PILLAR: Sustainable
AGENDA DATE: October 14, 2026
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 10
DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation and Public Works
PRIORITY: Infrastructure
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a decrease in the construction services contract with EAR Telecommunications, LLC dba EARTC to de-scope all traffic signal work associated with the intersection of Whitehurst Way and Ferris Branch Boulevard due to the intersection no longer meeting federal warrant requirements for a signalized intersection, including all associated quantities for that intersection – Not to exceed ($409,984.00), from $809,580.00 to $399,596.00 - Financing: Street and Transportation (A) Fund (2024 General Obligation Bond Fund)
*In alignment with Vision Zero Plan.
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BACKGROUND
On June 14, 2017, the City Council authorized a professional services contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for traffic signal design services of 75 traffic signals at various intersections and other related tasks, in an amount not to exceed $1,702,600.00, by Resolution No. 17-0931.
On September 24, 2025, the City Council authorized a construction services contract with EAR Telecommunications, LLC DBA: EARTC for the 2024 Bond Traffic Signal Construction - Group 4 Project to construct two new traffic signals at the intersections of McCree Road at Plano Road and Whitehurst Way at Ferris Branch Boulevard, in an amount not to exceed $809,580.00, by Resolution No. 25-1553.
The City became aware of the closure of a nearby school and completed a review of the traffic signal improvements included in the 2024 Bond Traffic Signal Construction - Group 4 project - McCree Road at Plano Road and Whitehurst Way at Ferris Branch Boulevard. Due to the closure of the school near the intersection of Whitehurst Way and Ferris Branch Boulevard, applicable federal warrant requirements established in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices no longer apply. As a...
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