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MINUTES of THE MEETING of THE CITY COUNCIL January 3, 1979 CALL TO ORDER ~yor Kenneth ~.Iercer called the Special Meeting of the City Council to order at 8:00 P.M. ROLL CALL Deputy City Clerk Doris George called the roll which is recorded as follows: Councilmembers Brandes, Butler, Kephart, Wood, and Mayor Mercer were present. Mr. Brown, City Manager, Mr. Levine, City Attorney, Mr. Campbell, Director of Public Works and Utilities, and Mr. ~rris, Director of Planning and Community Development, were present. RAILROAD TRACK CONSOLIDATION PROJECT Mayor Mercer welcomed citizens to this informational meeting regarding the railroad consolidation project. Mayor Mercer introduced members of the Council and staff as well as representatives Bob Barton and Paul Molley of DeLeuw Cather Company, engineers for the project. Mayor Mercer stated the purpose of this meeting was for the engineers to explain the project and to answer questions and concerns of the residents. ~fr. Brown presented his report dated December 26, 1978, regarding this mat~e~n~ Mr. Barton, DeLeuw Cather Company, explained the railroad consolidation pro- · ject in detail and displayed charts and maps showing proposed routes, bridgas~ overpasses and underpasses, and grade separations of the portion of the project within the Pleasanton City Limits, which show the Western Pacific Railroad tracks being used in the consolidation rather than the Southern Pacific tracks. Mr. Barton stated that the Environmental Impact Report was in draft form and that comments should be presented by January 10, 1979, in order to be considered in. the final Environmental Impact Report. Mr. Barton presented background informa- tion on the project, stating that it had been considered in the General Plan for several years, and that with the decline in train traffic on the Southern Pacific it was felt that one line could carry all trains. He explained that the Western Pacific line was already equipped with the CTC Signal System. ~{r. Barton stated that PUC funding was granted on the considerati~nof grade crossing traffic safety improvement and that the PUC had ranked this project 5th on the priority list. Members of the audience asked the following questions: l~y not use the Southern Pacific tracks instead of the Western Pacific tracks? Mr. Barton stated there were signaling problems on the Southern Pacific and that the Western Pacific was already equipped with the CTC Signal System and they would not agree to operate on a track without this system. Mr. Barton also stated that the Western Pacific and Southern Pacific could consolidate without the concurrence of the City and that they would probably use the Western Pacific tracks.