Art3_Redlands_FY17_BikePed_PIPPtoHSIP_ScopeRqst_190815_CLOSEDAugust 15, 2019
City of REDLANDS
Incorporated 1888
Municipal Utilities & Engineering Department
35 Cajon Street, Suite 15A
Redlands, CA 923 73
909-798-7698
Christopher Boatman
Interim Director
Cameron Brown
. Senior Planner
San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA)
1170 W. 3 rd Street, 2 nd Floor
San Bernardino, CA 9241 O
City of Redlands Pedestrian Points of Interest Plan - TOA Article 3 Grant
Mr. Brown,
On October 16, 2017, SBCTA awarded the City of Redlands up to $161,214 to implement their
Pedestrian Points of Interest Plan (PIPP). This project entailed construction of pedestrian
improvements in two separate locations in the downtown area. The first was the construction of
bulb-outs at the intersection of Cajon Street and Vine Street. The second was the construction of
bulb-outs at Olive Avenue and Eureka Street, and Brookside Avenue and Grant Street, as well
as the conversion of Eureka and Grant to one-way streets around the Redlands Bowl.
Subsequent to the grant award, City staff met with residents and business owners on Eureka
Street and Grant Street to discuss the project and receive feedback. At that meeting, residents
overwhelmingly opposed the concept of making Eureka and Grant one way streets as well as the
construction of the bulb-outs. Representatives from the Redlands Bicycle Classic were also
opposed to the bulb-outs on Cajon and Vine because it restricted their event route.
Within the same timeframe, the City was also award a Highway Safety Improvement Program
(HSIP) grant to provide pedestrian enhancements in the downtown area. Bids were recently
opened and costs exceeded grant funding. The project is proposing to install in-roadway lights at
the uncontrolled crosswalks in the downtown area on Redlands Boulevard at Seventh, Ninth,
State, and Clark Streets, on Orange Street at Shoppers Lane and at Citrus Avenue at Central
Avenue. The scope of the HSIP project is in line with the PIPP project and are within the
guidelines of the TOA Article 3 program.
As a result of these oppositions and the shortfall in the HSIP project, the City is requesting
reallocation of the PIPP funding to the HSIP project to provide for the funding shortfall for the
HSIP project. City will honor the TOA grant match requirements and will use the HSIP grant for
the 2/3 match.
The city anticipates awarding the project in September and completing it before the end of the
calendar year.