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�N City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: December 5, 2011 <br />4 ° {14 All Staff Report <br />File Number: 11 -363 Agenda Section: CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number: 8.1. <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Lianne Marshall <br />Interim City Manager /Executive Director <br />BY: Uchenna Udemezue <br />Engineering & Transportation Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW: Carla Rodriguez, Deputy Finance Director <br />TITLE: Staff Report for Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into Service Contract No. <br />75LX204 with the State of California, Department of Transportation, for Funds <br />from the At -Grade Highway Rail Crossing Program for the Hesperian Boulevard <br />at Springlake Drive Railroad Crossing <br />Staff Report for Authorizing the City Manager to enter into Service Contract No. 75LX204 <br />with the State of California, Department of Transportation, for funds from the At -Grade <br />Highway Rail Crossing Program for the Hesperian Boulevard at Springlake Drive Railroad <br />Crossing <br />N00] LTA l LTA I;101117AIIQ01K <br />Staff recommends that the <br />City Council authorize the City Manager to enter <br />into <br />Service <br />Contract No. 75LX204 with <br />the State of California, Department of Transportation, for <br />funds <br />from the At -Grade Highway Rail Crossing Program authorized by Title 23, <br />United <br />States <br />Code, Section 130, for the <br />Hesperian Boulevard railroad crossing at Springlake <br />Drive. <br />This <br />service contract provides <br />grant funds to eliminate pedestrian hazards at <br />the <br />railroad <br />crossing. <br />- 1TTSI20] 0Q111J 011 oil <br />The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) regularly prioritizes improvements at <br />railroad crossings based upon hazard potential. On January 20, 2010, City staff met with <br />Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR), Alameda- Contra Costa Transit (AC Transit) and CPUC <br />representatives to review the Hesperian Boulevard at -grade highway -rail crossing, CPUC <br />No. 001D-17.50, DOT No. 749745L, near Springlake Drive. This crossing was selected for <br />hazard elimination and safety improvements using Federal Section 130 funds. The Section <br />130 program is a federally funded program administered by Caltrans to reimburse the actual <br />and direct costs of the design and construction of safety improvements at railroad crossings. <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 1112912011 <br />