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RESOLUTION NO. 4195
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ARCADIA EXPRESSING SHOCKED CONCERN OVER A
PROPOSAL BY THE DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS TO BE
RELEASED FROM ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO CONSTRUCT
A CONCRETE-BLOCK BARRIER WALL ALONG THE SOUTHERLY
ROADWAY OF THE FOOTHILL FREEWAY BETWEEN BALDWIN
AVENUE AND MICIilLLINDA BOULEVARD.
WHEREAS, for many years since the hearings on the
freeway, residents in the area adjacent to and southerly of the
freeway between Baldwin Avenue and Michillinda Boulevard, as well
as other citizens of the community, because of representations of
the Division of Highways have rested assured that said area would
be screened from noise and other deleterious effects of the freeway;
and
WHEREAS, the Division of Highways, in order to provide
such a screen, has recognized its responsibility to construct a
barrier along the southerly side of the freeway between Baldwin
Avenue and Michillinda Boulevard, where the freeway has been constructed
at grade; and
WHEREAS, the City Council and the citizens of this
community were advised in December, 1970, that a concrete block
wall would be constructed by the Division of Highways; and
WHEREAS, such a wall is the only safe, effective and
practical method by which the Division of Highways can meet its
responsibility to screen the noise and other deleterious effects
of the freeway; and
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WHEREAS, the DiviSion of Highways is now proposing that
the City of Arcadia assume a substantial part of the cost of the
concrete block wall; and
WHEREAS, the proposal, which is inconsistent with all past
assurances given to the City by the Division of Highways, has shocked
this conununity.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA that the State Division of Highways is hereby requested
to proceed forthwith with the construction of a concrete block wall
along the southerly side of the Foothill Freeway between Baldwin
Avenue and Michillinda Boulevard in accordance with plans which have
been submitted to the City and at no cost to the City.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that this resolution was authorized by
a unanimous vote of the City Council of the City of Arcadia, all
members present at a regular meeting of the City Council held on
April 6, 1971.
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Christine Van Maanen
Date: April 9, 1971
AUTHORIZED FOR SUBMISSION BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 6, 1971,
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