HomeMy WebLinkAbout84-206 - ResolutionsRESOLUTION NO. 84-206
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCH
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, CONCERING THE PROPSED MERGER OF
SANTA FE AND SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROADS, AND ELIMINATION
OF REDUNDANT TRACKAGE AND UNNECESSARY GRADE CROSSINGS IN
THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
WHEREAS, the Southern Pacific Transportation Company and the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company operate parallel tracks through
the City of Ranoho Cucamonga; and
W~REAS, the number of rail movements on the Southern Pacific (former
Baldwin Park Branch) is relatively insignificant; and
W~EREAS, all rail movements of the two carriers can readily be
accommodated on the existing Second District track of the Santa Fe Railway,
thereby permitting substantial lengths of Southern Pacific trackage to be
retired and some 13 railroad crossings to be eliminated in the City of Rancho
Cucamonga; and
WHEREAS, the Santa Fe-Southern Pacific Corporation has filed an
Application with the United State Interstate Commerce Commission (Finance
Document Docket 30,400), for permission to merge the two railroads; and
WHEREAS, the California Public Utilities Commission is soliciting the
views of local agencies throughout California with respect to the merger; and
WHEREAS, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is
also soliciting the views of local agencies with respect to the merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Rancho Cucamonga, that the City Manager be directed to advise the Public
Utilities Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Southern
California Association of Governments, that the City of Rancho Cucamonga will
support the merger, subject to an indication of willingness on the part of
said Santa Fe-Southern Pacific Corporation (or the individual railroads
involved) to consolidate their facilities and to eliminate duplicate and
redundant trackage through the City of Rancho Cucamonga.
That if the railroads cannot give sympathetic consideration to such
elimination of redundant trackage and closing of unnecessary grade crossings,
then the City of Rancho Cucamonga would oppose the merger; and
That copies of this Resolution be forwarded to the Presidents and/or
Chief Operating Officers of each of the two railroads, to the Southern
California Association of Governments, to the California Public Utilities
Commission, and to the United State Interstate Commerce Commission.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 18th day of July, 1984.
AYES: Wright, Buquet, MikeIs, Dahl, King
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
Beverly ~. A~'thelet, City Clerk