HomeMy WebLinkAbout9627 - San Joaquin Hills Transportation CorridorRESOLUTION NO. 9627
- _ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH EXPRESSING TO THE ORANGE
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CITY COMMENTS ON
THE PHASE I ROUTE LOCATION STUDY AND EIR FOR
THE SAN JOAQUIN HILLS TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR
WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Supervisors
amended the Master Plan of Arterial Highways in August, 1976,
incorporating a conceptually proposed alignment for the San
Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport
Beach has previously expressed support for the San Joaquin
Hills Transportation Corridor as a way of directing traffic
around Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport
Beach continues to support construction of the San Joaquin Hills
Transportation Corridor; and
WHEREAS, the County of Orange has had prepared a
Phase I Route Location Study and EIR for the purpose of evalua-
ting alternative alignments for the San Joaquin Hills Transpor-
tation Corridor, and has requested comments on the document,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
of the City of Newport Beach offers the following comments and
recommendations:
1. The alignment designated as Alternate 2 should be
the route of the Corridor from the westerly terminus easterly
to the proposed Culver Drive interchange.
2. The alignment of the Corridor easterly of the
proposed Culver Drive interchange should be selected so as to
minimize the impact on the proposed National Urban Park. The
City reaffirms its previously expressed support for the National
Urban Park in the Irvine coastal area.
3. Any of the proposed alignments is preferable to
the No Project alternative.
4. Further investigation of the feasibility of
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Alternate 5 should be made.
5. In the preparation of the Phase II EIR and Study
Report, particular attention should be directed to the following:
A. Preparation of a construction phasing plan
which will minimize impacts on the existing arterial
highway system;
B. Develop specific data regarding noise impacts
on Harbor View Knolls;
C. Assess traffic .impacts of potential connections
to Ford Road, San Joaquin Hills Road, and San Miguel
Drive (if a connection is considered to San Miguel);
D. Runoff and siltation effect on Newport Bay;
E. Assessment and mitigation of impacts on
archaelogical and palaeontological sites, flora and
fauna;
F. Detailed assessment of the proposed project
as a multi -model transportation corridor.
6. The western end of the Corridor should be designed
so that neither Ford Road nor San Miguel Drive are connected to
it.
ADOPTED this 28th day of August , 1979.
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City Clerk
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