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CALTRANS /UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

Staying on TrackPartnering Update

JUNE 6-7, 2007

Presented by CALTRANS - Bimla Rhinehart UPRR - Jerry Wilmoth

Tab 100, Reference 4.11

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CT / UPRR PARTNERING

• CT / UPRR- Meeting in Omaha 12/05

• Issues Discussed– Improving communication– Coordination– Project delivery impacts

• Partnering Effort– Quarterly Department/UP Meetings

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CT / UPRR PARTNERING

• Organizational Structure– Communication - HQ vs field– Philosophies

• Project Delivery Impacts– Early involvement– Timely review and approval of documents

• Billing and Payment– Dispute resolution

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CT / UPRR PARTNERINGFOCUS:• Points of Contact

– CT Divisions of Rail and Right of Way & Land Surveys– UPRR Engineering and Real Estate– Field and HQ involvement

• Project Review Teams– Annual and quarterly meetings– Workload planning– Troubleshoot/problem solving– Project level conflict resolution

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CT / UPRR PARTNERING

Successes:

• Billing and invoice procedure clarified

• Early involvement/field meetings to review projects

• Communication improved

• Commitment to timely submittals, document review and approval

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CT / UPRR PARTNERING

Challenges:• Separate engineering and real property

issues• Valuation methods of real property • Navigation in large organizations

– multiple approval levels– staff turnover– taxpayers vs stockholders

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Questions?