CVAG-Amtraks Limited Plan Res 11-003
Resolution No. 11 -003
Resolution In Support of Amtrak's Sunset Limited Plan to provide Daily Intercity Rail
Service from Los Angeles, California, to San Antonio, Texas, via the Coachella Valley
WHEREAS, Amtrak currently operates the Sunset Limited intercity passenger train three days a
week with service between Los Angeles and the Coachella Valley in Riverside County; and
WHEREAS, Amtrak has developed a Performance Improvement Plan that will increase the
service frequency to occur daily in the Coachella Valley and will reroute the Sunset Limited to
provide new service via Riverside and Fullerton: and
WHEREAS, there is strong local support to expand existing and establish new intercity rail
passenger service in the Coachella Valley and the Banning Pass area; and
WHEREAS, the Coachella Valley and the Banning Pass area are experiencing rapid population
growth and demand on this route will continue to increase; and
WHEREAS, no other public'transit options exist between the Coachella Valley and Los Angeles;
and
WHEREAS, expanded and new intercity passenger rail service to the Coachella Valley will ease
congestion on local roads and freeways, provide new economic opportunity and improve
mobility and the quality of life in the Inland Empire; and
WHEREAS, both expanded daily service or new service to the Coachella Valley would use the
Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) route between Los Angeles and Colton, and the Union
Pacific route from Colton to Indio; and
WHEREAS, the implementation of this service will require the cooperation of both the Union
Pacific and BNSF railroads to operate trains over the host railroad rights of way; and
WHEREAS, the Riverside County Transportation Commission has some limited contractual
rights with the railroads that it will use to support the expanded service.
CITY OF BLYTHE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY - CITY OF COACHELLA CITY OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS CITY OF INDIAN WELLS
CITY OF INDIO CITY OF LA QUINTA CITY OF PALM DESERT CITY OF PALM SPRINGS - CITY OF RANCHO MIRAGE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE
AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS CABAZON BAND OF MISSION INDIANS
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Coachella Valley Association of
Governments does hereby endorse and support Amtrak's Performance Improvement Plan to
establish daily Sunset Limited intercity rail service between Los Angeles, California, and San
Antonio, Texas, via the Coachella Valley.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Resolution Number 11 -003 to be
executed by their duly authorized representatives on this date: W o 1 2011.
ATTEST:
By:
David Lane
City Manager
ATTEST:
By:
Donald Bradley
City Manager
ATTEST:
CITY OF BLYTHE
By:
Joseph De Coninck
Mayor
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CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY
Kathleen De Rosa
Mayor
CITY OF COACHELLA
By: By:
David Garcia Eduardo Garcia
City Manager Mayor
ATTEST: DESERT HOT SPRINGS
By: By:
Rick Daniels Yvonne Parks
City Manager Mayor
ATTEST: CITY OF INDIAN WELLS
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Greg Johnson
City Manager
Patrick Mullany
Mayor
ATTEST:
By:
Dan Martinez
City Manager
ATTEST:
By�f•
Tom Genovese
City Manager
ATTEST:
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John Wohlmuth
City Manager
ATTEST:
By:
David Ready
City Manager
ATTEST:
By:
Patrick Pratt
City Manager
ATTEST:
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Clerk to the Board
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CITY OF INDIO
Lupe Ramos Watson
Mayor
CITY OF LA QUINTA
By:
Don Adol
Mayor
CITY OF PALM DESERT
Jean Benson
Mayor
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS
By:
Stephen Pougnet
Mayor
CITY OF RANCHO MIRAGE
By:
Richard W. Kite
Mayor
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE
By:
Bob Buster
Board Chairman
ATTEST: AGUA CALIENTE BANC
OF CAHUILLA INDIANS
By: B
Thomas Davis Richard M. Milanovich
Chief Planning and Development Officer Tribal Board Chairman
ATTEST: TORRES MARTINEZ BAND OF
DESERT CAHUILLA INDIANS
By: By.
David Roosevelt
Tribal Board Chairman
ATTEST:
By:
Tom Kirk,
Executive Director
CVAG
Yvonne Parks
CVAG Chair