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úÔÉÄúÎÈÏÚÔÑðØÐÎËÜÏÙÈÐ TO: HONORABLE MAYO R AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: July 14, 2009 îí FROM: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ITEM NO: PLANNING DIVISION WARDS: ALL SUBJECT: CALIFORNIA HIGH-SPEED RAIL – POTENTIAL ALIGNMENTS AND STATION LOCATIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CONCEPTUAL STUDY ISSUE: In advance of environmental work to begin later this year, the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) is seeking input from partner jurisdictions on the City’s preferred alignment of the rail corridor and conceptual station locations. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the City Council: 1. Endorse the High Speed Rail I-215 alignment through the City of Riverside; 2. Recommend to the CHSRA to study the Transportation Committee’s recommended corridor options and conceptual station locations fo r the I-215 alignment in the upcoming environmental work; and 3. Support the efforts of the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) High-Speed Rail Ad Hoc Committee to review the High Speed Rail project on a regional level. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: On June 11, 2009, the Transportation Committee unanimously recommended that the City Council: 1) endorse the High Speed Rail I-215 alignment; 2) have the CHSRA study the recommended corridor options; and 3) support RCTC’s High Speed Rail Ad Hoc Committee for a regional perspective on the Rail project. BACKGROUND: On April 9, 2009, the CHSRA presented the Transportation Committee (Committee) with an overview of the proposed high-speed rail system, centering on the two potential Inland Empire alignments presently under consideration – the programmatic alignment along Interstate-215 (I-215) and an alternative alignment under consideration at the r equest of the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) along Interstate -15 (I-15). Without a formal motion, the Committee voiced its general support for the I-215 alignment and directed the Public Works îíóï