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Home My WebLink About14-Mayor's Office 4- - - - .L CI10 OF SAN BERNARDO<<> - REQUlOr FOR COUNCIL A From: Evlyn Wilcox, Mayor Subject: Resolution urging Congress to initiate a study of three-dimen- sional radar as an interim remedy to the air safety problem. Dept: Date: April 9, 1987 Synopsis of Previous Council action: None Recommended motion: Adopt resolution. ~ Signature Contact penon: Richard Bennecke Supporting data attached: yes Phonal 5204 Ward: FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: Source: (ACCT. NO.) (ACCT. DESCRIPTION) Flnence: Council Not~l: / ../~, - - - - fJF o ~E~~ICft9$ o , o :, ~:3 ;:G "'" rTl ..... ~ ,... ? -., ::0 , March 23, 1987 I ~ N CI ::II: - 2:= Z --- . - C) - .. "'" .. ..." C.:> Dear Colleague: The Cerritos city council, at its meeting of February 4, 1987, adopted Resolution No. 87-7 urging Congress to initiate a study of three-dimensional radar as an interim remedy to the air safety problem. This action is part of the city Council's ongoing efforts for improved air safety measures in light of the air disaster which occurred here last August. Pursuant to the city Council's request, a copy of Resolution No. 87-7 is enclosed. Please forward the Resolution to your City Council for information and/or action. Thank you for your assistance. Sincerely, Enclosure !Il!ll'l K"AOE ....JJrVtnn DANIEL K. Wl!ll'l!;, M.o. ......."Vtnl2 DDIC\ .~t.iI ANN J!l'Y"'I' MUHr!ILW!lM....N DIANA "EEDHAM I!EIU"IlILW!lMAl'l 8Ap'~ A. p,AIlIlI'l''I' Il!lUl'lIlILMA" b... . - - o o o .:> CITY OP CBRlU'l'OS RBSOID1':rON NO. 87-7 A RESOID1'ION OP '1'HB CITY COOHCIL OP '1'BB CITY OP CERRJ:'l'OS RElATING To AIR TRAPPIC SAPB'1'Y .WHEREAS, fifty-two (52) major air disasters have occurred since the National Safety Council warned on August 17, 1964, that cOllision prediction can only be achieved through use of three dimensional measurement radar (longitude, latitude, and altitude), and WHEREAS, the said air disasters resulted in the tragic loss of hundreds of lives, including eighty-two (82) people in 'c;.ht;t ~l ty ui CEIL'''' 1 i:.~ti alL' ui.a&it.~., and WHEREAS, the Cerritos air disaster could likely have been prevented had air traffic controllers been informed of the private aircraft's altitude and pending collision course with the Aero-Mexico airliner, and WHEREAS, said altitude could have been readily provided air traffic controllers through use of a three dimensional traCking system, and WHEREAS, current airborne COllision avoidance systems, as evidenced by continued midair tragedies, are not sufficiently effective in assuring public safety due to the absence of altitude determination, and WHEREAS, no restrictions have been placed on the number of private aircraft allowed flight permission within known heavy commercial air traffic areas, and WHEREAS, recognized experts in the field of flight radar detection have testified that a cost effective qround- based three dimensional COllision warning system is practicable and available in the form of Bistatic or Listen Only Radar (LOR), a one-way radio broadcast transmission system which informs monitoring commercial aircraft pilots of collision bound commercial and/or private aircraft, and WHEREAS, said bistatic radar may be installed on the strength of local authority, and WHEREAS, bistatic radar systems, may, by expert testimony, be readily available from federal sources, surplus or otherwise, at little or no cost, and - - - 1& - - ~ - . o o o O' WHEREAS, .aid bi.tatic radar systems may be installed at far le.. co.t than alternative airborne .ystems, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CERRITOS DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOW: SECTION 1. This City Council does hereby .upport the Californ~a Leqislature in urqinq the Conqre.s to initiate emerqency expert analy.is of three dimensional radar as an interim remedy to the current situation. SECTION 2. This City Council additionally supports the California Leqislature in urqinq all counties in the State of California which host major commercial air traffic to support the emerqency request study of bistatic radar and to prcvid: fundir.q !cr came. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this Februarv , 1987. 4th day of ~~~~ ATTEST: Ca J_f lJo ~ ~-cA.,~ CITY CLERK 2. -" ~ - o o o o STATE OP CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OP LOS AHGBLU ) .. CITY OP CBllRlTOS ) I, Caroline deLlaaas, City Clerk of the City of Cerrito.., California, DO BBRBBY CERTIFY that tbe foregoing document, Resolution No. 87-7, was duly adopted.b7 the City Council of said City and was approved by ttie Mayor of said City at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 4th day of Februa[l. 1987. and that it was so adopted as follows: AYES: COONCILMBMBERS - Joynt, Needham, Rabbitt, Wong and Knabe. NOES: COONCILMBMBERS - None. ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS - None. ABSTAIN: COtJNCILMEMBERS - None. DATED: Pebruary 5, 1987 C"..J II'~"~~ CUOline eLlamas City Clerk, City of Cerritos -~"'". ~ -- - - - j - . . o o o o ..' ", ~." , .~.' . '1' " , , " .- ,". DE,.ARTMENT 0' THE ARMY O,,.c. 0' TH. JUDO. ADVOCAT. O.H.IIAL HA.." .UILD'HO."" COLUM.,A "'K. 'ALL. CHUIICH. VIIIO'H'A UO.'-.Ol~ ....LV TO ATT."TIO" 0' March 25, 1987 Regulatory Law Office U 3444 SUBJECT: Santa Fe Southern pacific Corporation - Control - Southern pacific Transportation Company, Merger - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Finance Docket Nos. 30400 !! al. Ms Noreta R. McGee Secretary Interstate Commerce Commission 12th and'Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20423 Dear Ms McGee: As duly authorized counsel for the Department of Defense (000), the undersigned hereby submits this response on behalf of 000 to the applicants' Supplement to Petition to Reopen and requests that the response be considered by the Commission. Although DOD is not a party to the proceeding, it is noted that the applicants' Petition and Supplement states that various shippers made statements in support of the request that the proceeding be reopened. As an interested shipper, 000 desires that its concerns be considered similarly. DOD is an'interested shipper because more than 8,000 miles of the carriers' rail lines are designated for tne 33,000-mile Strategic Rail Corridor Network (STRACNET). STRACNET is the integrated and interconnected mainline network important to national defense. These two carriers serve 65 major defense installations. A subset of these installations is served by the applicants' rail lines designated important to national defense (45). See list (Encl 1). DOD concerns include: (1) the economic ability of the applicants, individually or merged, to continue uninterrupted service over their rail lines, particularly those that are designated important to national defense; (2) Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corporation's announcement on November 20, 1986, that the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and the Southern Pacific Transportation Company each plan to divest 3,1~0 miles of track, and (3) the availability of - - - . - ~ ~ ~ - - . Q 0 0 o -2- competing railroads to serve defense installations requiring rail service. In regards to abandonments, the Military Traffic Management Command inquired as to the impact upon designated defense lines. Chairman Schmidt, Santa pe Southern Pacific Corporation (SFSPC), referred the matter to Chairmen of the AtChison, Topeka and San~a Fe Railway Company and the Southern pacific Transportation Company (Encl 2). Chairmen Swartz and McNear of those respective rail units indicate no plans or intent to involve designated defense lines in sales or abandonments (Encls 3 and 4). (The only exception is Southern Pacific's Mina Branch which serves Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant, Hawthorne, Nevada, and which is a subject of current negotiations among more than a dozen interested parties.) The individual rail units address their respective networks, pre- merger sales and abandonments, and apparently lack purview to address;postmerger sales and abandonments. The parent corporation (SFSPC) expresses concern about the importance of railroads to national defense but makes no commitment regarding postmerger sales and abandonments. 000 is apprehensive about postmerger sales and abandonments of designated defense lines. In regards to the availability of competing service, there appears to be offsetting net impacts upon defense installations requiring rail service to accomplish their assigned mission. Merger of the AtChison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and the Southern Pacific Transportation Company would result in .direct slngle carrier service to two such installations (Concord Naval Weapons Station, Concord, CA and Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, 29 Palms, CA). Lease and trackage agreements provided by the applicants to the Denver Rio Grande and Western: Union pacific-MOPAC, Missouri Kansas Texas, and Texas Mexican Railroads (and vice versa) would increase access to seven installations as a result of single carrier service mecoming multiple carrier service. These installations include: Hawthorne Army Ammunition plant, Hawthorne, NV, Yuma proving Ground, Yuma, AZ, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, AZ, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, AZ, Naval Plant Representative Office, Vought Corp., Dallas, TX, Sacramento Ammunition Depot, Sacramento, CA, and Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, CA. This means that access to rail competition and alternate sources of rail cars in the event of defense mobilization and contingency would be lost for two (2) defense installations and gained at seven (7) defense installations. - - - - 4. ..JL. 411 - - . . Q o o o -3- 000 requests that the Commission consider these economic and national defense concerns prior to making a decision on the question to reopen the proceeding. Enclosures Respectfully submitted, J.-~ c~~,~ U- Chief, Regulatory Law Office' Certificate of Service Because the ~ervice List in this proceeding exceeds 900 parties, and because assigned duplicating facilities are presently limited due to mechanical breakdown, 000 is unable to complete service by the filing date of March 25, 1987. I certify, however, that copies of the foregoing document will be served upon all parties of record in this proceeding by March 31, 1987, by sending a properly addressed copy to each of them by prefaid, first-class mail. Oated at Fairfax County, VA this 25th day of March 1987. 1:-'- ( ~ AME~ - E~ ARM~TRONG . ~ ~ - ~ - ~ - - tl Q o o DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES (45) SERVED BY ATSF OR SPT LINES DESIGNATED IMPORTANT TO NATIONAL DEFENSE ATSF ---Wavajo A~ Depot Activity, Bellemont, AZ. Naval Supply Center, Oakland, Oakland, CA Concord Naval Weapons Station, Concord, CA Directorate of Maintenance, Port Chicago, CA Riverbank A~ Ammunition Plant, Riverbank; CA Fort Irwin, Barstow, CA .Edwards Air Force Base, Mojave, CA MCAS, El Toro, Santa Ana, CA MeB, Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, CA Fallbrook Annex NWS, Fallbrook, CA Miramar NAS, San Diego,'CA NSC. San Diego, CA NSC, National City Annex, National City, CA Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, CA Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, 29 Palms, Bagdad, CA Fort Carson, Colorado Springs, CO . Sunflower AAP, Lawrence, KS Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM Ft. Wingate Ar~ Depot Activity, Gallup, NM Tinker AFB, Midwest City, OK Fort Hood, Killeen, TX SPT ---Ft Bliss, El Paso, TX Kelly AFB, San Antonio, TX Beaumont Detachment-Gulf Outport, Beaumont, TX Camp Stanley, Camp Stanley, 1X DFSP, General America Transportation Corp, Houston, TX White Sands Missile Range, Alamagordo, NM Yuma Proving Ground, Yuma, AZ Davis Monthan AFB, Wilmot, AZ · Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, AZ Beale AFB, Erle, CA McClellan AFB, Planehaven, CA Travis AFB, Tolenas, CA Military Ocean Terminal Bay Area, Oakland,.CA Sacramento A~ Depot, Polk, CA Camp Roberts, Paso Robles, CA Fort Ord, Seaside, CA Sierra A~ Depot, Herlong, CA Southern California Outport, Long Beach, CA Vandenberg AFB, Lompac, CA Mare Island Navy Shipyard, Vallejo, CA Naval Weapons Center, China L3ke, Searles, CA Port Hueneme NCBC, Port Hueneme, CA Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station, Fullerton, CA Hawthorne A~ Ammunition Plant, Hawthorne, NV - o Enclosure 1 ".,.., - - - , . " o o .. o Enc1o.ure 2 Santa F. South.1Il PacUlc Corporation ~~~ :.';":, ~.~.': ....: .;....;: \"::'.. J~ . L..: :.':.~ '.. December 12, 1986 Major General Edward Honor Department of the Army Headquarters, MTMC 5611 Columbia Pike Falls Church, VA 22041-5050 Dear General Honor: Thank you for your letter of November 28, 1986 concerning the Railroads For National Defense Program as it relates to our announcement that the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and the Southern Paci fic Transportation Company each plan to divest 3,100 miles of tra CK . I share your concern about the importance of rail- roads to the national defense. We will be as cooperative as possible in an exchange of information on this matter. Mr. W. John Swartz, President of the AT&SF, will respond to your questions as they relate to the AT&SF. You and Mr. Niebur are invi ted to make direct contact with Mr.Swartz or his assistant, Mr. 1:y Champion (312/347-2217). The Southern Pacific Transportation Company is presently being held in a voting trust and, as such, is separately managed. I have taken the liberty of sharing a copy of your letter with SPTCo President Denman K. McNear for any separate arrangements he might care to make. Mr. McKnew in Washington stands ready to be of whatever help might be necessary as well. Very truly ~ idt ve Off! cer cc: Messrs. W. J. Swartz O. K. McNear T. 1. Me: Knew """'-,..- ., . c - ..... .' .. '0 o '.. '. - .Ii ~;,:,~ 0 Encloeure 3 The AtchllOD, Topeka uuI Suta Fe Railway ColDpaIl'Y 80 East 'aelclon Boulevard Cn.eago. 11111I0.. 60604 313/427-4&00 Oecember 8, 1986 Major General Eaward Honor. Department of the Army Headquarters, MTMC 5611 Columbia Pike Falls Church, virginia' 22041-5050 Dear General Honor: In your November 28 letter to Mr. Scnmiat, 'chairman of the Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corporation you indicateo concern for Santa Fe's plans to divest itself of 3,100 miles of track. We have reviewea all of the lines we have unaer stucy for divestment purposes and find that none of the lines we are considering are included on the STRACNET as illustrated in the July, 1986 issue of "Civil Rail Lines Important to National Defense", published by the Military Traffic Management Commano. We unoerstana ana share your oesire to retain a well ma:ntained and viable rail network serving aOJ installations and activities and have no plans or intention to curtail access to these critical national oefense facilities. Very truly yours OO\~ w. ~_ Swar Presioent ,..p., o o 0 Southern Pacific Tran~ Company o Encl08ure 4 _ I'8cIIlc: lullclllll . One ...- ...... . S.n ,.._, CIlI-..I. 14105 "D. IC. ........ ..A..II" Huoh 9, 1987 llajo~ GeDual .. ud JIaDo~ C A"d~. U.I. ADq Offio. of tbe C Aft~.~ DepUc.Dt of eM .., .....auc.n. II111CUJ ~aff1c ....ft..--t (J -"'d 5611 COl.-bla Pike .al18 ~oh. VA 22041-5050 Dea~ GeDual IkmO~1 Iaf.~. to JOUr 1.tt.~ to .. of Deo.-b.~ 23, 1986. '1'1118 18 to cODflm a cODv.naUon tlaat K1ke Hoban, our la.cuUv. Vic. h.ddat. bad ritll Ik. IIl.bur OD ...~ch 9. Witb ref.~enc. to tIl. 8tat. "p. at Append1z It. of 70ur r.port. C1v11 1&11 Lin.. IIIportent to RaUcmal Defen... dat.d Ju17 1986 I The _17 UD. ......t on tha Southam lac1f1c/c"CCon ..It 1Y8t_ wb1cb aleo apr.:. . 011 70ur .tau "f. tlaat wouU b. involv.d in .al. or ab&DClomleDt at tIl18 tiM 18 tha lUDa .rench, wb1cb utend. frOll Buen to 1IiDa, ....cIa. Your Hr. li.bur baa baen p~.vi0\l817 involv.' ritll our Mr. D1zOD a. .. bay. acceapt.d to ~v. tlli. .al. a10D1' Bop. tIlb cODfizution rill ..n. 70ur purpo.... 8iDc.~e1T, ~. Duk. 1f1e1nar VI .f.el Si .,' &Q.O . g7ted D. K. McKEAn - - - ~ . - o 0 RESOLUTION NO. o RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO URGING THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE TO INITIATE EMERGENCY EXPERT ANALYSIS OF THREE DIMENSIONAL RADAR AND SUPPORTING THE EMERGENCY REQUEST TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE STUDY OF BISTATIC RADAR. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Recitals. A. Fifty-two major air disasters have occurred since the National Safety Council warned on August 17, 1964, that collision prediction can only be achieved through use of three dimensional measurement radar (longitude, latitude, and altitude). B. Some of these air disasters could likely have been prevented had air traffic controllers been informed of the private aircraft's altitude and pending collision course with other airliners. C. Current airborne collision avoidance systems, as evidenced by continued midair tragedies, are not sufficiently effective in assuring public safety due to the absence of altitude determination. D. No restrictions have been placed on the number of private aircraft allowed flight permission within known heavy commercial air traffic areas. E. Recognized experts in the field of flight radar detection have testified that a cost effective ground-based three dimensional collision warning system is practicable and available in the form of Bistatic or Listen Only Radar (LOR), a one-way radio broadcast transmission system which informs monitoring commercial aircraft pilots of collision bound commercial and/or 4/9/87 C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - - - ~ - - ~ - o o o private aircraft. F. Bistatic radar may be installed on the strength of local authority. G. Bistatic radar systems, may, by expert testimony, be readily available from federal sources, surplus or otherwise, at little or no cost. H. Bistatic radar systems may be installed at far less cost than alternative airborne systems. SECTION 2. Implementation. A. The Mayor and Common Council do hereby support the California Legislature in urging the Congress to initiate emergency expert analysis of three dimensional radar as an interim remedy to the current situation. B. The Mayor and Common Council additionally support the California Legislature in urging all counties in" the State of California which host major commercial air traffic to support the emergency request study of bistatic radar and to provide funding for same. C. The City Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to U.S. Senators Alan Cranston and Pete Wilson, to U.S. Representatives George Brown and Jerry Lewis, to State Senators H. L. Richardson and Ruben Ayala, and to State Assemblymen William Leonard and Jerry Eaves. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the day of , 1987, by the following vote, to wit: 4/9/87 -2- . c 10 11 12 13 ,. o 1- 2 Council Members AYES: . - - - o o NAYS: 3 4 ABSENT: 5 6 7 8 9 City Clerk The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this , 1987. of Approved as to form: /~~~~;~~ lty A orney 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4/9/87 day Mayor of the City of San Bernardino -3-