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CONSENT CALENDAR
DATE: May 9, 1995
SUBJECT: SIERRA HIGHWAY OVER THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (SPTC) RAILROAD - BRIDGE NO.
53C -1776R (NORTHBOUND) AGREEMENT GRANTING TEMPORARY
JURISDICTION TO THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Resolution No. 95-48
DEPARTMENT: Community Development
The subject project consists of the repair and retrofit of the bridge on Sierra Highway over the
SPTC Railroad to meet seismic structural standards. The improvements will be constructed at
no cost to the City and will be administered by the County.
The County is asking that a Resolution be adopted granting jurisdiction for the duration of the
construction in order to administer the project. In addition, the County has asked the Council
to concur that this project does not have a significant effect on the environment and is
categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA),
because it is an existing facility and the work is rehabilitation to meet current standards for
public health and safety.
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Resolution.
ATTACHMENT
Resolution No. 95-48
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RESOLUTION NO. 95-48
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA
CONSENTING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
A PORTION OF SIERRA HIGHWAY WITHIN SAID CITY
AS A PART OF THE SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS
OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors did on November 29, 1994, duly adopt a Resolution
declaring the portion of Sierra Highway from 500 feet north of the Southern Pacific
Transportation Company (SPTC) Railroad to 600 feet south of the SPTC Railroad, and
intersecting streets appurtenant to the construction thereof, within the City of Santa Clarita,
to be a part of the System of Highways of the County of Los Angeles, as provided in Sections
1700 to 1704 inclusive of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, said Board of Supervisors by said Resolution requested this Council to give
its consent to allow the County to administer a project to repair and perform a seismic safety
retrofit of the Sierra Highway bridge over the SPTC Railroad and perform appurtenant work
within said portion of Sierra Highway in the City of Santa Clarita described above; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 15301, Class 1 (d), of the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, the Secretary of Resources designated this type of project as
categorically exempt.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita does resolve as
follows:
Section 1. Consent to Inclusion in County Highway System, This City Council does
hereby consent to the establishment of the portion of Sierra Highway from 500 feet north of the
SPTC Railroad to 600 feet south of the SPTC Railroad, and intersecting streets appurtenant to
the construction thereof, within the City of Santa Clarita, as part of the System of Highways of
the County of Los Angeles as provided in Sections 1700 to 1704 inclusive of the Streets and
Highways Code of the State of California. Said consent is for the purpose of administering a
project to repair and perform a seismic safety retrofit and appurtenant work as may be
necessary by the County of Los Angeles.
Section 2. Finding of Categorical Exemption. This Council does hereby find that the
project is categorically exempt from the requirement for an Environmental Impact Report
pursuant to Section 15301, Class 1 (d), of the CEQA Guidelines.
Section . Finding of a Minor Nature. The City Council does hereby find that pursuant
to Government Code, Section 65402 (b), the aforesaid street improvements are of a minor nature
and that, therefore, the provisions of said Section requiring the submission to and report upon
said project by the City Planning Agency do not apply.
RESOLUTION NO. 95-48
May 9, 1995 - Page 2
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) §
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Donna M. Grindey, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at
a regular meeting thereof, held on the day of 19_ by the
following vote of Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER&
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
CITY CLERK
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Resolution No. 95-48
Sierra Highway over the Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SPTC) Railroad
Bridge No. 53C -1776R
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