HomeMy WebLinkAbout85-11 - San Joaquin Hills Transportation CorridorRESOLUTION NO. 85 -11
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT
BEACH EXPRESSING THE CITY'S POSITION ON 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 County of Orange has proposed a land development fee
program to pay a portion of the cost of the facility; and
WHEREAS, the County of Orange has proposed creation of a joint powers
authority to implement construction of the facility; and
WHEREAS, a Memorandum of Understanding has been prepared as a step
towards creation of the joint powers authority; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has continuing concerns about cer-
tain design features and potential traffic and environmental impacts of the
facility;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Newport Beach expresses the following comments and concerns regarding the facil-
ity to the Orange County Board of Supervisors:
1. The City continues to support construction of the San Joaquin Hills
Transportation Corridor, as a way of directing traffic around Newport Beach,
with implementation at the earliest practicable date.
2. The City concurs in the concept of a development fee program to
fund a portion of the cost of the facility, with the understanding that only new
development shall be subject to such fees.
3. The City supports the proposed joint powers authority, and the
• Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which is intended to be an initial step toward
the joint powers authority.
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4. Reduce the overall scope of the initial project to not more than
six regular travel lanes to be constructed in this century. However, right -of-
way for the ultimate improvement should be secured so acquisitions are not
needed in the future.
• 5. Design the Corridor as a scenic highway and in an environmentally
sensitive manner; with specific features incorporated to minimize grading
impacts, including slope rounding, variable slope ratios, contouring, and split-
level roadways where feasible.
6. The connection of San Joaquin Hills Road to Pelican Hills Road
shall not occur until Pelican Hills Road is fully operational. San Joaquin
Hills Road should not exceed four travel lanes as it connects to Pelican Hills
Road. The extension of San Joaquin Hills Road east of Pelican Hills Road to the
Corridor shall not occur.
7. There will be no Corridor interchange connection with San Miguel
Drive or Ford Road.
8. Incorporate measures to discourage through truck traffic.
9. Carefully analyze noise impacts and impacts upon archaeological and
paleontological sites, flora and fauna and incorporate any necessary mitigation
measures into the project.
10. Particular priority shall be given to providing design features and
construction requirements which will minimize siltation impacts on Newport Bay.
11. A staged construction program should be developed which is specifi-
cally intended to minimize impacts on the existing street system.
12. Additional and /or revised comments will be made as a part of the
environmental review process.
13. It is the overriding policy of the City that the integrity of the
Circulation Element of the General Plan be maintained; and that the Transporta-
tion Corridor be designed in a way which will distribute traffic to the arterial
street system without exceeding the capacity of individual elements of the
• system. For example, the design and construction phasing shall not result in
traffic burdens on Pacific Coast Highway in Corona del Mar which would cause
parking to be removed.
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14. The Mayor is authorized to execute the MOU, with the understanding
that the City of Newport Beach will not participate in the program to fund,
design, approve or construct the San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor
unless, and until, the City's concerns expressed in the resolution are fully
0 protected in the joint powers agreement or otherwise.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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