HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 3394RESOLUTION NO. 3394
A RESOLUTION URGING IMMEDIATE ACTION BE TAKEN
TO REVIEW AND UPDATE RAILROAD SAFETY STANDARDS
WHEREAS. in recent years there has been a startling increase in the
derailment of trains, often hauling explosive and toxic substances, including
one on June 21, 1970, at Crescent City, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, such derailments threaten cities and towns with injury and
death of their residents and economic disaster; and
WHEREAS, there is a need for a review and updating of railroad safety
standards, including road bed and rolling stock maintenance, and the speed
of trains through urban areas, especially on rail line and trains which carry
explosive and toxic substances; and
WHEREAS, railroad safety standards are a matter of state-wide and
national concern beyond the scope of authority of cities to regulate:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Lodi that it urges the Interstate Commerce Commission, the California
Public Utilities Commission and railroads operating within the State of
California, to immediately take the necessary steps to review and update
railroad safety standards, including road bed and rolling stock maintenance,
and the speed of trains through urban areas, especially on rail lines and
trains which carry explosive and toxic substances.
Dated: July 1, 1970
1 hereby certify that Resolution No. 3394 was passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Lodi 9n regular
meeting held July 1, 1970 by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen - Ehrhardt, Hughes, Katnich, Kirsten
and Schaffer
Noes: Councilmen - None Absent: Councilmen
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THOMAS
Deputy City'CIerk-',;
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