HomeMy WebLinkAbout7443 - Freeway Agreement - Route 1 Pacific CoastRESOLUTION NO. 7443
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH_ RESCINDING THE FREEWAY
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS IT RELATES TO
THAT PORTION OF THE ROUTE 1 (PACIFIC COAST)
FREEWAY BETWEEN THE EASTERLY NEWPORT BEACH
CITY LIMIT NEAR BUCK GULLY AND BAYSIDE DRIVE
ON THE WEST
WHEREAS, on October 28, 1968, the Newport Beach City
Council adopted Resolution No. 6890 approving a freeway agreement
with the State of California, which agreement purported among
other things to consent to the closure of city streets, relocation
of city streets, construction of frontage roads and other local
roads, and other construction affecting city streets to accommodate
the construction of the Route 1 Pacific Coast Freeway between the
easterly city limits near Buck Gully in Corona del Mar and Bayside
Drive; and
WHEREAS, with the passage of time since the approval of
said freeway agreement it has become evident to the City Council
that the construction of a freeway along the adopted route between
Bayside Drive and Corona del Mar is absolutely unacceptable to
the residents of the City; and
WHEREAS, at a special election held on March 9, 1971,
more than 80% of the voters of the City overwhelmingly approved a
ballot proposition which mandates this Council to rescind that
portion of the freeway agreement relating to the previously
described segment of the Pacific Coast Freeway; and
WHEREAS, on March 22, 1971, the City Council appointed
a negotiating committee composed of Mayor Edgar F. Hirth and
Councilmen Howard Rogers and Donald McInnis, and directed the
committee to enter into negotiations with representatives of the
State Division of Highways for the purpose of attempting to arrange
a mutual rescission of the freeway agreement as it relates to that
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portion of the freeway route between the Newport Beach City limit
near Buck Gully and Bayside Drive on the west; and
WHEREAS, the City Council's negotiating committee met
with representatives from the State Division of Highways,
including James A. Moe, the Director of Public Works for the
State of California on several occasions; and
WHEREAS, by letter dated May 20, 1971, Mr. Moe has
advised the City Council that the Department of Public Works of
the State of California will not accede to the City's request that
the State join with the City in rescinding that portion of the
freeway agreement relating to the Route 1 Pacific Coast Freeway
in the City of Newport Beach;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach that the City Council hereby elects
to rescind that portion of the ;freeway agreement between the State
of California and the City of Newport Beach relating to the
Route 1 Pacific Coast Freeway effective upon the date of adoption
of this resolution, and by this action the City Council hereby
notifies the State of California that the City of Newport Beach
no longer considers itself bound by the terms of said agreement
insofar as it concerns that portion of the freeway agreement
previously described in this resolution.
ADOPTED this 24th day of May, 1971.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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