HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-21 - Relinquishment of State Highway Route 1RESOLUTION NO. 2001 -21
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
REQUESTING THAT THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
SUPPORT RELINQUISHMENT OF A PORTION OF STATE HIGHWAY ROUTE 1
WHEREAS, the Village of Corona del Mar, although part of the City of Newport Beach,
is a unique area of the City whose history predates the incorporation of the City of Newport
Beach; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Corona del Mar has a unique, community serving business
district fronting on State Highway Route 1, whose interests can best be served by the City of
Newport Beach having jurisdiction over State Highway Route through Corona del Mar; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach desires the State of California to relinquish a
portion of State Highway Route 1 through the City of Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, the State Department of Transportation ( "Caltrans ") has agreed to sponsor
legislation relinquishing said portion of State Highway Route 1; and
WHEREAS, the State of California has adopted guidelines for relinquishment of State
highways, which guidelines provide that the California Transportation Commission shall hold a
public hearing on the proposed relinquishment;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach respectfully requests the California Transportation Commission to take the
following actions:
Section 1. Schedule a public hearing on the proposed relinquishment of a portion of
State Highway Route 1 for June2001.
Section 2. Take all action necessary and appropriate to relinquish a portion of State
Highway Route 1 through Corona del Mar and transfer ownership to the City of Newport Beach.
The portion of highway to be relinquished is generally defined as the segment from Seaward
Drive to Avocado Avenue. Terms of the relinquishment and description of the segment to be
relinquished shall be mutually determined, and included in a final agreement between the State
of California and the City of Newport Beach.
ADOPTED this 10th day of April 2001.
G� .l
MAYOR
ATTEST:
uCITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } as.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 2001 -21 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by
the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the
10th day of April, 2001, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Heffernan, O'Neil, Ridgeway, Glover, Bromberg, Mayor Adams
Noes: None
Absent: Proctor
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 11 °h day of April, 2001.
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California