HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-88 - Fountain Valley's Request for Design and Analysis of Gisler-Garfield BridgeRESOLUTION NO. 02-88
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA OPPOSING THE CITY OF FOUNTAIN
VALLEY'S REQUEST TO THE ORANGE COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FOR DESIGN 'AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE GISLER-
GARLFIELD BRIDGE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 93-83, on October 25,
1993, requesting the County of Orange to initiate the process to remove the Gisler -
Garfield Bridge from the Master Plan of Highways and supporting the "no bridge"
scenario; and
WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa City Council does hereby emphatically reaffirm this
City's position as stated in Resolution No. 93-89 along with the additional key elements
stated herein; and
WHEREAS, the Santa Ana River Crossing (SARX) Study will be completed and
reviewed by the elected officials and the public in the cities of Fountain Valley, Newport
Beach, Huntington Beach and Costa Mesa, in the next few months ; and
WHEREAS, it would be a waste of scarce public funds for the City of Fountain
Valley to apply for grant funds at this time, nor should the ORANGE COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (OCTA) fund additional design and environmental
work for this bridge project until the SARX Study is final; and
WHEREAS, The SARX Study has identified a series of alternative mitigation
measures instead of construction of the bridge that are more cost effective and less
intrusive to the surrounding communities; and
WHEREAS, several years of.work and over $200,000.00 in consultant costs
have been expended in studying the Gisler -Garfield Bridge Proposal; and
WHEREAS, the magnitude of the impact of the Gisler -Garfield Bridge on both
Costa Mesa and Fountain Valley is enormous, the matter of Fountain Valley's
application for OCTA funding for this bridge project should be considered at a Public
Hearing with input from all affected residents and not be scheduled as a Consent
Calendar matter ; and
WHEREAS, the two cities have a long history of cooperation and collaboration in
resolving problems of joint concern; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fountain Valley's action to apply for OCTA funding at this
time is wholly inconsistent with that historic level of cooperation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Costa Mesa City Council does
hereby proclaim that it will be forced to take action to oppose the project at each and
every step of the approval process, if the City of Fountain Valley approves an
application to OCTA seeking funds for the Gisler -Garfield Bridge project.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of December, 2002.
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Deput ity Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
APPROVED AS TO FORM
City Attorney,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
ayor of the City of Costa Mesa
I, JULIE FOLCIK, Deputy 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. 02-88
was duly and regularly passed and. adopted by the said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 16th day of December, 2002, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Robinson, Steel, Cowan, Monahan, Mansoor
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this 17th day of December, 2002.
DeputKyVACouncil
ity Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of
the Ci of the City of Costa Mesa