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.RESOLUTION NO. 61-~27 CONCERNING COUNCIL INTENT ~ APPROPRIATE FISCAL YEAR 1962-63 FUNDS FOR FIRST STREET RAILROAD SEPARATION PROJECT. WItEREAS, this Comacil recognizes the importance of First Street as a major east-west arterial route;and WHEEEAS, this Council recognizes the importance of insuring that the iucreasingly heavvy traffic vol~nes on First Street are handled safely and efficieutly;aud W~IEREAS, it is desirable to inform the California Public Utilities Commission of the Council's interest in First Street in general and in particular the Council's interest in providing a grade separation of vehicular and railroad traffic at the crossing of First Street with the Southern Pacific Railroad and Atchison~Topeka and Santa Fe Railway tracks near Minnie Street in order that the Separation Project may be properly considered for the 1962 Priority List~grade crossings most urgently in need of separation;and WHEREAS, it is centemplated that said separation project can be financed from a combination City Gas' Tax Funds, State Highway Railroad Separation Funds, Orange County Arterial Highway Financing Program Funds, Southern Pacific Railroad and &tchison~ Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Funds; and the total preliminary Project cost estin~te is approximately WHERF~S~ the total estimated City share will be approximately $500,000; and WHEREAS, it is possible for the Council to petition for Orange County Arterial Highway Financing Frogram Funds in an amount of approximately $250,000 for the Project; and WHEREAS, State Gas Tax Fuuds will be available for the Project; cud NOW, THEREFORE~ BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City of Santa Ana does hereby declare its intent to appropriate the City's share of the First Street Railroad Separation Project cost from Fiscal Year 1962~63 Gas Tax funds and from County Arterial Highway Finaucing Program funds~ to be requested from the County~ in order that the Project ~ay be constructed during the 196R-63 Fiscal Year.