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RESOLUTION N0, 448
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COI.'NOT_L OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
PROTESTING A PROPOSED OBSTRI"CTION TO THE FREE FLOW OF INTER-
CITY TRAFFIC BETWEEN THE CITY OF COSTA MESA ANITHE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH,
WHEREAS, that certain State Highway known as Newport Boulevard in
the City of Costa Mesa, and that certain State Highway known as the Coast Highway
in the City of Newport Beach, are joined, linked and connected by a contiguous
highway known as Seventeenth Street in the said adjoining cities of Costa Mesa and
Newport Beach; and
WHFPEAS, said Seventeenth Street in the City of Costa Mesa is a
Major City Street, and serves and functions as an inter -city traffic artery as well
as a connecting link between the two State Highways, and is currently in process of
widening and improvement to better fulfill this flmction; and
WHEREAS, said Seventeenth Street in the City of Newport Beach also
serves and functions as an inter -city traffic artery; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach proposes to construct an inter-
section on said Seventeenth Street within its territorial limits to replace the ex-
isting radial curve of said Seventeenth Street; and i
WHEREAS, the construction of said intersection would obstruct the J
normal and regular flow of inter -city traffic, and impede the normal and regular
interchange of traffic between the said Newport Boulevard in the City of Costa Mesa
and the said Coast Highway in the City of Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, the construction of said intersection would constitute a
"bottle -neck" in said normal and regular flow of traffic; and
WHEREAS, the construction of said intersection would tend to divert
traffic ttroegh residential streets in the City of Costa Mesa not designed to carry
such traffic; and
WHEREAS, the construction of said intersection world create an add-
itional and unnecessary traffic hazard on said Seventeenth Street; and
WHEREAS,
the construction of said intersection
would not facilitate the
movement of traffic,
but instead would act as a deterrent
to the use of said street;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the construction of said inter-
section in said Seventeenth Street by the City of Newport Beach, be, and the same
is hereby, protested by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State Highway Commission be, and
the same is hereby, urged and requested to withhold approval of the design of said
intersection, and to suegest a more satisfactory design; and
RE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City '`'anger of the City of Costa
Mesa be, and he is hereby, ordered, instructed and authorized to protest the con-
struction of
said intersection as proposed, before
the
State Engineer of
City and
Cooperative
Projects in Sacramento, California, on
the
12th day of March,
1958, and
to endeavor to reach agreement on a mutually satisfactory design..
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 10th day of March, 1958.
Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
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City Clerk of the City o Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
CORNY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, A. C. SWARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, do hereby
certify that the aboi,e and foregoing Resolution No. 448 was duly and regularly
passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at an adjourned
regular meeting thereof, held on the 10th day of March, 1958.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa, this 11th day of March, 1958.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
BY �/
Chief Deputy