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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-31 - PCH Relinquishment Feasibility CommitteeRESOLUTION NO. 2008- 31 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH ESTABLISHING A CITY COUNCIL PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY (PCH) RELINQUISHMENT FEASIBILITY COMMITTEE WHEREAS, the California Transportation Department (Caltrans) is responsible for the construction and maintenance of certain highways deemed of major importance throughout the State; and WHEREAS, Caltrans owned and operated all of Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) through Newport Beach for many years; and WHEREAS, in 2004, the City of Newport Beach negotiated a relinquishment of that portion of PCH which runs from Newport Coast Drive to Jamboree, while the remainder of PCH has remained under Caltrans jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, there may be benefit for the City to obtain the remaining portion of PCH from Caltrans in order to implement and manage a more efficient flow of traffic throughout the City; and WHEREAS, a City Council Committee would be the appropriate method to use to assess the issues involved in such a relinquishment. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH DOES HEREBY DECLARE: 1. To create a three - member City Council PCH Relinquishment Assessment Committee. 2. The purpose of the Committee will be to work with Caltrans and City staff to determine the feasibility of relinquishment based on the parameters of the relinquishment process, the assumption of liability for the City, future City costs, determining future community benefits and any other issues involved in assessing whether the City should assume control over the remainder of PCH within Caltrans' jurisdiction. 3. The Committee is to make a written report and provide a recommendation to the City Council on its findings no later than November 25, 2008. 4. The Committee's expiration date is November 30, 2009. ADOPTED this 22 "d day of April, 2008. ATTEST: � 1 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. 2008 -31 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 22nd day of April 2008, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Henn, Rosansky, Daigle, Webb, Curry, Gardner, Mayor Selich Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 23rd day of April 2008. (Seal) (� City Clerk Newport Beach, California