HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-11-27; City Council; Resolution 2018-202RESOLUTION NO. 2018-202
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND
EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE SAN DIEGO
ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS TO FUND THE COMPLETION OF AN
ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS AND PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING FOR A
CARLSBAD VILLAGE RAILROAD TRENCH IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$375,000
Exhibit 1
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad's adopted Legislative Platform encourages and supports double
tracking of the rail corridor within the city limits in a manner that:
1. Improves public safety access and response times.
2. Eliminates or reduces at-grade rail crossings within the corridor;
3. Improves local, regional, and coastal access for all travel modes (bike, pedestrian,
vehicle, transit) and improves public safety response;
4. Minimizes impacts to neighborhoods;
5. Maximizes community and neighborhood connections;
6. Protects and/or improves the economic vibrancy of surrounding neighborhoods and
the city:
7. Protects and/or enhances environmental resources; and
WHEREAS, on November 25, 2014, the City Council approved Resolution No. 2014-268,
authorizing an appropriation of $250,000 from the General Fund -City Council Contingency Account
to be utilized in the city's efforts related to the Carlsbad Village Double Track project; and
WHEREAS, in 2016 and 2017 the City Council adopted a City Council Goal to lower the railroad
tracks in a trench through the Village to improve safety, community connectivity, quality of life and
economic value; and
WHEREAS, SANDAG completed the Carlsbad Village Double Track-Railroad Trench Alternative
Economic Analysis and Feasibility Study in January 2017, which evaluated two potential project
alignments (short trench and long trench); and
WHEREAS, in 2018 the City Council adopted a City Council Goal to break ground by 2023 on
lowering the railroad tracks in a trench through the Village to improve safety, community connectivity,
quality of life and economic value; and
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Exhibit 1
WHEREAS, the City Council appropriated $2,000,000 in the Fiscal Year 2018-19 Capital
Improvement Program -Railroad Double Tracking project budget; and
WHEREAS, the next step in advancing the project is to inform a decision regarding the preferred
project alignment by completing an Alternatives Analysis and Preliminary Engineering for a Carlsbad
Village Railroad Trench.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the City Manager is authorized to negotiate and execute a Memorandum of
Understanding with the San Diego Association of Governments to fund the completion
of an Alternatives Analysis and Preliminary Engineering for a Carlsbad Village Railroad
Trench in an amount not to exceed $375,000 from the Capital Improvement Program -
Railroad Double Tracking project budget.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 27th day of November. 2018, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
M. Hall, K. Blackburn, M. Schumacher, C. Schumacher, M. Packard.
None.
None.
(SEAL)
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