HomeMy WebLinkAbout14-022RESOLUTION NO. 14-022
A RESOLUTION OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, REQUESTING THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA EITHER
REQUIRE ALL ABOARD FLORIDA TO FUND THE COST OF QUIET ZONES AT THE
RAILROAD CROSSINGS LOCATED WITH ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA OR
PROVIDE STATE FUNDING FOR THE COST OF THOSE QUIET ZONES;
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has
made the following determinations:
1. St. Lucie County acknowledges the efforts of All Aboard Florida to construct a
high speed passenger rail system from Miami to Orlando along the FEC tracks (the "All
Aboard Florida Project".
2. There_ are 23 railroad crossings along the FEC tracks that are maintained in
whole or in part by St. Lucie County.
3. The All Aboard Florida Project will increase railroad traffic and railroad noise
within St. Lucie County.
4, There are hundreds of people in the County who reside in very close proximity
to these crossings and who would be significantly affected in their daily lives by the
noise of the trains blowing their horns at the six FEC crossings if there is no quiet zone
designation for those areas.
5. Quiet zones are needed at all affected railroad crossings in order to mitigate the
impacts of increased railroad traffic and railroad noise and to protect the health, safety
and welfare of the Village's residents and visitors.
6. The State of Florida has expressed its commitment to the success of the All
Aboard Florida Project.
7. It is estimated that the cost of upgrading the infrastructure at the crossings so
that they meet federal quiet zone standards could be in the hundreds of thousands of
dollars for each crossing, resulting in a potential total cost in excess of a million dollars
to the County.
8. St. Lucie County needs the financial assistance of the State of Florida to pay for
quiet zones at its railroad crossings with the County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners
of St. Lucie County, Florida as follows:
1~: The Board of County Commissioners hereby formally request that the State of
Florida either require All Aboard Florida to fund the cost of quiet zones at all
railroad crossings within the County or provide state funding for the cost of
these quiet zones.
2. The County Administrator shall forward a copy of this resolution to Governor
Rick Scott, Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey Atwater, Florida Department of
Transportation Secretary, Anath Prasad and the County's State Legislative
Delagation.
After motion and second, the vote on this resolution was as follows:
Frannie Hutchinson, Chair AYE
Paula Lewis, Vice-Chair AYE
Chris Dzadovsky, Commissioner AYE
Tod Mowery, Commissioner AYE
Kim Johnson, Commissioner AYE
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 18`h day of February, 2014.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIEiCOUNTY, FL-ORIDA
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