HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-02-26 - AGENDA REPORTS - RIO VISTA RD GRADE SEPARATION (2)AGENDA REPORT
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CONSENT CALENDAR John E. Medina
DATE: February 26, 1991
SUBJECT: RIO VISTA ROAD r
GRADE SEPARATION AGREEMENT
DEPARTMENT: Public
BACKGROUND
The County of Los Angeles submitted an application to the Public Utilities
Commission for a grade crossing on Rio Vista Road southerly of Soledad Canyon
Road at the Southern Pacific Transportation Company's tracks. The. application
was submitted on behalf of the developer for Tract 32262 - this is the same
property the City recently purchased. The developer was conditioned to
construct Rio Vista Road from Soledad Canyon Road southerly to the end of this
property, approximately one-half mile. This construction included an underpass
beneath the Southern Pacific Transportation Company's tracks.
The.County would have been the owner of Rio Vista Road when it was constructed.
The application was filed in July of -1987 by the County, but the decision by the
Public Utilities Commission to allow this undercrossing was not made until
March 9, 1988, shortly after the City Incorporated. The County continued with
the application naming the City as the agency that would ultimately provide the
necessary maintenance and operation of the underpass.
The application was for a period of three years and will expire on
March 9, 1991. It would be much easier -to request an extension for additional
time to construct the underpass than to permit' the application to run out and
apply for a new application later. Therefore, we are recommending the City
Council authorize staff to apply for an extension from the Public Utilities
Commission. The approval by the Public Utilities Commission would not, in any
way, require the City to install the grade separation at that location or at all
if the Council, at a later date, decides to move Rio Vista Road or does not
construct it. With that in mind, we feel that the most prudent approach is to
preserve the City's right to construct the grade separation if and when it
chooses to..do so.
The location of the undercrossing did not change by the Council's recent action
to consider rerouting Rio Vista northerly of Soledad Canyon Road.- Thus, this
action would not affect the proposed rerouting.
RECOMMENDATION
The City Council authorize staff to seek maximum extension of Application
87-07-010 in the matter of a proposed grade separation of Rio Vista Road under
the Southern Pacific Transportation Company El Paso Line.
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