Plan seeks to modernize and upgrade traffic signal systems to enhance capabilities for
managing traffic flow; and
WHEREAS, in alignment with Goal B.2.4, the City is working to expand its ITS and
incrementally install more traffic detection and monitoring cameras until they are available at
every signalized intersection in the City; and
WHEREAS, in FY 2025-2026, the City identified the need to install a total of eight traffic
camera systems at the following five intersections: one camera at Andersen Road and Lindaro
Street, two cameras at Civic Center Drive and North San Pedro Road, one camera at Civic
Center Drive and Merrydale Road, two cameras at Lincoln Avenue and Linden Lane, and two
cameras at Manuel T Freitas Parkway and Las Gallinas Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the one-time payment for the purchase of the eight traffic camera systems
of $84,582 and perpetual software licensing of $44,750.00, totaling $129,332, will be funded by
the Traffic Mitigation Fee Fund (#246); and
WHEREAS, funding for emergency vehicle preemption (EVP) services of $63,960 will be
explored at a later date; and
WHEREAS, the sum of the funding from the Traffic Mitigation Fee Fund (#246) of
$129,332 covers the total not-to-exceed amount of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
RESOLVES as follows:
1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute an Agreement with Miovision
Technologies Incorporated for the purchase of eight traffic detection and monitoring
cameras and associated software licensing services in the amount not to exceed
$129,332, in a form approved by the City Attorney.
2. The Director of Public Works or designee is hereby authorized to take any and all such
actions and make changes as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose of this
resolution.
I, LINDSAY LARA, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of San Rafael, held on Monday, the 15th day of December 2025, by the following vote, to
wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bushey, Hill, Kertz, Llorens Gulati & Mayor Kate
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Lindsay Lara, City Clerk