HomeMy WebLinkAbout7934 - Transportation Corridor StudyRESOLUTION NO. 7934
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH EXPRESSING THE CITY'S WILL-
INGNESS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO COOPERATE
WITH THE STATE DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS IN A
TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR STUDY
• WHEREAS, Route 1 of the Pacific Coast Freeway through
Newport Beach has been deleted by Legislative action; and
WHEREAS, said route remains in the State Highway
System, and accordingly, the State continues to share the
responsibility for meeting the transportation needs in the
former freeway corridor; and
WHEREAS, the State Division of Highways has requested
that the City of Newport Beach explore with them the need for
further transportation studies and the need for any previously
acquired rights -of -way for a conventional highway, other trans-
portation purpose, or other public use; and
WHEREAS, it is understood that said study cannot in-
clude a freeway or expressway as an alternate solution; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach initiated its own
traffic study approximately two years ago, which study is now
within a few months of completion; and
WHEREAS, the Newport Beach Transportation Plan Citizens
Advisory Committee has recommended that the City express its
willingness under certain conditions to cooperate in said Trans-
portation Corridor Study; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, based on the recommendation
of the Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee, has determined
that further study is desirable and that it would be in the
best interest of the City to cooperate,wunder certain conditions,
with the State Division of Highways in a cooperative transporta-
tion corridor study.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach thattthe City cooperate with the State
Division of Highways and the County of Orange in a Transportation
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Corridor Study on the basis that each city must be permitted to
define the corridor within the city, and that the State will re-
lease excess rights -of -way when defined and requested by each
local community.
• BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor is hereby autho-
rized and directed to transmit a letter to the State Department
of Public Works, Division of Highways, stating this City's posi-
tion with regard to the Transportation Corridor Study.
ADOPTED this 26th day of February , 1973.
ATTEST;
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Gay CLERK OF THE CITY of NEWPOO MACH
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