HomeMy WebLinkAbout86-13 - Service Authority for Freeway EmergenciesRESOLUTION No. 86 -13
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
SERVICE AUTHORITY FOR FREEWAY EMERGENCIES.
WHEREAS, Chapter 14 of Division 3 of the Streets and High-
ways Code was added by Chapter 1350 of the Statutes of 1985 providing
• for the establishment of a Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies
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(SAFE) if the Board of Supervisors of the county and a majority of the
cities within the county having a majority of the population adopt
resolutions providing for the establishment of the authority; and
WHEREAS, the Newport Beach City Council finds that a free-
way emergency motorist aid system is needed to protect the safety of
motorists on freeways; and
WHEREAS, the Newport Beach City Council finds that a free-
way emergency motorist aid system is needed to reduce the time spent
by law enforcement officers responding to routine vehicle disable-
ments; and
WHEREAS, SAFE will have responsibility for implementing a
freeway emergency motorist aid system in the Orange County region;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach hereby requests that a Service Authority
for Freeway Emergencies be established in Orange County pursuant to
Section 2550 of the Streets and Highways Code.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City
of Newport Beach directs that the members of the Orange County
Transportation Commission shall serve as the Service Authority for
Freeway Emergencies in the County of Orange.
Adopted this 10th
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day of February , 1986