HomeMy WebLinkAbout76-15 - Requesting Name Change of Newport Freeway to Costa Mesa FreewayRESOLUTION NO. 76-15
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA PETITIONING THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO RENAME THE NEWPORT FREE-
WAY FROM ITS INCEPTION TO ITS TERMINUS TO THE
COSTA MESA FREEWAY AND STATING REASONS THEREFOR.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
THAT, WHEREAS, Route 55 Freeway from Route 91, being the Riverside
Freeway to its proposed terminus at or near 15th Street at the south
boundary of the City of Costa Mesa is designated officially as the
Newport Freeway; and
WHEREAS, it is the general practice of freeway routes to be named
for the City where said routes terminate; and
WHEREAS, said freeway route presently terminates at the south
boundary of the City of Costa Mesa at or near the intersection of a
projection of 15th Street and Superior Avenue; and
WHEREAS, there are no plans to construct said freeway further in
a southerly direction to join with the Pacific Coast Highway; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa has vigorously and continuously
supported the California Department of Transportation in its freeway
plans and proposals on said Route 55;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Costa Mesa, through
its designated representatives, Assemblyman Burke and Senator Carpenter,
respectfully petition the California Legislature to change the name of
the aforesaid route from Newport Freeway to Costa Mesa Freeway;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution in certified
form be forwarded to each of aforesaid Legislators with the request that
they institute the necessary legislative action to accomplish its
purposes;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution in certified
form be forwarded to the California Department of Transportation,
Attention: Chairman California Highway Commission, with a cover letter
requesting their support and approval of the purposes as stated herein;
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution in certified
form be forwarded to Division 7 of the California Department of Trans-
portation in Los Angeles, with a cover letter requesting their support
and approval for the purposes as set forth herein.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of February, 1976.
or of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Co or
Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby certify that the above and
foregoing Resolution No. 76-15 was duly and regularly passed and adopted
by the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 2nd
day of February, 1976.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 3rd day of February, 1976.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk,91f the
City Council of the City of Co V
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