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RESOLUTION APPROVING APPZICATION FOR
WESTERN PACIFIC COMPANY GRADE CROSSTNGS
4-203.2C & ~-203.9C
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BE IT RESOLVE- by' Che Board of Supervisors of the County of Batte~
SCaCe of California~ as follows:
(7.) That said Board approves App3.icaCion for Grade Crossings l~-203.
and 4-203.9C across Western Pacific Railroad and that the Chairman of said
Board is hereby authorized to execute the same on behal€ of the County of
Butte,
(2) T€~aC Che Clerk of Che said Board is hereby auChorized to cerCify
this ResoZution and forward as many copies as may be required to Che Pub~ic
UtiZities Commission of Che SCatie of California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of ~he Coun~q of Buti~e,
State of California, this ~_~day of M3TCh , 1970, by the ~ollowi.n
voteo
A~s o`SuPervisors Fiowsden~ Maxon ~ McKi.llap ~ Reyno~d s; Chairman
Dunaway
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ATTESTa CLARK A, NELSON~ County Clerk
and ex-officio Clexk o£ the
Board o~ Supervisors
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FORMAL AYPLICATION
B'ef'ore the Pubiic Utilities Commission of the State o~ California
In the inatter of the application Application No.
of the County of Sutte fo~ permission'to construct ~
crossing aver the Western Pacific Adelade Spur
Line and over the Western Pacific Spur ~~092 south-
west of Oroville
APPLICAfiION
T0; ~he Honorable Public Utilities Commission of the State of California
The application of the CounCy of ButCe respectfully shows:
1. That the applicaat i.s a political subdivision of the Statie of Ca3.ifornia.
2. That the post office address o£ the appli.cant is:
Department of Public Warks, 7 County Center Drive, Oroville, California 95965.
3. That the applicant hereby requests authori.zatian to construct two public road
erossings of the railroad right of way of the Western Pacific Company.
4~. That the County of Butte and the Western Pacific Company are agreed upon t[~e
allocation of costs of improvement and installation of protective devices at
said crossings. Such allocation should be made in accordance with the letter
received from Western Pacific Coinpany attached hereto as Exhibit "B", and
incorporated fierein. ~
Maintenance costs of signals at said crossing are to be appor~ioned in accord-
ance with and pursuant to the provisions of SecCion1202.2 Public TStilities Code
and the Countyrs liability; therefore, sha11 be limited ~o such funds as are
set asa.da £or allocation to the Commission pursuant to Section 1231.1 Public
Utilities Code.
5. That:
A. The praposed crossings should bear the numbers as follows: '
(1) Crossing~l~4-203.2C - Entrance to Baggett-Marysville Road
' (2) Crossing ~~4-203.9C - Access road ~:- adjacent to the Georgia-Pacific
properCy near the center of Section 30.
B. The legal description o~ the proposed crossings are as fol3.ows:
(1) Crossing 4-203.2C
Being a portion of the northwest quarter of Section 29~ 'I]9I~I~
R4E~ I~B&M~ County of Butte, State of California~ cnore particu-
].arJ.y described as follows :
Beginni.ng at a point on the,westerly line of Chat.certain parcel
canveyed to the Western Pacific Aailroad Companq; by deed recorded
August J.9, 1969, in the Office of the Recorder of Che County of
Butte~ in Vo3.ume J.579 of Official Records, at page 53I, from rahich
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~..-- (1) Crossing 4-2Q3.2G (continued) .
Ghe sourhwesC corner of said garcel bears S 20°O1'40"W 55.56
feet; thence from said point of beginning N 20°01`40"E, along '
said westerly line 80.05 feet; thence leaving said wester~y •
l~ne, S 67°58'43"E, 44,02 €eet; thence northeasteriy along
• Y~e arc o£ a rangent 20.00 foot radius curve, concave ta the ~
northwesC, tihrough a central angle of 95°31'17", for 33.34 .
feet to the easter~yline of said Western Pacific Railroad
parcel and point of casp; ~hence 5 16°30'00"W~ along said -~
easterly line, 120.5b feet ~o'a point of cusp; thence leaving ~-
, sazd easterLy line, northwesterly along Che arc of a tangent .
20.00 faot radius curve~ concave to the souehwest, through•a ~
central angle of 84°28`43", ~or 29.49 fee~; thence N 67°58_'~3"W, .~
~ 52.84 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. •
(2) Crossing 4-203.9C
' Being a portion of the aorthwest quarter of Section 30, T19N, •~~
. R4E, lYIDB&M, County of Butte, State of Califomia,•more particu- ~ ,
larly described as followse ~
Commencing at the cenCer of said Section 30; thence S 89'24~04"W, .
aZong the east-west quarter section line of said Section 30, fo'r .
20 feet ra the pointi o€ heginning of that certain right of way
{40 footi) granted to the Western Pacific Railroad Compan~ by right
of way grant recorded May 21, 1969, in Che Office of the Recorder
of the County o€ Butte, in Vo~ume T567 of Official Records at page
439; thence N 0°24'33"E along the centerline of said 40 foot right
of way~ 637.57 feet to the TRUE P~INT OF BEGINNING; thence Ieaving ~
said centerline southeasterly along the arc of a non-tangent 1040.D0
~oot radius curve (radial line Co said curve at this point bears
S 9°05'37"W) concave to the northeast~ through a cenCral angle of
1°06'47" ~or 20.20 £eet to the easterly Line of said right of way;
thence N 0°24'33"E along said easterly righC of way line 80.76 feet;
thence leaving said easterly right of waq ~ine~ northwesterly a~ong
khe arc o~ a non-tangent 960.00 foot radius curve (radial line to
said curve at this point bears S$°36'S7"W) concave Co ti~e northeas~
through a centza~ ang~e of 2°2.5`12", for ~0_5S feet to the westerly
line of said right af way; thence S 0°24'33"W along said westerly
right of way Line 81.29 feet; thence leaving said westerly right of
way 1ine, southeasterly along the arc of a non-tangemt 1040.00 foot
radius curve ~radial Line to said curve at this point bears S~0°12'36"W)
concave to the northeast, through a central angle of 20.26 feet to the
TRUE POINT OF BEGINNZNG.
C. The crossings are proposed to provide £o~e construction of a new county road.
D. The crossings wi11 be aC grade. Grade separation is not practical due to
dispropartionate cost to the areas benefiCed.
E. I~ is proposed to install standard ~~8 flashing light signals at Crossing
~4-203.2C and standard No. 1 crossing signs at Crossing ~k4-203.9C.
F. Attached, hereto, and ~narked Exhibit "A" are a map and plan ~3 sheets) which
shows accurately the location of the proposed crossings, a vicinity map of
the area adjacent to the proposed crossing~ and a profile showing the grade
of the proposed highway across the rails at the proposed crossing, all in
accordance with and to the scale required in subdivisions (f), (g) and (h)
of Rule 30 of Ruies of Procedure.
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F. (continued)
Wherefore, ~he applicanti, pursuant to Sections 1201-7.205 of the-Public
Utilities Code~ respectifully requesCS Che order or orders of this Honorabl.e
Commission as follows:
(1,) That the Commission authorize the construction of crossings across
Western Paci.f[ic Company's rights of way at grade as proposed herein;
(2) That the Commissa.on author9.ze the allocation of costs of imprnvements
and installation of protective devices~at sai,d crossings~ as described
above; and
(3) That the cost of maintaining each and every proCecti.ve device determined
to be requised ae ~he proposed crossing be apportioned in aceordance with
and pursuant to the provisions of Section 1202.2 Public Ufilities Code
and the County's liability therefoxe sha11 be limited to sucE~ funds as
are set aside for allocation to the Commission pursuant to Section Z231.1
Public Uti.~ities Code.
Dated at Orovi3:le, California, this 315t day of M2~'Ch ~ 1970.
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Chairman, Board of Supervisors ~
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ATTEST: C1ark Nelson~ County Clerk
and ex-o££icio Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors
By:
Deputy•
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