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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1426 RESOLUTION NO. 1426. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA RZ~U'::'&'l'IiIG THE BOARD OF SUPlliVISORS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO CONSTRUCT A BRIDGE ACROSS THE SANTA ANITA WASH ON COLORADO BOULEVARD ',H'l'HIN THE CITY OF ARCADIA. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLO',,'S: SECTION 1. WHEREAS, Colorado Boulevard is a major highway extending from San Fernando Boulevard in Glendale to Huntington Drive in llonrovia, a distance of approximately fifteen (15) miles, and WHEREAS, said Colorado Boulevard is a main highway passing throU3h the business districts of the Cities of Pasadena and Monrovia, and WHEREhS, said Boulevard crosses the Santa Anita Wash in the City of Arcadia, which said wash, during the rainy months of each year, as well as during such period of time as the dam above Foothill Boulevard is being sluiced, carries a large amount of sand, rock and debris which is deposited on said Colorado Boulevard, thereby making it impassable and causing local as well as through traffic to be detoured a considerable distance, and WHEREAS, there is located within the City Limits of the City of Arcadia in the area north of Colorado Boulevard, east of said wash and south of Foothill Boulevard, approximately three hundred (300) homes with a population of one thousand (1,000) people, more or less, who are greatly inconvenienced by said Boulevard becoming impassable in that all automobile traffic from said area must be detoured and the only means of crossing said wash during the rainy season and when said wash is being sluiced, is by 'means of a foot bridge, and WHEREAS, in addition to the inconvenience caused to the residents of the City of Arcadia, it has been necessary for the City of Arcadia to expend each year a considerable sum of money for the cost of hiring carry-alls, bulldozers and motor patrol blades, together with labor, in removing said silt and debris deposited on said highway, a portion of which is so deposited as a direct result of sluicing of said debris from the Santa Anita Dam by the Los Angeles County Flood Control, -1- NOW, THER~FORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County be and they are hereby requested to cause a suitable bridge to be constructed over said Santa Anita Wash on Colorado Boulevard at the earliest date convenient to the Coanty of Los Angeles, in order that the condition described herein may be permanently corrected. SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia, held on the 16th day of October, 1945, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to \nt: AYES: Councilmen, Adcock, Leeper, Nugent Ormsby and Russell NOES: None ABSENT: None Signed and approved this 16th day of ~~) ~ Ci Y --- October, 1945. ATTEST: ~r-~ ty r-k"". Q;,.A.~A Mayor { \~