HomeMy WebLinkAbout64-093RESOLUTION N0, 64-93
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION RFiQUESTING INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMISSION TO GIVE PROMPT CONSIDERATION TO
PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF REPORT AND
ORDER DIRECTING RELOCATION OF FEATHER RIVER
RAILROAD
WHEREAS, Division 3, of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, by report and order in Finance Docket No. 22060,
and related proceedings, served January 24, 1964, found that,
subject to certain conditions for the protection of railway
employees, the present and future public convenience and
necessity (1) permit abandonment by the Feather River Rail-
way Company of a portion of its line of railroad extending
from Land to Craig upon the commencement of operations over
a new line to be constructed between Craig and Palermo by
the State of California, (2) require the acquisition and
operation of, or the operation over, a line of railroad to
be constructed by said State of California between Craig
and Palermo by the Feather River<Railway Company, (3) re-
quire the operation by the Feather River Railway Company of
the former line of railroad of the Western Pacific Railway
Company permitted to be abandoned in Finance Docket No,
216og, and now owned by the State of California together
with such substitute fACilities as may be furnished by said
State, between Land and Intake, and (~-) permit abandonment
by the Feather River Railway Company of its operation of
the said former line of railroad of the Western Pacific
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Railway Company between Land and Intake upon the commence-
ment of operation over the line to be constructed by the
State of California between Craig and Palermo, all in Butte
County, California, as described therein, and that the
present and future public convenience and necessity have
not been shown to permit the abandonment by the Feather River
Railway Company of its entire line of railroad extending from
Land to Feather Falls, in Butte County, California; and
WHEREAS, the I}epartment of Water Resources of
the State of California has petitioned the Interstate Commerce
Commission for reconsideration of said report and order; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Butte has heretofore determined and found that public
convenience and necessity would best be served by the reloca-
tion of the Oroville-Feather Falls Road, a County highway,
over a bridge to be jointly used by said Feather River Rail-
road Company and the County of Butte and the alignment of said
County highway to generally follow the alignment of said
relocated railroad line; and
WHT3REAS, the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Butte, State of California, has heretofore found that it
is imperative that a replacement of said Oroville-Feather
Falls Road be commenced forthwith if traffic between Oroville
and Feather Falls is not to be interrupted by the inundation
of the present County road, which will occur 'in the winter
of 1966-67;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of
Supervisors of the County of Butte, State of California:
1. That the Board does hereby express its
urgent desire:
(a} That the Commission act expeditiously
in its consideration of said petition for reconsideration
in order that a final determination of the proceedings
involved in Finance Docket No. 22060, and embraced proceed-
ings, might be promptly effective;
(b} That the Commission either decline to
reconsider or that it affirm the findings and order in
Division 3, in Finance Docket No. 22060, and embraced pro-
ceedings, in said report, inasmuch as this Board believes
that these findings and order correctly dispose of the
issues of public convenience and necessity raised by the
applications involved therein;
2. That a copy of this resolutian be forwarded
to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D.C.
The foregoing resolution was adopted and passed
this 25th day of August, 1964, on roll call by the follow-
ing vote:
AYES: Supervisors: Giles, Pryde1 Steineg~er and
NOLSc alone Chairman McKsllop
ABSENT: Supervisor Alldredge
NOT VOTING: None'
Mc I P, C airman of the Boar
o Supervisors of the County of Butte,
ATTEST: State of California.
JESSIE ROGERS,
Butte County Clerk and ex-officio
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
~ .Dep~ `y Clerk
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