crossing is needed to provide emergency responders a second access route to and from the Santa Paula East Area 1 mixed use development project in case the Hallock Drive Crossing is closed or obstructed during an emergency. The City filed this petition because construction delays beyond its control and approval by various governmental entities caused the project to take longer than originally anticipated. Without the secondary access point requested in the petition, emergency response vehicles would have only one way in or out of the Santa Paula East Area 1 project area. The City has shown good cause to file this petition more than one year after issuance of the decision it seeks to modify. On December 5, 2017, the assigned Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued a ruling directing the Commission’s Safety and Enforcement Division (SED) to review the petition for modification. On January 9, 2017, SED filed a response to the ALJ’s ruling. SED determined that the petition meets the safety requirements of CPUC staff, including the requirements for private crossings in General Order 75-D, Section 7, as well as the requirements of the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. All parties, including the Ventura County Transportation Commission and the Fillmore and Western Railroad, which operate on the tracks, provided letters in support of the modifications. The petition is unopposed, and addresses a serious public safety issue. SED supports the proposed modifications as outlined in the petition. 6. Waiver of Comment Period This is an uncontested matter in which the decision grants the relief requested. Accordingly, pursuant to Pub. Util. Code § 311(g)(2) and Rule 14.6(c)(2), the otherwise applicable 30-day period for public review and comment is waived.
crossing is needed to provide emergency responders a second access route to and from the Santa Paula East Area 1 mixed use development project in case the Hallock Drive Crossing is closed or obstructed during an emergency. The City filed this petition because construction delays beyond its control and approval by various governmental entities caused the project to take longer than originally anticipated. Without the secondary access point requested in the petition, emergency response vehicles would have only one way in or out of the Santa Paula East Area 1 project area. The City has shown good cause to file this petition more than one year after issuance of the decision it seeks to modify. On December 5, 2017, the assigned Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued a ruling directing the Commission’s Safety and Enforcement Division (SED) to review the petition for modification. On January 9, 2017, SED filed a response to the ALJ’s ruling. SED determined that the petition meets the safety requirements of CPUC staff, including the requirements for private crossings in General Order 75-D, Section 7, as well as the requirements of the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. All parties, including the Ventura County Transportation Commission and the Fillmore and Western Railroad, which operate on the tracks, provided letters in support of the modifications. The petition is unopposed, and addresses a serious public safety issue. SED supports the proposed modifications as outlined in the petition. 6. Waiver of Comment Period This is an uncontested matter in which the decision grants the relief requested. Accordingly, pursuant to Pub. Util. Code § 311(g)(2) and Rule 14.6(c)(2), the otherwise applicable 30-day period for public review and comment is waived.
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