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Town of Danville
542 San Ramon Valley Boulevard
Danville, CA 94526
(415) 820-6337
RESOLUTION NO. 10-84
A Resolution of the City of Danville Adopting Principles
Governing the Use and Acquisition of the Abandoned
Southern Pacific Right of Way Under Certain Conditions
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County has
requested the ~ty of Danville to consider eight principles
governing the interim use and acquisition of the abandoned
Southern Pacific Right of Way as follows:
~'~ 1. Insure the right of way is transferred into public
ownership.
2. Maintain the right of way as a continuous unit.
3. Protect the integrity of the right of way by coordinating
land use policies from the County of Contra Costa in the
cities through which it passes.
4. Near-term uses to which the right of way may be put should
not foreclose this development as a transportation
facility in the future.
5. Development of coordinated policy to consolidate existing
crossing points and to restrict new crossings across the
right of way.
6. Develop a coordinated plan among the potential public and
private utilities intending to use the right of way.
7. Maximize all available public and private resources of
revenue which may be used to acquire the right of way.
8. Establish acquisition priorities for segments of the right
of way.
~HEREAS, the City Council of the City of Danville considered the
Board of Supervisors' request on January 6, 1984, and February 6,
WHEREAS the City Council is legitimately concerned about future uses
of the right of way property and has concluded that other viable
alternatives to the use of the Southern Pacific railway corridor
for transportation purposes particularly the light rail use,
should be seriously evaluated, and
WHEREAS, the Southern Pacific corridor runs through the City of
Danville and includes more property than will be needed for
transportation needs in the future and the Council does not wish
to relinquish land use control over such property.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Danville to
adopt the above listed principles governing the interim use and
acquisition of the Southern Pacific right of way on the conditions
that:
1. The County and City enter into an agreement insuring
that Danville retain land use controls on the right of way.
2. The proposed agreement between the City and the County
provide that:
a. The City shall retain land use authority for portions
of the right of way not otherwise under consideration
for future transportation purposes.
b. County will meet and confer with the City in good
faith over any uses of the right of way in the future.
c. The City shall have the first right of refusal to purchase
any portions of the right of way located in Danville
and owned by the County at the County's original purchase
price if it is decided that such property shall not be
used for transportation purposes.
d. The City shall have the right to approve interim uses
on the right of way until the final decision regarding
permanent use of the right of way is made.
3. The County insure the City that the 1-680 freeway will be
carefully evaluated and considered as an alternative before
proposing any transportation uses on the right of way.
4. That a prime consideration be protection of residential
property values and quiet enjoyment of residential property.
5. Nothing contained herein should be misconstrued as the
Danville City Council's support for any type of rail usage
or increased taxes or assessments upon Danville citizens.
6. Danville City Council does not favor BART acting as the
lead agency in the project.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on the 6th day of February, 1984
by the following vote:
AYES: Lane, May, Mc Neely, Offenhartz
NOES: Schlendorf
ABSENT: None
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