For City Council Meeting June 11, 2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: G. Michael Milhiser, Interim City Manager
FROM: Timothy Sullivan, Director of Maintenace and Facilities
Title
Request City Council to: 1) Approve a Development Mitigation Cooperative Agreement with San Bernardino County for the I-10/Riverside Avenue Interchange Phase 2 Project; and 2) Authorize the City Manager or their Designee to Execute all Documents.
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Approve a Development Mitigation Cooperative Agreement with San Bernardino County for the I-10/Riverside Avenue Interchange Phase 2 Project; and,
2. Authorize the City Manager or their designee to execute all documents.
BACKGROUND
The City of Rialto, in cooperation with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA), previously coordinated and funded the completion of the I-10 / Riverside Avenue Interchange Project (the "Interchange Project"). On June 3, 2008, the City Council approved a Construction Cooperative Agreement for the I-10 / Riverside Avenue Interchange project with Caltrans and then San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG).
The Interchange Project is located immediately adjacent to an existing Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) bridge crossing - a local bridge owned and maintained by the City of Rialto. This UPRR bridge crossing is located over the Union Pacific West Colton Yard - one of the largest railroad hubs for UPRR. With the understanding that the LA/Long Beach ports move 40% of the nation's cargo throughout the United States, much of that cargo is offloaded onto rail cars traveling directly through the West Colton Yard and under the City's UPRR bridge crossing.
During the design of the Interchange Project, decisions were made to construct a narrower overcrossing to "fit" the eastbound I-10 on/off ramps without impacting the immediately adjacent UPRR bridge to the so...
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