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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-57 - SARX Ad Hoc CommitteeRESOLUTION NO. 2003 - 57 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH ESTABLISHING THE SANTA ANA RIVER CROSSINGS (SARX) AD HOC COMMITTEE WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach supports regional planning efforts in transportation in the form of the Orange County Master Plan of Arterial Highways (MPAH), and WHEREAS, the City has adopted a General Plan Circulation Element which is consistent with the implementation of the MPAH within its jurisdiction, and WHEREAS, the Cities of Huntington Beach and Costa Mesa have proposed to delete the Garfield Avenue /Gisler Avenue and Banning Avenuell9"' Street Santa Ana River Crossings (SARX) from the Orange County MPAH, and WHEREAS, in the spirit of cooperation the Cities of Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, and Fountain Valley agreed to participate in a cooperative study to explore the impacts and alternatives of the deletion of the subject bridges from the MPAH which resulted in the preparation of an EIR which has not been certified by OCTA due to unresolved differences of opinion among the four cities, and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Newport Beach City Council to continue working with the affected cities to build a consensus that will lead to the resolution of this issue. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, that the Santa Ana River Crossings (SARX) Ad Hoc Committee is established, to be comprised of three (3) City Council members as appointed by the Mayor. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the primary goal of the committee is to meet with elected officials from Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, and OCTA for the purpose of developing a consensus regarding the master planned river crossings and conveying the City's position in accordance with the recommendations approved by the City Council on October 28,2003, listed below: 1. Reiterate and convey the City's opposition to removing the Santa Ana River Crossings from the MPAH unless a reasonable and practical alternative can be established that is fair and balanced for all jurisdictions. 2. Request that the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Board of Directors not certify the SARX EIR, as it does not adequately address impacts to the City of Newport Beach, recent regional land use and development actions, and a fair distribution of regional transportation responsibilities. 3. Support the City of Fountain Valley in its request to proceed with the preliminary design and environmental study for the Garfield Avenue /Gisler Avenue Bridge over the Santa Ana River. Should this environmental study show the Bridge is feasible and no fatal flaws are identified, the City of Newport Beach may well want to have the same process followed for the 19th Street Bridge. 4. Request OCTA revisit the SARX Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to consider impacts if Banning Ranch and its subsequent arterial roadways are not constructed. 5. Request OCTA staff investigate additional alternative alignments or mitigations such as "smart street" improvements to existing SARX corridors. 6. Encourage participating jurisdictions not to assume the bridge crossings as a part of the MPAH when considering long term planning, land use, and development decisions. Adopted this 12th day of November, 200: ATTEST: City Clerk 2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH I 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. 2003 -57 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 12th day of November, 2003, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Heffernan, Rosansky, Ridgeway, Adams, Webb, Mayor Bromberg Noes: None Absent: Nichols Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 13th day of November, 2003. (Seal) City Clerk Newport Beach, California