HomeMy WebLinkAbout24198 RESOLUTION NO. 24198
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A PUBLIC
HIGHWAY OVERPASS AGREEMENT WITH THE UNION
PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY FOR THE INDIAN
CANYON DRIVE WIDENING AND BRIDGE
REPLACEMENT, CITY PROJECT NO. 01-11, FEDERAL
AID PROJECT NO. BRLO 5282 (017), UPRR FOLDER NO.
2816-73.
WHEREAS, after the City initiated the Indian Canyon Drive / Interstate 10
Interchange Project in 2000, the Public Works and Engineering Department, now the
Engineering Services Department ("Department') turned its attention to widening Indian
Canyon Drive through the Whitewater River up to Garnet Avenue to correspond with the
ultimate 6-lane roadway now completed from Garnet Avenue over Interstate 10; and
WHEREAS, in pursuit of this goal, the Department applied for and obtained
federal grants for widening Indian Canyon Drive, from the Union Pacific Railroad
("UPRR") bridge to Garnet Avenue, from 2 lanes to 6 lanes which includes the
replacement of the UPRR overpass (the 'Project'); and
WHEREAS, the Department was initially successful in being awarded a federal
grant of $4,286,000 from the Highway Bridge Program ("HBP"), administered through
the California Department of Transportation ("Caltrans"); and
WHEREAS, the scope of the Project changed from widening of the existing
UPRR bridge to complete replacement of the UPRR bridge, and where the total cost of
the Project had increased, the Department successfully increased the total federal
funding for the Project to $17.4 million; and
WHEREAS, in May 2001, the Department obtained approval from Caltrans to
proceed with the preliminary engineering phase for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City obtained final environmental approvals for the Project from
Caltrans and resource agencies in 2009 and commenced with final design and right-of-
way-acquisition phases; and
WHEREAS, the Project will require the acquisition of rights-of-way and
easements from various parcels, including a C&M Agreement, formally identified as a
Public Highway Overpass Agreement with the Union Pacific Railroad Company for APN
Nos. 669-070-007 and 669-100-006; and
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WHEREAS, by agreement dated August 18, 1952, the Southern Pacific
Company and County of Riverside entered into a Public Road Crossing Agreement,
identified in the records of the Railroad as Folder No. 2816-73, SP Deed Custodian No.
45660, covering the construction, maintenance, use and repair of of Indian Canyon
Drive grade separated public road crossing, (DOT No. 760705M), at Railroad's Mile
Post 588.35 on the Yuma Subdivision at or near Palm Springs, Riverside County,
California; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Springs ("City"), by annexation, and the Union
Pacific Railroad Company ("UPRR"), by acquisition, are successors in interest to
Riverside County and the Southern Pacific Company, respectively; and
WHEREAS, the City proposes to replace the existing Indian Canyon Drive grade
separated crossing; and
WHEREAS, the UPRR has consented to and approved the City's plans to
replace the existing Indian Canyon Drive grade separated crossing, pursuant to terms
contained in a Public Highway Overpass Agreement with UPRR.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Public Highway Overpass Crossing Agreement with the Union
Pacific Railroad Company for the Indian Canyon Drive Widening and Replacement, City
Project 01-11, Federal Aid Project No. BRLO 5282 (017), UPRR Folder No. 2816-73, is
approved.
SECTION 2. The City Manager is authorized to execute the Public Highway
Overpass Agreement, commonly known as a Construction and Maintenance (C&M)
Agreement on behalf of the City of Palm Springs.
ADOPTED THIS 15T" DAY OF MARCH, 2017.
David H. Ready, Esq.,
City Manager
ATTEST:
Kathleen D. Hart, MMC
Interim City Clerk
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, KATHLEEN D. HART, Interim City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby
certify that Resolution No. 24198 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on March 15, 2017,
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Kors, Mills, Roberts, Mayor Pro Tem Foat, and
Mayor Moon
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
RECUSED: None 11fr
Kathleen D. Hart, MMC
Interim City Clerk