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The Board reviewed memo from Assistant County Attorney Terry <br />O'Brien dated April 22, 1992: <br />TO: Board of County Commissioners <br />FROM: Terrence P. O'Brien - Assistant County Attorney cl� <br />DATE: April 22, 1992 <br />RE: PUBLIC HEARING - 4/28/92 - ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE <br />BLOCKING OF STREETS BY RAILROAD TRAINS <br />The frequent blocking of street crossings by the FEC railway has given <br />rise to concern by the citizens of Indian River County. The proposed <br />ordinance would make such blockages unlawful and provide for a fine <br />for any violations. This proposal was prepared in response to <br />comments of Commissioners Bird and Wheeler. <br />REQUEST: <br />Staff recommends approval of the attached proposed ordinance and <br />authorization for the Chairman to sign. <br />The Chairman opened the public hearing and asked if anyone <br />wished to be heard in this matter. <br />Kenneth Charron, representing the Florida East Coast Railroad, <br />whose office is at One Malaga, St. Augustine, came before the Board <br />to address the proposed ordinance and to explain the railroad's <br />operations. He said the FEC has 20 trains each day, 10 running <br />north and 10 running south along the east coast of Florida. Of the <br />20 trains, there is one local train which runs up from Fort Pierce <br />and through Indian River County to Melbourne and back again which <br />serves 18 customers in Indian River County. On this single-track <br />system a passing track is used when a train heading north <br />approaches a train heading south. One of the trains moves onto the <br />passing track to allow the other train to pass. A dispatcher in <br />New Smyrna Beach is in constant contact with all FEC train <br />engineers and tells them the location and speed of all other <br />trains. Because the passing tracks are located at 20 -mile <br />intervals and each passing track is 3 miles long, and the longest <br />trains are 1 mile long, the dispatcher directs each train engineer <br />to speed up or slow down in order to be able to move onto the <br />passing track without stopping or causing the other train to stop. <br />E151 <br />APR 2 8 199 1�00K C% � p fAuC. � �'P• <br />