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Home My WebLink AboutReso 1971-6004 RESOLUTION NO. 6004 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHU~A VISTA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY ENGINEER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A PUBLIC HIGHWAY ACROSS A RAILROAD AT THE "J" STREET CROSSING IN THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby resolve as follows: WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista desires to construct a public highway across a railroad owned by the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Rail- road Company on the "J" Street Extension from Freeway I-5 to the Mean High Tide Line, and WHEREAS, the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railroad Company has agreed to grant the City the right to construct, reconstruct, maintain and use a street or highway upon and across the real property owned by Railroad at said crossing, and WHEREAS, in order to construct said public crossing, it will be necessary for the City of Chula Vista to obtain the permission of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ,RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby authorize and direct the City Engineer of said City to submit an application to the Public utilities Commission of the State of California requesting the necessary authorization from said Commission to construct such public crossi~g, to be known and designated as Crossing No. 8.47. ;;;z; ?ru~ Lane F. Cole, Director Works Approved as to form (YV (~ ..........i2./~.-/ , of-Public Georg~D. Lindberg, City Attgrney ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this 30th day of March , 19~, by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Scott, Hamilton, Hyde, Egdahl NAYES: Councilmen Hobel ABSENT: Councilmen None ~~ / Mayor of the City of Ch a V~sta ATT"~":O -/7& ~ [/ - City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO) ss. CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, Vista, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY correct copy of Resolution No. amended or repealed. DATED , City Clerk of the City of Chula that the above is a full, true and , and that the same has not been City Clerk -'. .........- _...:.....:. : -~: Decision No. BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA In the matter of the Application) of the City of Chula Vista to ) construct a public highway ) across a railroad at "J" Street) in Chula Vista, California ) Application No. TO: THE HONORABLE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA The Applicant, Cit! of Chula Vista, respectively represents: I That Applicant, City of Chula Vista, is a political subdivision of the State of California, having as its place of business the Civic Cent~r, 276 Fourth Avenue, C~ula Vista, California. II The- name,- ti-tle, address .and business telephone number of the person to whom all correspondence or communications in regard to this application are to be addressed, and upon whom all notices, orders and other papers may be served is: Mr. Howard Gesley City Enginee-r - City of Chula Vista 276 Fourth Avenue Chula Vista, California Business Telephone No. (714) 427-3300 Ext. _234 In The Applicant requests authority to construct a public highway acro~s the rail~oad right-of-way of- the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway Company (Coronado Branch Line) at "J" Street in the City of Chula Vista. The crossing will be designated Crossing Number 8.47. -0 -1 - --~~" t..,()()-<./ ' IV A legal description of the location of the proposed crossing is as follows: Beginning at the Easterly prolongation of the existing center- line of "<1" Street (also being the North line of the Southeast Quarter of Quarter Section No. 170 of Chula Vista, according to Map No. 505 filed in the office of the County Recorder of San Diego County, March 13, 1888), and the intersection with the Westerly right-of-way line of San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railroad Coronado Branch (also being the Easterly right-of-way line ~f San Diego Gas and Electric Company); Thence along said Westerly right-of-way line North 17047'37" West a distance of 53.64 feet to a point on the arc of a 1060 foot radius curve concave Southeasterly the center of which bears South 24004'17" East; Thence Northeasterly along the arc of said curve a distance of 40.17 feet through a central angle of 2010'17" to a point on the Easterly right-of-way line of San .Diego and Arizona Easte~n Railroad; Thence South 17047'37" East 57.28 feet along said right-of-way 1 i ne; Thence South 17044'37" East 63.07 feet along said right-of-way line to a point on the arc of a 940 foot radius. curve concave Southerly, the center of which bears South 22025'44" East; Thence Southwesterly along said curve 40.22 feet through a centri1 angle of 2027'5" to a point on the Westerly right-of-way line of San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railroad; Thence North 17044'37" West 67.18 feet along said right-of-way to the Point of Beginning. See Exhibit "A" for sketch showing the proposed right-of~way. V The proposed crossing at "J" .Street and the Coronado Branch Line will be designated Crossing Number 8.47. Crossing Number 7.60 at "G" Street is the first crossing north of "J" Street. There are ~no crossings south of "J" Street. -2- ~P(' ?'()(,A/ VI The City ~f Chula Vista proposes this crossing to provide access to the Tidelands area being developed by the San Diego Unified Port District. Attached Exhibit "B" is a preliminary plan showing the proposed development of the Tidelands area. The State Highway Department will be constructing an undercrossing for "J" Street at 1-5 Freeway to provide access to the Tidelands area. VII The separation of grades at the proposed crossing is not practi- cable for the following reasons: The railroad tracks parallel the freeway access road at the intersection with "J" Street. The access road is adjacent to the railroad right-of-way at this point and there is minor difference in elevation. A major flood control.channel flows under "J" Street approx- , imately 300 feet east of the tracks. There is insufficient space available to go either above or below the tracks and still meet r the grade of the access roads and freeway undercrossing. Attached is Exhi bi t "CD showi ng the reI ati onsh'i p of the tracks, freeway, access road, and flood control channel. In view of the excessive. costs in providing a grade separation, such separation is not deemed economically feasible. V I I I The Applicant recommends installing signalization at the locations and type as shown on attached Exhibit "0" (Chula Vista Drawing No. 68-530). Note that the signal in the southwest quadrant is 26 feet from the centerline of the tracks. This is necessary to comply with PUC regulations governing clearances with overhead power lines. ~3- " ~f~ UJ(yJ Existing and proposed locations of power lines by San Diego Gas & Electric'Company necessitate this position for the signal. The .Appl icant is requesting approval for the location of the signal in the southwest quadrant since an alternative solution is not available. IX The attached Exhibit "E",includes a State Highway Drawing, scale approximately 150 feet per inch, and Chula Vista Drawing No. 68-530, scale 20 feet per inch, showing locations of all streets, roads, property lines, tracks, buildings, structures, or other obstructions to view in the area of the crossing, the character of surface or pavement and width of same, either existing or proposed, on the street or road adjacent to the proposed crossing and on each side thereof. x A map, on a scale of appr~ximately 3,000 feet per inch, showing the re~ation of the proposed crossing to existing roads and rail- , , roads in-the general vicinity of the proposed crossing is attached and marked Exhibit "F". X I The attached Exhibit "G" incl~des Chula Vista Drawing Nos. 68-520 and 68-530 and Sheets 26, 27, 28, & 30 from the State Division of Highways construction plans for 1-5 Freeway. These plans show the profile and grades for all highway affected by the proposed crossing. XII Wherefore, Applicant asks that it be granted authorization to construct a public crossing across the railroad at "J" Street as here- -4- " ~f'~ !-/YyJ inabove set forth in this application. CITY OF CHULA VISTA BY , Howard Ges 1 ey City Engineer .' '.', . . '. :":'~~~'~~~~'~~fj1i*~~>ii~:~~it~~.. -5- ~5 ~/}()"-I . ~ " ',oJ'. VERIFICATION ',Decision No. BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNtA In the matter of the Application ) of the City of Chula Vista to ) construct a puhlic highway ) across a railroad at "J" Street ) in Chula Vista, California ) Application No. TO: THE HONORABLE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA I, Howard Gesley, do declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct of my knowledge. Dated~'~ .3( /7'7/ /' ~" ~-?/ ',,~ ~.e " Howa rd Ges 1 ey City Engineer City of, Chula Vista, California r:?7~ ~f7(X/