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C. The City's right to enter and use the M.P. 41.7 Emergency Crossing shall be <br />subject to the following procedures: <br />(1) After notification that Pleasanton Avenue is blocked, the City dispatcher <br />or other designated City employee shall call the designated UP telephone number, provided to <br />the City by UP and inform UP of the emergency situation and that the City will cross St. <br />John Street at M.P. 41.7 Emergency Crossing; <br />(2) At or about the same time that the dispatcher or City employee calls UP <br />to inform them of the City's crossing at St. John Street at M.P. 41.7, a City employee <br />("Spotter") with equipment that allows two-way voice communication with all vehicles <br />attempting to cross at the M.P. 41.7 Emergency Crossing shall be positioned at a point at, or <br />east of, the Main Street/Santa Rita Road crossing; <br />(3) When the emergency vehicle or vehicles reach the end of St. John <br />Street, a City employee, other than the emergency vehicle driver, shall unlock the gate on that <br />side of the crossing at the M.P. 41.7 Emergency Crossing. This City employee shall then <br />stop, look, and listen for trains in both directions before proceeding across the UP main line <br />track to unlock the gate on the other side of the crossing at the M.P. 41.7 Emergency <br />Crossing; <br />(4) After both gates are unlocked and prior to crossing at the M.P. 41.7 <br />Emergency Crossing, each emergency vehicle driver shall visually check for approaching <br />eastbound trains and obtain oral approval from the Spotter as to westbound trains. The <br />emergency vehicle driver shall not attempt to cross the UP mainline if a train is approaching <br />the M.P. 41.7 Emergency Crossing from either direction. The Spotter shall remain at the <br />Main Street/Santa Rita Road location until the gates have been closed and locked or until the <br />UP dispatch center has advised that all train movements in the area have been stopped until <br />3 <br />