CC RESOLUTION 4634RESOLUTION NO. 4634
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
OPPOSING THE SITING OF A LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY RAIL TRANSIT MAINTENANCE AND
OPERATIONS FACILITY WITHIN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of El Segundo as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council finds as follows:
A. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) issued a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report
(DEIS /DEIR) for the Crenshaw Transit Corridor Project which
analyzed several transit modes and alignments, as well as, two
potential sites for the maintenance facility needed to service the
light rail cars or buses for the project;
B. The City of El Segundo reviewed the DEIS /DEIR and raised serious
concerns in a formal comment letter to MTA about the adequacy of
the environmental review for the proposed "Site D" maintenance
and operations facility and requested that MTA make significant
revisions and re- circulate the environmental document prior to
consideration of certification;
C. Site D is generally located northeast of the intersection of
Rosecrans Avenue and Sepulveda Boulevard within the City of El
Segundo; and based upon documentation contained within the
DEIS /DEIR, the site would include land designated for the
extension of Park Place; as well as, portions of property identified
to be within Plaza El Segundo Phase II, in addition to active railroad
lines required for the transport of large quantities of product from
the El Segundo Chevron Refinery;
D. It is within the City's vital interests to preserve and protect its
economic base, its environmental quality and justice interests, and
its local traffic circulation plans, more particularly, as they relate to
the environmental and economic impacts that would be created by
the siting of a MTA railyard maintenance and operations facility
within the area identified as "Site D."
SECTION 2: The City of El Segundo is concerned that despite recent action by
the MTA Planning & Programming Committee to request consideration of
alternate sites for the rail transit operations and maintenance facility, there is no
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assurance that the MTA Board and staff will identify and ultimately select an
alternate site.
SECTION 3: The City of El Segundo strongly opposes any plan for siting in El
Segundo of a rail transit operations and maintenance facility for the Crenshaw
Transit Corridor Project and requests that the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority Board and staff formally drop "Site D" from consideration as a viable
option.
SECTION 4: The City Manager, his designees, and city consultants are directed
and authorized to communicate the City Council's policy position on this matter to
appropriate agencies, organizations and individuals, as necessary.
SECTION 5: The City Clerk is directed to certify the adoption of this Resolution;
record this Resolution in the book of the City's original resolutions; and make a
minute action of the adoption of the Resolution in the City Council's records and
the minutes of this meeting.
SECTION 6: This Resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption
and will remain effective unless repealed or superseded.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of
ATTEST:
Cindy Mo esen,
City Clerk
APPROVEUA i RM:
Mark D. Hen `.le Attorney
By: -�
Karl H.
Assistant, ity Attorne}�
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