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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
- TITLE: AUTHORIZATION OF APPROVAL OF PLANS AND TO DEPT. ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR COASTAL RAIL TRAIL PHASE I
AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS
PROJECT NO. 3455
Adopt Resolution No. 2004-221
Clerk to advertise for bids for Coastal Rail Trail Phase I and appropriate funds, Project No. 3455.
approving plans and specifications and authorizing the City
ITEM EXPLANATION:
The Coastal Rail Trail is a multi-modal trail extending from San Luis Rey River in Oceanside to the
Santa Fe Depot in San Diego. The trail is located within the railroad right-of-way and on City streets.
North County Transit District (NCTD) controls the railroad right-of-way in Carlsbad.
This project is funded by Federal, State and Local (County) funds. As the regional planning
organization, San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), administers these funds.
SANDAG has a Use It Or Lose It Policy that governs portions of the Federal funds for the Coastal
Rail Trail. To insure that all funds authorized for the Coastal Rail Trail are used in the timelines
required by SANDAG and to allow NCTD time to develop Design Guidelines for the trail, Carlsbad,
Oceanside and Encinitas chose to phase the project.
Phase I of the Coastal Rail Trail includes signing and striping from the southern City limit north to the
Poinsettia Coaster Station and construction of a Class I bike trail within NCTD’s right of Way
between Tamarack Avenue and Oak Avenue.
Phase I includes a variance from the NCTD Guidelines to:
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Include an existing drainage ditch within the proposed Coastal Rail Trail easement thus
requiring a two foot variance from NCTD’s operating Right of Way;
Establishment of trees within the easement;
Placement of benches within the easement;
Establishment of a one-way trail portion to slow users approaching Tamarack Avenue.
During the development of the Design Guidelines, the trail in Carlsbad was divided into two phases
to accommodate the funding constraints. The first phase is either on City streets or more than fifty
feet from the centerline of the existing tracks,
The design of Phase I has been completed.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
On April 17, 2001, the City Council approved a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the project.
The Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared in accordance with California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines and it covers the project from the San Luis Rey River in Oceanside to
the southern boundary of Del Mar. The City of San Diego chose not to include its trail portion in the
project considered for the Mitigated Negative Declaration determination.
As a result of the federal funding for the project, a National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA)
federal environmental document is needed. CALTRANS prepared and processed a Categorical
Exclusion for actions that do not individually or cumulatively have a significant environmental effect
in conformance with NEPA guidelines. The Federal Highway Administration approved the
Categorical Exclusion on August 1, 2001.
Page 2 of Agenda Bill No. 17,695
On February 18, 2005, the Planning Commission approved Coastal Development Permit Number
03-31 for Coastal Rail Trail Phase I.
FISCAL IMPACT:
TABLE 1
The total cost for design (both phases) and construction (phase I) of the Coastal Rail Trail is
estimated at $4.7 million as shown in Table 1. The project is currently under design; the
construction - phase I portion of the project is being advertised with this agenda item.
Table 2 shows the funding breakdown for those costs.
TABLE 2
To date, $4.5 million has been appropriated as shown in Table 2. The Federal and State funds are
drawn on a reimbursement basis; the TransNet funds were received in advance of expenditures.
There are additional TransNet funds approved by SANDAG for the project that are allocated in the
2004-05 CIP and will be appropriated upon receipt. In addition, San Diego County has approved a
reimbursement grant for Air Pollution Control District (APCD) matching fund totaling $1 84,176 for
the project. Appropriation of these funds is being considered with this agenda bill.
EXHIBITS:
1. Location Map.
2. Resolution No. 2004-221 approving plans and specifications and authorizing the City
Clerk to advertise for bids for Coastal Rail Trail Phase I and appropriate funds, Project No.
3455.
DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Sherri Howard, (760) 602-2756, showa@ci.carlsbad.ca.us
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LOCATION MAP
PROJECT COASTAL RAIL TRAIL NUMBER PROJECT NAME
PHASE I 3455
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RESOLUTION NO. 2004-221
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO
ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR COASTAL RAIL TRAIL PHASE I
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS, PROJECT NO. 3455.
WHEREAS, in 1989, the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) Bicycle
Facilities Coordinating Committee commissioned a study and determined it feasible to construct a
bike path along the railroad right of way between Oceanside Transit Center and the San Diego
Santa Fe Depot for nearly its full length; and
WHEREAS, in 1992, the SANDAG Bicycle Facilities Coordinating Committee sponsored
an lntermodal Surface Transportation Enhancement Act (ISTEA) grant for the development of a
feasibility study evaluating the alignment alternatives and resulting impacts from the possible
construction of a Class I bike path parallel to and within the existing north/south railroad right of
way; and
WHEREAS, the Coastal Rail Trail project is a 42 mile multi-modal bicycle and pedestrian
facility envisioned to be constructed in the existing railroad right of way between the Oceanside
Transit Center and the San Diego Santa Fe Depot; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad was designated as the lead agency in the 1994-01
Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP) for the development of a feasibility study
for the Coastal Rail Trail; and
WHEREAS, on November 5, 1996, the City of Carlsbad entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding with the cities of Del Mar, Encinitas, Oceanside, San Diego and Solana Beach
along with the San Diego County Transit District (currently North County Transit District) and the
Metropolitan Transit Development Boards for coordinated planning and design of a multi-modal,
non-motorized transportation facility; and
WHEREAS, on April 17, 2001, the City Council approved the Coastal Rail Trail Project
Study Report developed by Transtech Engineers, dated October 2000, for the project from the
Oceanside Transit Center and the San Diego Santa Fe Depot; and
WHEREAS, City of Carlsbad as lead agency adopted a Mitigated Negative Declaration for
the Coastal Rail Trail in the cities of Del Mar, Solana Beach, Encinitas, Carlsbad and Oceanside
[Cities) ; and
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WHEREAS, on August 1, 2001, Caltrans and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
determined that the Coastal Rail Trail project does not individually or cumulatively have significant
environmental impact and processed a Categorical Exclusion (CE) as defined by the National
Environmental Protection Act (NEPA); and
WHEREAS, the Cities each authorized individual contracts for the design of the plans,
specifications and estimates for their portion of the Coastal Rail Trail; and
WHEREAS, on September 18, 2001, the City Council authorized entering into an
agreement with Dokken Engineering to perform design engineering services for Phases I and II
for the portion of the Costal Rail Trail in Carlsbad; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, has determined it is in the
public interest to construct the multi-modal pathway located partially in North County Transit
District (NCTD) right-of-way and on City streets for the project; and
WHEREAS, the plans and specifications for furnishing of all labor, materials, tools,
equipment, transportation, and other expenses necessary or incidental to said project have been
prepared and are on file in the Engineering Department of the City of Carlsbad and are
incorporated by reference herein; and
WHEREAS, said project was included in the 2004/2005 Capital Improvement Program;
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WHEREAS, the City is proceeding with the Phase I construction of the project; and
WHEREAS, all Federal and State funds for design (Phases I and II) and construction
:Phase I) have been appropriated; and
WHEREAS, the remaining TransNet funds approved for the project will be appropriated
Jpon receipt; and
WHEREAS, Air Pollution Control District (APCD) grant funds have been approved and are
lot yet appropriated.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad,
=alifornia, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
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2. That the plans, specifications and contract documents on file in the Engineering
Department of the City of Carlsbad are hereby approved.
3. The City Clerk of the City of Carlsbad is hereby authorized and directed to publish,
in accordance with State law, a Notice to Contractors Inviting Bids for the construction of
the Coastal Rail Trail Phase I, Project No. 3455, in accordance with the plans,
specifications and contract documents referred to herein.
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funds totaling $1 84,176 for the project.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council
That the Finance Director is authorized to appropriate San Diego County APCD
7eld on the 6th day of July , 2004 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis , Finnila, Kulchin , andLPaeRa?d c-1: -:7
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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INE M. WOOD, City Clerk (SEAL)
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