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RESOLUTION NO. 05-39
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS OF THE CITY OF
RIVERSIDE AND THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS (SCAG) TO ADDRESS
THE CHALLENGES RELATED TO CREATING A REGIONAL
GOODS MOVEMENT SYSTEM THAT CONSTRUCTS GRADE
SEPARATED RAIL CROSSINGS; ESTABLISHES HIGHWAY
PROJECTS DEDICATED TO GOODS MOVEMENT; AND
IDENTIFIES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FINANCING
ALTERNATIVES TO CONSTRUCT THE NEARLY $3.5 BILLION
IN RAIL AND HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TO
SUPPORT THIS SYSTEM AND PROTECT THE REGION'S
ECONOMIC VIABILITY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES RESOLVE, DETERMINE
AND REQUEST AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, Southern California is the primary access point for national goods
movement; and
WHEREAS, Los Angeles and Long Beach ports are the two busiest ports in North
America; and
WHEREAS, Together these two ports from the third busiest port in the world (behind
only Hong Kong and Singapore) handling more than 15.5 million TEU's (twenty-foot equivalent
units) annually; and
WHEREAS, By 2010, this TEU statistic is expected to increase 81% and another 220%
by 2025; and
WHEREAS, Within this region, there is no city more greatly impacted by the goods
movement issue than the City of Riverside; and
WHEREAS, More than 75% of the containers coming through the ports of Los Angeles
and Long Beach travel through Riverside to destinations within every state affecting 2,020,500
jobs with a trade value of $196 billion; and
WHEREAS, Current peak railroad traffic in the City of Riverside results in 92 freight and
11 passenger trains per day for a total of 103 trains; and
WHEREAS, Without additional tracks and other improvements (grade separations), the
forecasted freight and passenger train levels will result in a total breakdown of the rail network
out of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach through Riverside by 2010; and
WHEREAS, The City of Riverside has 27 at-grade crossings that require mitigation with
an estimated cost in excess of $500 million; and
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WHEREAS, Innovative financing should be explored including public and private
financing alternatives to construct the nearly $3.5 billion in rail and highway improvements
necessary to support this system and protect the region's economic viability; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, The City of Temecula City Council supports the
efforts of the City of Riverside and the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
to address the challenges related to creating a regional goods movement system that constructs
grade separated rail crossings;
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Temecula at
a meeting held on the 12th day of April, 2005.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE
CITY OF TEMECULA
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I, Susan W. Jones, CMC, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, California, do hereby certify
that Resolution No. 05-39 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 12th day of April, 2005, by the following vote:
AYES:
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COUNCILMEMBERS: Edwards, Naggar, Roberts, Washington,
Comerchero
NOES:
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COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT:
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COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN:
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