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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3131 RESOLUTION NO. 3131 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING DELETION OF RAISED TRAFFIC BARRIERS WITHIN THE INTERSECTION OF HUNTINGTON BOULEVARD AND COLORADO PLACE FROM THE PROPOSED CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION ON STATE HIGHWAY IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, IN ARCADIA, BETWEEN MICHILLINDA AVENUE AND HUNTINGTON BOULEVARD, DISTRICT VII, ROUTE 161, SECTION Ada. WHEREAS, the State of California, Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, has heretofore prepared plans and specifications for "Construction on State Highway in Los Angeles County, in Arcadia, Between Michillinda Avenue and Huntington Boulevard, District VII, Route 161, Section Ada," and has hereto- fore published notice to contractors that bids will be received therefor at the office of the State Highway Engineer, Room 406, Division of Highways Building, l20 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, California, until 2:00 o'clock p.m. on May 28, 1959; and, WHEREAS, after receipt and analysis of bids thus received the State of California, Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, will award a contract for the aforesaid work; and, WHEREAS, said plans and specifications, as presently drawn and as to which notice to bidders has been given and as to which bids will be received, provide, among other things, for the installation and construction of raised traffic barriers within the intersection of Huntington Boulevard and Colorado Place; and, WHEREAS, the construction and installation of such raised traffic barriers at said location will greatly impede .and in many instances preclude the ingress to and egress from adja- cent properties by vehicles; and, WHEREAS, said adjacent properties are zoned for and de- veloped to commercial uses which, by their very nature and by reason of their isolated situation, are entirely dependent upon vehicular traffic for the conduct of their business; and, ~. ' -1- cJJJ/ WHEREAS, the construction and installation of such raised traffic barriers are, in the opinion of this City Council, unneces- sary for the proper control of vehicular traffic at said intersec- tion; and, WHEREAS, much of the data upon which the necessity of such raised trarfic barriers at aforesaid location was predicated was obsolete for the reason that physical changes have occur~ed in the area since such traffic data was obtained, particularly with respect to the synchronization and cycle of the electric signals located at said intersection; and, WHEREAS, raised barriers in state highways may well be desirable in open areas of permissible high speed, raised barriers within the intersection of Huntington Boulevard and Colorado Place are not, in the, opinion of this City Council, either necessary or advisable, for the reason that the foregoing intersection is lo- cated in the center of the City of Arcadia and is in an area of reduced speed, thereby lessening the need for physical separation of oppOSing vehicular traffic, and will cause undue, unnecessary and unfair hardship upon the owners of adjacent properties, upon the operators of businesses thereon, and upon the patrons of such businesses and upon the citizens generally of this community and area. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That the State of California, Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, be and they are hereby urgently requested to eliminate from any contract to be awarded for the work hereinbefore described, the raised traffic barriers within the intersection of' Huntington Boulevard and Colorado Place; that the balance of the work herein described proceed with all possible haste. SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall cause a certified copy hereof to be -2- forwarded to M~. George T. McCoy, State Highway Engineer, Sacra- mento, Califor~ia; Mr. E. T. Telford, Assistant State Highway Engineer, Division VII, and Mr. Lyman R. Gillis, District Engineer, Division VII, 120 South Spring Street, Los Angeles California; and the Californ~a Highway Comm1ss~on, Attention Mr. C. M. Gilliss, Chairman, Sacramento, California. 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 19th day of May, 1959, by the arfirmative vote of at least three CounCilmen, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Jacobi, Camphouse, Balser, Reibold and Phillips NOES: None ABSENT: None Dep Arcadia SIGNED AND APPROVED th1' 19th d~~' .~,k 1 Y 0 roati1. ATTEST: (SEAL) -3-