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W CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT For Council Meeting of November 5. 1996 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: John C. Hutton Director of Public Worksr1 SUBJECT: Approval to Close "E" Street, "H" Street and Valley Boulevard Date: 10/29/96 from Pensylvania Ave to 7th Street for repair & construction on the BNSF RR tracks. BACKGROUND: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad is repairing, removing Wor replacing the rails at the crossings listed below: The specific locations of the Street Closures are as follows: "E" Street Pennsylvania Ave to 7th St November 11,12,13,14 & 15, 1996. "H" Street Pennsylvania Ave to 7th St November 18,19,20,21 & 22, 1996 Valley Blvd Pennsylvania Ave to 7th St Mid -January 1997 to preclude interruption of vehicular traffic during the holidays. The proposed projects will consist of: 1. Removal of existing disconnected tracks through the crossings. 2. Construction of one track on the west side of the most westerly track through the crossings. 3. Removal of timber crossing material and replacement with concrete crossing panels with rubber inserts within the three crossings. 4. Repave the A.C. roadway track approaches per the vertical curve alignment plan. 5. A.C. pave the pedestrian walkway areas between the tracks and a minimum of 20 feet from the outside tracks providing a smooth pedestrian walkway across the tracks. 6. Remove and reconstruct the raised island medians at Valley Boulevard. This is a project which will not only benefit the RR itself, but also the City of Colton in general. The particular crossings targeted are currently in disrepair, there is nothing between the tracks to buffer damage to vehicles using these crossings and there is no pedestrian area crossing said tracks and the area directly adjacent to the tracks (located within the RR right-of-way is in poor condition.. Page 1 of Item No. 14