HomeMy WebLinkAbout17470 - RESOLUTIONS - 4/3/1991 RESOLUTION NO. 17470
OF THE CITY COUNCIL. OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, '
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A JOINT CITY/COUNTY
CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT FOR THE WIDENING OF
VISTA CHINO (SUNRISE WAY TO GENE AUTRY TRAIL). '
WHEREAS the Riverside County Flood Control District has budgeted
for and plans to construct a portion of Line 4 (Vista Chino) section
of the Palm Springs Master Drainage Plan, within Vista Chino from the
Whitewater river channel westerly to the District's future Farrell
retention basin site, as shown on Exhibit "A" of the agreement; and
WHEREAS the City of Palm Springs desires that the District include,
as part of the storm drain construction contract, certain street widening
improvements on Vista Chino from Gene Autry Trail to Sunrise Way, including
traffic signal modifications at Farrell Drive and Vista Chino as shown
in concept cross-hatched on Exhibit "A" of agreement; and
WHEREAS the district is willing to include street improvements
as part of storm drain construction contract, and to assume ownership
and responsibility for the operation and maintenance of storm drain,
excluding inlets and connector pipes within city rights of way, provided
City (i ) grants District all rights necessary to construct project within
City rights of way, and all rights necessary to operate and maintain
storm drain within City rights of way, (ii ) pays District all costs
associated with street improvements as set forth in the agreement, and
(iii ) assumes ownership and responsibility for the operation and
maintenance of street improvements and all storm drain inlets and connector
pipes within City rights of way; and
WHEREAS the City must widen the Vista Chino roadway from Sunrise y
Way to Gene Autry Trail to provide for a minimum 017 four (4) 'through
traffic lanes to be in compliance with a CaItrains requirement in
redesignating Vista Chino as a portion of Highway 11.1 and to • obtain a
State SB300 grant that requires that the Vista Chino widening project
must be awarded prior to 6/30/9I.; and
WHEREAS the City will benefit from the construction of the street
improvements through reduced maintenance of its streets and improved
traffic safety during periods of flooding, to the extent that the City
is willing to combine the street work with County storm drain project;
and
WHEREAS the City has budgeted $860,000.00 in City funds for the '
street widening and traffic signal improvements for Vista Chino (Sunrise
Way to Gene Autry Trail ) which will be made available to the District
as a not-to-exceed construction cost limit for the work; and
WHEREAS it is in the best interest of the public to proceed with
the construction project at the earliest possible date after the Memorial
Day Holiday weekend to construct the improvements after the end of the
prime Palm Springs season.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Palm Springs, California, does hereby approve the: joint City/County �
Construction Agreement for the City's Vista Chino Street Widening Project
to be constructed in conjunction with the Riverside County Flood control
District's Line 4 Storm Drain proLact. .
ADOPTED this 3rd day of Lpril 1991_
AYES: Councilmembers Hodges, Murawski , Neel an yoor pro tem Broich
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Bono CITY LM ING ALIFORNIA
City Clerk City M ager
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