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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda Report - June 4, 1997 (49)CITY OF LODI COUNCIL COMMUNICATION AGENDA TITLE: Lodi Central City Railroad Safety Improvement Project (Alternative to Lodi Avenue Grade Separation) MEETING DATE: June 4, 1997 PREPARED BY: Public Works Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council authorize staff to proceed with planning the Lodi Central City Railroad Safety Improvement Project. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The San Joaquin County Transportation Sales Tax, Measure K, includes a category for railroad safety improvements which presently consists of grade separations. Lodi's only project in this category was Lodi Avenue at the Southern Pacific tracks in Downtown. At its April 2, 1997 meeting, the Council determined not to proceed with this project due to its impacts on Downtown and high cost. (Less than half of the project cost would be covered by the $3.9 million Measure K allocation.) Staff was directed to work on finding another project that would retain this funding for Lodi_ If no alternative is found, the funds will be used elsewhere in the County. Staff has prepared a comprehensive project which we feel meets the spirit of the Measure K ordinance and will be looked upon in favor by the majority of Lodi residents. The core of the project is the removal of the Central California Traction Company tracks in Lodi Avenue and Main Street and replacement of that rail service on the Southern Pacific Kentucky House Branch which runs parallel to Lockeford Street. Details of the project, a preliminary budget and a project map are attached. To implement the project, we need to: • submit the project to the San Joaquin County Council of Governments and obtain their approval, which will entail amendments to the Measure K expenditure and strategic plans • negotiate project details and cost sharing with the railroads • perform environmental review • determine project phasing • do preliminary design work FUNDING: None needed at this time. rPuac L. Ronsko bli Works Director Prepared by Richard C. Prima, Jr., City Engineer JLR/RCP/lm Attachments cc: Senator Patrick Johnston San Joaquin Council of Governments SJCOG Citizen's Advisory Committee Lodi Representative Union Pacific Railroad Central California Traction Company Caltrans, Planning Division Chamber of Commerce Lodi Downtown Business Association Pacific Coast Producers, Attn: Jim Schweickardt Sweetener Products, Attn: Joe Tack Arkay Industries, Inc., Attn: Eric Kuhnash Economic Development Coordinator APPROVED: H. Dixon Flynn -- City Manager CCRRSFTV.DOC 05/28!97 Lodi Central City Railroad Safety Improvement Project Project Objective: To improve vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian safety and convenience where these travel modes interact with railroad tracks while maintaining railroad service to existing and future businesses. Project Description: The project consists of the removal of Central California Traction Company tracks presently located within streets, improving those streets, providing rail service along the unused Union Pacific (formerly Southern Pacific) Kentucky House Branch, and making various improvements to the Branch and adjacent streets (see project map). Project Specifics: The project will: • remove a mile of railroad tracks that presently run parallel with traffic within Lodi Avenue and Main Street; • eliminate fifteen locations where railroad tracks cross travel lanes at a skewed angle or street intersections; • repave the streets and install lighting, drainage, curb, gutter and sidewalk where the tracks are removed; • install rubberized rail crossing surfaces at fifteen street crossings; • install a protected pedestrian crossing of the Kentucky House Branch between Calaveras Street and Central Avenue; • install frontage improvements - fencing, curb, gutter, sidewalk and lighting along unimproved railroad frontage; and, • improve Lockeford Street along the Kentucky House Branch. Project Budget. $6,115,000 Project Funding: Measure K City of Lodi Union Pacific Railroad Lodi Central City Railroad Safety Improvement Project Preliminary Budget Summanr Lodi Avenue/Main Street $ 1,283,000 Kentucky House Branch incl. Frontage $ 1,573,000 Rail Crossing Surfaces at Streets $ 1,092,000 Lockeford Street $ 2,167,000 Project Funding Measure K Union Pacific Railroad City of Lodi Total: $ 6,115,000 $ 3,970,000 Rail and Street Work $ 438,000 Track Connection $ 1,707,000 Balance of Project Ccrail$.xls a LODI CENTRAL CITY RAILROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT n O t........ s.e..1 _I n ; I J J�,f J tn.0 I New Pedestrian/Bike m 1\ �. ;W m Stodiui '( Crossingwith autoatic\,, 90"II � gates and barrier— xxx I I I I s f,�; n,.,n Festival Grounds i D To G�J+J�SJ l ut aai w cnn w sJ 1,1 I'll, xIliUi'K' IIOI,I`.il il„i11�II1 �PedJestrian barrier, A' k r ! w .I.GYII St. 1 jj 1 f! I1, f Ctivote — current) not us imp♦ovements along j, s.f.tyl uiagI 1 eu std; i i 1 I I f..- [ ._9W n { I I l( II 11 l I enr nun (Lee I_ , IFM ST ;x I �� iI ;� -� it � ►i _, �' `�. �� ,�� s{ SL ji Loa Uft AV. � s LLl — — — Existing tracks Existing hocks proposed to be obondoned EI Proposed new track connection vl Existing track to be U reused U Improved crossing surface New traffic signal with t01 T RR preempt "" i'Y YY 'Y x Y x. z.Y Y� Lockeford & aHey Springs .._ MCI Si 0 Y -I U O ting 1 "=800' CITY COUNCIL PHILLIP A. PENNING, Mayor JACK A. SIEC LOCK Mayor Pro Tempore KEITH LAND STEPHEN J. MANN DAVID P. WARNER CITY OF LODI MAILING LIST ATTACHED CITY HALL, 221 WEST PINE STREET P.O. BOX 3006 LODI, CALIFORNIA 9 52 41-1 91 0 (209) 333-6706 FAX (209) 333-6710 May 30, 1997 SUBJECT: Lodi Central City Railroad Safety Improvement Project (Alternative to Lodi Avenue Grade Separation) H. DIXON FLYNN City Manager JENNIFER M. PERRIN City Clerk RANDALL A. HAYS City Attorney Enclosed is a copy of background information on an item on the City Council agenda of Wednesday, June 4, 1997, at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held in the City Council Chamber, Carnegie Forum, 305 West Pine Street. This item is on the regular calendar for Council discussion. You are welcome to attend. If you wish to write to the City Council, please address your letter to City Council, City of Lodi, P. O. Box 3006, Lodi, California, 95241-1910. Be sure to allow time for the mail. Or, you may hand -deliver the letter to the City Clerk at 221 West Pine Street. If you wish to address the Council at the Council meeting, be sure to fill out a speaker's card (available at the Carnegie Forum immediately prior to the start of the meeting) and give it to the City Clerk. If you have any questions about communicating with the Council, please contact Jennifer Perrin, City Clerk, at (209) 333-6702. If you have any questions about the item itself, please call Richard Prima, City Engineer, at (209) 333-6706. �a' 4� Jack L. Ronsko Public Works Director J LR/I m Enclosure cc: City Clerk Nccrrsft.doc SENATOR PATRICK JOHNSTON SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY MR RICHARD BLACKSTON 31 E CHANNEL STE D COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS SJCOG CITIZEN'S ADVISORY STOCKTON CA 95202 6 S EL DORADO ST STE 400 COMMITTEE LODI REP STOCKTON CA 95202 c/o 518 RIBIER AVE LODI CA 95240 MR MIKE ONGERTH UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD 1416 DODGE ST OMAHA NB 68179 CENTRAL CALIF TRACTION CO 1645 CHEROKEE RD STOCKTON CA 95205 CALTRANS PLANNING DIVISION P O BOX 2048 STOCKTON CA 95201 MR MIKE LAPENTA PRES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LODI DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSN MR JIM SCHWEICKARDT P O BOX 386 12 N SCHOOL ST PACIFIC COAST PRODUCERS LODI CA 95241 LODI CA 95240 631 N CLUFF AVE LODI CA 95242 MR JOE TACK SWEETENER PRODUCTS P O BOX 2757 LODI CA 95241 MR ERIC KUHNASH ARKAY INDUSTRIES INC 228 BYERS RD STE 2000 MIAMISBURG OH 45342