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RESOLUTION No. 65-31
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
OPPOSING ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 2913•
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill No. 2913 removes from the state highway system
that portion of Route One, lying between Route 39, south of Huntington Beach,
and Route 73, south of Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, the removal of such portion of Route One from the State
Highway system would cause serious damage to the City of Costa Mesa and
impede the orderly planning and development of the City of Costa Mesa; and
WHERREAS, the Highway Commission of the State of California has
adopted a freeway mute (Coast Freeway) through the City of Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill No. 2913 is an attempt to relocate said adopted
Coast Freeway through the City of Costa Mesa, the only alternate route
available; and
WHEREAS, public hearings were held, and all public agencies involved
agreed on the need for a freeway; and
WHEREAS, after full and complete hearings, the Highway Commission of the
State of California did, on May of 1963, adopt the mute for the Coast Freeway
through the City of Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa has, within its boundaries, the Newport
Boulevard Freeway, the San Diego Freeway and the Corona del Mar Freeway and
has made agreements with the State Highway Commission, therewith; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa has, after the adoption by the Highway
Commission of the Coast Freeway Route, based its planning and development
on the basis of all of said freeways, as adopted by the Highway Commission; y
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WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has, on several occassions, requested
the Highway Commission to reopen the matter in the location of the Coast
Freeway mute; and
WHEREAS, the Highway Commission has, on each occasion, refused to reopen
the matter; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa believes that the Legislature should not
involve itself in a local dispute regarding the location of a freeway,
between two communities;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does hereby
resolve and determine as follows:
1. That the City Council go on record as unanimously opposing Assembly
Bill No. 2913, for the reasons above set forth.
2. That a copy of this resolution be sent to each member of the Trans-
portation Committee of the Assembly of the Legislature of the State of Cali-
fomia.
3. That the City Attorney be authorized to request notice of any
hearing on Assembly Bill No. 2913 and be further authorized and instructed to
attend such hearing or hearings to fully state to the Committee the position
of the City of Costa Mesa. I
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of May, 1965•
Mayor of the City of Costa/Mesa
ATTEST:
City of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio
Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Resolution No. 65-31 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 3rd day of May, 1965•
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa, this 3rd day of May, 1965•
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
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