HomeMy WebLinkAbout7639 - Delete Route 1 of Freeway SystemRESOLUTION NO. 7639
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH EXPRESSING ITS SUPPORT OF
S.B. 230 AND A.B. 58 TO DELETE ROUTE 1 OF THE
CALIFORNIA FREEWAY SYSTEM THROUGH THE CITY OF
LONG BEACH, AND REQUESTING THAT SAID BILLS BE
• AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
WHEREAS, the Honorable George Deukmejian, Senator for
the 37th District, has introduced a bill in the California Senate,
which is designated Senate Bill No. 230, and
WHEREAS, the Honorable James A. Hayes, Assemblyman for
the 39th District, has introduced a bill in the California
Assembly, which is designated as Assembly Bill No. 58; and
WHEREAS, said S. B. 230 and A.B. 58, if enacted into
law, would amend Section 253.2 of the Streets & Highways Code of
the State of California, to delete from the California Freeway
and Expressway System that portion of Route 1 through the City
of Long Beach; and
WHEREAS, Route 1 of the Pacific Coast Freeway through
Newport Beach is an integral part of a coastal regional freeway,
extending from a point near Oxnard in Ventura County to the
vicinity of San Juan Capistrano in Orange County; and
WHEREAS, deletion of major elements of the freeway to
the west and north of Long Beach make it extremely questionable
that this freeway will ever become the regional type of freeway
originally envisioned when it was approved by the State Highway
Commission; and
WHEREAS, the people of the City of Newport Beach, by
initiative and special election, have overwhelmingly expressed
their united opposition to the Pacific Coast Freeway (Route 1)
through the City of Newport Beach; and
• WHEREAS, if amended to include the boundaries of the
City of Newport Beach, S.B. 230 and A.B. 58 would aid this City
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in its efforts to achieve a relocation of the adopted coastal
freeway route through Newport Beach, in compliance with the needs
and desires of the people of this City;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
• the City of Newport Beach gives full support to Senate Bill 230
and Assembly Bill 58, and respectfully requests that these bills
be amended to include the deletion from the State Freeway System
of that portion of the Pacific Coast Freeway lying within the
City of Newport Beach;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is directed
to send copies of this resolution to Senators Deukmejian and Car-
penter and Assemblymen Hayes and Badham, the Assembly Committee
on Transportation and Commerce, and such other individuals and
agencies as the Mayor may direct.
ADOPTED this 13th day of March , 1972,
ATTEST:
City Clerk
CERTIFIED AS THE ORIGINAL
PEAR 17 1972
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
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