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RESOLUTION N0. 67-20
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
REQUESTING THE STATE DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS TO GIVE PRIORITY
TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF NEWPORT BOULEVARD BETWEEN 19TH STREET
AND 16TH STREET.
WHEREAS, the opening of the San Diego Freeway to Harbor Boulevard has 1
added more than 10,000 cars daily to the flow of traffic at the intersection J
of Harbor Boulevard and Newport Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, that portion of Newport Boulevard lying between 19th Street
and 16th Street is presently inadequate for the handling of such increased
vehicle volume; and
WHEREAS, the extension of the existing Newport Freeway from Bristol
Street to 19th Street, which is currently scheduled as the next phase in the
development of the Newport Freeway, is of less pressing necessity than the
improvement of Newport Boulevard from 19th Street to 16th Street;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa that the State Division of Highways is hereby urged and requested to give
priority to the improvement of Newport Boulevard between 19th Street and 16th
Street; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa is
hereby directed to forward a certified copy of this Resolution to District VII
of the State Division of Highways.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of February,/1967 Q
Mayor of the Cit oats Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTS 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. 67-20 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting held
on the 20th day of February, 1967.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 21st day of February, 1967.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa