City Council
MEETING DATE: 5/25/2016
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Freeway Maintenance Agreement with the California State Department of Transportation (Cal Trans) for Interstate Highway 10 Interchanges within the City Limits
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FROM:
John A. Corella, P.E. - City Engineer
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council open this item for a public hearing, approve the Freeway Maintenance Agreement (FMA) with the California State Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and authorize the Mayor and the City Manager to execute the FMA.
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BACKGROUND:
When Cathedral City was incorporated in 1981, East Palm Canyon Drive was State Highway 111 and the City and the State executed a maintenance agreement which delineated the maintenance responsibilities of each party on Highway 111. Interstate 10, at that time, was covered by several FMA's between the County of Riverside and the Caltrans.
As annexations occurred in later years, portions of Interstate Highway 10 (I-10) were added to the maintenance agreement, including all of the Date Palm interchange and a portion of the Palm Drive interchange. Highway 111 eventually was relinquished to the City, but with annexations, the amount of I -10 added to the maintenance agreements increased. Finally with the most recent North City Extended Specific Plan Annexation of the Bob Hope - Varner Road area, a portion of the Bob Hope interchange was added to the maintenance agreement. This last annexation prompted Caltrans to request that a new, comprehensive Freeway Maintenance Agreement be prepared and executed to replace the earlier now outdated versions and to remove Riverside County from those areas annexed into the City.
As a prelude to consideration of this new FMA, a Freeway Agreement was approved by Council last February which outlined general cooperation parameters between the City and Caltrans related to freeway matters.
DISCUSSION:
Caltrans and City Staffs have worked out a new FMA, which is att...
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