RESOLUTION NO. 25-131
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NO. C-5-4115 WITH ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL RAIL AUTHORITY FOR PEDESTRIAN AUDIBLE WARNING SYSTEM COST SHARING AND CONSTRUCTION AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT WHEREAS, on June 7, 2024, the City successfully renewed its waiver with the Federal Railroad Administration for City’s Pedestrian Audible Warning System (PAWS) for an additional five years ending on June 7, 2029; and WHEREAS, this system allows for the City to enjoy the use of custom horns in place of wayside horns and train horns of passerby trains through the City; and WHEREAS, the City’s current equipment deployed for PAWS is no longer supported by its original manufacturer and the City’s inventory of spare parts is being depleted without the ability to acquire additional replacements; and WHEREAS, on October 15, 2024, the City Council awarded a Professional Services Agreement with Pacific Railway Enterprises, Inc. in the amount of $248,480.89 for the design, permitting, bid support and construction support services of the rehabilitation of the City’s PAWS system; and WHEREAS, the City coordinated with OCTA to develop an agreement with OCTA for OCTA to share 88% of the construction costs and with SCRRA to bid and manage the construction; and WHEREAS, this project was previously determined to be categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Class 2 (Replacement or Reconstruction, 14 CCR 15302), Section 15302 of the state CEQA Guidelines because it consists of replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby find, determine and resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That the above recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein fully by reference.
SECTION 2. That the Cooperative Agreement No. C-5-4115 with OCTA and SCRRA for Pedestrian Audible Warning System Rehabilitation is hereby approved.
SECTION 3. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute said Cooperative Agreement in a form substantially similar to that presented to the City Council on September 2, 2025.
SECTION 4. That the City Manager is authorized and directed to take such actions and execute such other and further documents as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this resolution and implement the project.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ____ day of , 2025
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK of the City of Steve Knoblock, Mayor of the San Clemente, California City of San Clemente, California STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) §
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE )
I, LAURA CAMPAGNOLO, City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 25-131 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the _______ day of _______________________, _________, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Clemente, California, this ____ day of _______________, ____. ________________________ CITY CLERK of the City of
San Clemente, California
Approved as to form:
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Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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