Los Angeles Unified School District Office of Environmental Health and Safety Davin meen paviowoumgusr Sheniwnf Partner as October 11, 2007 Hon. Kenneth L. Koss Administrative Law Judge California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue, 5" Floor ‘San Francisco, CA 94102 Hk@epuc.ca.gov SUBJECT: — LAUSD’s Outstanding Safety Concerns, Exposition Light Rail Project Afier reviewing the Exposition Construction Authority’s October 9, 2007 response to your September 27, 2007 ruling (“Response Document”), we feel that it is necessary to clarify the position of the Los Angeles Unified School District ~ Office of Environmental Health and Safety (LAUSD-OEHS) with regard to our outstanding safety concerns about the risks that the proposed rail alignment may have on our schools. ‘The recent Response Document issued by the Exposition Construction Authority misrepresents the position of the District, as it states that “With these additional mitigations, LAUSD and Dorsey High School are in agreement with the pedestrian at-grade crossing concept submitted as part of the Expo Construction Authority's CPUC application for Farmdale Avenue.” We must make it clear that LAUSD-OEHS believes that the safest solution to potential pedestrian-train conflicts at the Exposition Bivd/Farmdale Ave. intersection is to grade-separate this crossing. However, in discussion with the Expo Authority, we were informed that this approach was not feasible, and would not be considered further. Subsequently our office decided to collaborate with the Authority to identify mitigation ‘measures that would result in the safest alternative for our Dorsey High School students, It is the intention of our office to continue our collaborative efforts with the Exposition Construction Authority to achieve the safest rail-crossing configurations in the vicinity of our schools. Ifyou wish to further discuss this issue, please fee! free to contact me at (213) 893-7417. Respectfully, 4. CLL Muruly. A. Edward Morelan Site Assessment Manager LAUSD Office of Environmental Health and Safety calexander.morelan@lausd.net £383 South Beaudry Avenue, 20" Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017; lephone (213) 241-3199 « Fax (213) 241.6816