Backers of a proposed high-speed railway received feedback they weren't looking for - the City Council here unanimously passed a resolution opposing the project.

Councilman Jon Dumitru, who introduced the resolution, said construction of a local leg of the line would prompt the California High-Speed Rail Authority to declare eminent domain so it could use western parts of Orange for the project's infrastructure to support an Anaheim depot.

"They would use the land for things like train turn-around, sanitation and parking structures for the high-speed rail," Dumitru said. "That area is all commercial and industrial, but I'd rather invest money into seeing our businesses thrive rather than seeing them (rail officials) take it over."

Rachel Wall, a rail authority spokeswoman, declined comment on Dumitru's assessment of the rail project. Construction is slated to begin in 2012, she said, with the railway projected to start running in 2020. Eventually, the railway is to be 800 miles long, connecting San Diego with the Bay Area and Sacramento.

A handful of Bay Area communities have expressed concerns about the railway's possible impacts.

Dumitru doesn't believe the rail line will ever get built.

The project has received $2.25 billion in federal funding so far, and the Rail Authority's website ( cahighspeedrail.ca.gov) says the project needs about $45billion in all.