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93-109 RESOLUTION NO. 93R-109 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE EXISTING AMTRAK/COMMUTER RAIL STATION SITE ON THE LOSSAN RAIL CORRIDOR AS THE PREFERRED LOCATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS REQUESTED IN THE 1993/1994 REVISED TRANSIT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM APPLICATION WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim entered into an agreement with AMTRAK on October 26, 1982, and expended an amount estimated at $1,300,000 to construct a rail passenger station as an integral part of the City-owned sports complex and land contiguous thereto; and WHEREAS, the ridership at this station has grown to make it one of the highest ridership stations along the Los Angeles-San Diego (LOSSAN) rail corridor; and WHEREAS, it is expected that this station's ridership will further increase, as the Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) will be increasing commuter rail service along the LOSSAN rail corridor, starting with two additional trains in December 1993 and increasing to nine additional trains as ridership warrants; and WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim obtained a discretionary grant from the South Coast Air Quality Management District to implement Line 532, operated by the Orange County Transportation Authority, to connect the rail station with major employers in the area; and WHEREAS, construction of a second track along the LOSSAN corridor, planned by SCRRA for June 1994, will further enhance commuter rail operations; and WHEREAS, the second track construction will include demolition of the station platform south of the existing track, and SCRRA should provide for service during construction via a northside platform and pedestrian underpass to connect the station with a new northside platform to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; and WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim has prepared concept plans (shown on Attachment A) for these improvements as part of area planning and Transit Capital Improvement (TCI) funding application; and WHEREAS, the City proposes to direct the remaining $92,000 of awarded TCI funds towards design of the pedestrian underpass, and to submit a revised TCI application for Fiscal Year 1993-94 to request $765,000 for construction of a second platform to replace the demolished platform south of the existing track; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Anaheim that the city of Anaheim supports the existing AMTRAK/COMMUTER rail station site on the LOSSAN rail corridor as the preferred location for construction of improvement requested in the 1993-94 Revised Transit Capital Improvement Program Application. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 22nd day of June , 1993. MAYOR ~THE CI O~EIM CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ~NAHEIM 2063.1\EEGAN\June 9, 1993 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. 93R-109 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the Anaheim City Council held on the 22nd day of June, 1993, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Feldhaus, Hunter, Pickler, Simpson, Daly NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Resolution No. 93R-109 on the 23rd day of June, 1993. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 23rd day of June, 1993. 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. 93R-109 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim on June 22, 1993. CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM