HomeMy WebLinkAbout61-227.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
$250,000 for the Project; and
WHEREAS, State Gas Tax Fuuds will be available for the Project; cud
NOW, THEREFORE~ BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City
of Santa Ana does hereby declare its intent to appropriate the City's
share of the First Street Railroad Separation Project cost from Fiscal Year
1962~63 Gas Tax funds and from County Arterial Highway Finaucing Program
funds~ to be requested from the County~ in order that the Project ~ay be constructed
during the 196R-63 Fiscal Year.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana
at its regular meeting held on the
ATTEST:
OLEBK OF T~E~ COUNCIL
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF OPJ~NGE ) SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
18th
(SF_~n)
I, MARION SUTTNER· do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the
Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the foregoing resolution was regularly
introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 18~h day of
~$p~e~ · 1961· and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted
by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES, COUNCII~EN: Dale H. Heinly~ Bob Bre~er~ Royal E. Hubbard
NOES,
ABSENT,
CODI~CILME~: None
COUNCILMEN: Henry H. $chlueter~ A. ~. Hall
(SEA~) ~nEm~ OF ~ C0UNCXL
Approved as to form: