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City Council
Staff Report
From: City Manager
Report Type: ACTION ITEMS
Lead Department: Transportation
Meeting Date: June 18, 2024
Report #:2406-3169
TITLE
Selection of Rail Grade Separation Alternatives for Churchill Avenue, Meadow Drive, and Charleston Road Crossings for the Advancement of the Alternatives into the Preliminary Engineering and Environmental Documentation phase; CEQA status – statutorily exempt under CEQA section 15262 (feasibility and planning study). (Continued from June 10, 2024)
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Council discuss and review the grade separation alternatives considering Rail Committee recommendations and other work completed to date for the selection of preferred alternative(s) and select which alternative(s) to advance into the Preliminary Engineering and Environmental Documentation Phase.
Staff is seeking the Council's action on the following key decision:
The selection of Preferred Alternative(s) at Meadow Drive and Charleston Road for advancing grade separation alternatives into the Preliminary Engineering and Environmental Documentation Phase. The Rail Committee voted, with two in favor and one opposed, to recommend the Underpass Alternative and Hybrid Alternative at Meadow Drive and Charleston Road as the preferred options to the City Council for advancement into the Preliminary Engineering review
BACKGROUND
The Staff Report for this item can be found as part of the June 10, 2024 Council Report, item 13 Staff Report # 2402-25971
1 City Council, June 17, 2024; item 13, Action Item, SR# 2402-2597 https://portal.laserfiche.com/Portal/DocView.aspx?id=72813&repo=r-704298fc
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On June 10, 2024, the City Council adopted a motion advancing Seale Avenue as the bicycle and pedestrian crossing for the partial underpass alternative for Churchill Avenue crossing into Preliminary Engineering and the Environmental Documentation Phase with the Closure as a backup option. This part of the item that was originally agendized as part of the June 10 item is no longer agenized for June 18 City Council meeting.
ATTACHMENTS
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APPROVED BY:
Philip Kamhi, Chief Transportation Official