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Home My WebLink About02/06/1973 - Adjourned City Council Meeting1 1 J Roll Call Change in order of Agenda Public Hearing Newport Freeway Frontage Road ADJOURNED MEETING.OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF. -,.COSTA MESA February 6, 1973 The City Council.of..the City of .Costa Mesa met in .adjourned regular -session at 7:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers- at the.,Ci-ty Hall, 77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa.;: said..meeting :having been duly and regularly . ordered:.adj ourned .from the regular meeting of.February 5, 19.73, and a copy of the notice of .adjournment having been posted as required by-law., The meeting was called to order by the Mayor, fol- lowed".by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and Invocation by Claire Nelson. - Councilmen Present: Hammett, Jordan, Pinkley, Wilson, Raciti Councilmen Absent: .. None Officials Present:- City Manager, City Attorney, Director -of Engineering Services/City Engineer, Director of Planning, City Clerk On -.motion by Councilman. Wilson, seconded by Coun- cilman.. Jordan, and. -.carried.;. -:the order of the meeting was changed and the public hearing for the Newport Freeway Frontage Road,.one-way versus two-way traffic, was ..placed first ; on the -agenda; The Mayor opened,public,hearing on the Newport Freeway.Frontage Road,_•between Bay Street and Bristol-Paalisades' Road,;.. ;two-way versus one-way traffic...': The- affidaviti_ of publication is on file in. -the Clerk's.office., One communication in.favor of- two-way,'frontage road:. traffic was received by the Clerk.from,John A. Adams, 769 Manzanita,, Laguna Beach. Councilman Pinkley,- Chairman of the Freeway Committee, commended.:the�Committee for its efforts, the Director of Public Services, and the Director of Engineering Services..: He:presented copies of petitions in favor of two-way traffic on the frontage .road- signed by -314 property owners and concerned businessmen ---Councilman Pinkley intro- duced,.Mr..Blocker; Assistant District Engineer for Design, District,7.,,and Mr..Brinkmeyer, Design B, District 7, State Division. of Highways. Mr. Blocker stated ;that .one=way ;versus two-way frontage . Yoad'.proposals would.not.delay: State work on the Newport Freeway. Mr. Frank Spiegle, 2656 Mesa Drive; Mr, William Bentley, 170 The'Masters Circle; and Robert -Long, ;spoke- in favor:. -of: the two-way frontage. road. :Mr. Joe Devlin-, .354,Ranover Drive, and Mr. John McDonald, .5331:Center Street, were opposed to a two- way-frontage-road; wo- way frontage road; and- Mrs. • Verlyn Marth, 3197 Cape. 'Verde,, spoke+.in opposition .to the freeway. `Mr.. John . Cashion,;-21;Lochmoor.Lane,,Newport Beach, and Mr: W. A Harting, 2170 -Rural Place, . expressed concern regarding the -_°.frontage. road', -.'ori' the; west side of the freeway: Mr. -.Bob. Williams on -,..Williamson and Schmid, 1535 East 1st. Street, Santa Ana, having been closely associated with.the progress;of;the freeway and the Downtown Businessmen's.Association, relayed.some of the background and.decisions that.had been made regarding the,freeway. He urged that progress be 81 1 F 1 made toward,freeway construction as rapidly as possible for the benefit of the property owners and businessmen located along the freeway route, and as an -aid to better traffic circulation. Councilman Wilson stated that funds for this type of construction are -being held in trust by_ the Federal Government. Mr. Blocker, State Division of.Highways, explained the studies that will be made -to determine,how to obtain the most efficient traffic circulation, right of way re- quirements, the percentage of traffic that could be diverted to -the frontage roads and local businesses as a matter of convenience, and des- cribed the manner in which the on -ramps to the freeway would have to be changed if two-way frontage roads are constructed. Mr. W: R. Hoffman, Chairman of the Eastside Property Owner's Association, spoke regarding the need for -additional right.of way if the two-way road was approved. The need for a frontage road on the west side was discussed.- Mr. Bill Munster, San Diego, representing the company that holds an option on Mr. Cashion's property, expressed concern regarding adequate ingress and egress to the property, because any change in the free- way plans would necessitate a change -in his company's design plans. Mayor Hammett closed the. -public. hearing. Councilman Pinkley com- mended.the State for their -cooperation and thanked the .Freeway Committee again for their efforts. On -motion by Councilman Jordan, seconded by .Councilman Pinkley, the Council directed that a recommendation be made.to the State Division of Highways, Division 7, to include the two-way east side frontage road in the freeway design,*by the following roll call vote- oterAYES: AYES:Councilmen: Hammett, Jordan, Pinkley, Wilson, Raciti NOES: Councilmen:- None ABSENT: Councilmen: None Mr. Hoffman thanked the,Council, and.the people involved in the work on the two-way frontage road, for their efforts, Councilman Pinkley requested Division 7 expedite the precise route and design study for the freeway so the City can begin their redevelopment plans as soon as possible. Recess The Mayor declared a recess at 8:55 p.m., and the meeting' reconvened. at• 9:00 p.m. University of Councilman Wilson brought forth Old Business,Item Irvine from the meeting of February 5, 1973, a proposed Request for resolution supporting the University of California Criminal Justice Irvine's grant for law enforcement purposes. After Grant discussion, on motion by Councilman Wilson, Resolution 73-7 seconded by Councilman Raciti, Resolution 73-7, being A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA MAKING APPLICATION TO THE CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR GRANT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES AND AGREEING TO PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS IN THE CASE OF APPROVAL OF APPLICA- TION, was adopted by the following roll call vote: 1 F 1 AYES: Councilmen: Hammett, Jordan, Pinkley, !_ Wilson, Raciti NOES: Councilmen: None -:ABSENT: Councilmen: None Appeals Ordinance The`tity Manager -requested authorization to revise, Revised the=Appeals Ordinance~.before the scheduled dis- cussion at.the.Study-Session to be held on _ February 26,.:1973: On. motion by Mayor Hammett, se'conded by.<Councilman Wilson, and carried, the City. -.-Attorney was directed to revise the Appeals Ordinance... Agreement Following. the recommendation of the City Manager, . Wilsey and Ham on motion -by Councilman=Wilson, seconded by . Councilman Pinkley,- and -carried, the City Attorney was directed to draw_up�an agreement with Wilsey and. --Ham for consulting services, outlined in their proposal dated:January- 2.9,.1973, for the Costa Mesa Redevelopment Agency to implement the initial redevelopment of the downtown area as previously analyzed in the':"Downtown-Redevelopment Study". conducted in 1971. Councilhan:ic Councilman Wilson:inquired.about the status of the Suggestions' sidewalk deficiency program and the bicycle trails. The .City Manager informed Councilman Wilson that the City is considering an area of the 1911 Act and attempting to encourage the people to act. The different means of marking bicycle trails, bicycle rights. of way-,' and.laws...goVerning the use of bicycles,-- were- discussed. Adjournment The Mayor'adfourned.-the meeting at 9:30 p.m. Mayor of -the City of Costa Mesa ATTEST: City - Clerk, of:>the .City --of sta Mesa =