99-001RESOLUTION NO. 99R - 1
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM PERTAINING TO AN URBAN RAIL SYSTEM
AND EXPRESSING PREFERENCES CONCERNING SUCH AN
URBAN RAIL SYSTEM
WHEREAS, Measure M, which was approved by the voters in
November of 1990, earmarks Three Hundred Forty Million Dollars
for an urban rail system; and,
WHEREAS, the Orange County Transportation Authority
(OCTA), in order to compete for Federal funding of "New Start"
urban rail projects, adopted, in June of 1997, a Major Investment
Study (MIS), which study established a Locally Preferred
Alternative (LPA) for a elevated urban rail system, twenty-eight
,, miles in length, connecting the Fullerton Transportation Center
and the John Wayne Airport; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim
adopted, on April 15, 1998, a Locally Preferred Option having an
elevated urban rail alignment different than that proposed in the
MIS, which option includes a Regional Transportation Center and
supporting clean fuel shuttle system to support the rail
stations; and,
WHEREAS, OCTA has subsequently identified a Lower Cost
Alternative (LCA) at-grade alignment for the project having a
cost estimate of approximately Five Hundred Million Dollars less
than the cost of the LPA; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of the OCTA has requested
resolutions from the Urban Rail Corridor cities which resolutions
-~- acknowledge alternatives to be taken through the Draft Envir-
onmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Report (DEIR/EIR}
process and to confirm each city's preferences concerning route
alignments, technology, elevation and station locations.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council of
the City of Anaheim:
1. Acknowledges that the OCTA DEIR/EIR process will
include the LPS, the LCA, and a No-Build alternative.
2. Expresses a preference for the route alignment and
station locations depicted on Exhibit A, attached
hereto.
3. Expresses a preference for grade separations at the
freeway crossings and those street intersections which
are forecast to operate at congested levels.
4. Expresses a preference for elevation to be grade
separated at freeway crossings and at intersections
forecast to operate at congested conditions; and
5. Requires consideration of aesthetic impacts of the
rail system in the City of Anaheim, particularly in the
Anaheim Resort Area and the Stadium Area.
6. Requires mitigation of traffic congestion on
arterial streets and highways which congestion is
forecast with at-grade urban rail operations.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Anaheim this 5th day of January,
1999.
MAYOR OF THE CITY ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM }
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 99R-1 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the
Anaheim City Council held on the 5th day of January 1999, by the following vote of the
members thereof:
AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: Feldhaus, Kring, Tait, McCracken, Daly
NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Resolution
No. 99R-1 on the 5th day of January, 1999.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City
of Anaheim this 5th day of January, 1999.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing
is the original of Resolution No. 99R-1 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the
City of Anaheim on January 5th 1999.
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM