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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3784 -- RESOLUTION 3784 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 2050 AND URGING THE PASSAGE OF SUCH BILL BY THE ASSEMBL Y AND THE SENATE AND THE APPROVAL THEREOF BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WHEREAS, Assembly Bill No. 2050 as introduced at the 1965 Regular Session of the Legislature would enable the City of Santa Monica, the City of Los Angeles, and the County of Los Angeles to work cooperatively, through a Joint Powers Agreement, to construct and operate an off-shore causeway, to be known as the Santa Monica Causeway, in Santa Monica Bay; and WHEREAS, the Santa Monica Causeway would be of immense benefit to the citizens of the Santa Monica Bay area, of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and of the State of California for the following reasons: 1. It would provide an off-shore right-of-way for the proposed new State Route 60-1 Freeway extending from Topanga Canyon through the City of Santa Monica, including that portion of the City of Los Angeles lying between Topanga Canyon and the City of Santa Monica, without dislocation of property owners, without bisection of existing com- munities, and without removal of property from the tax rolls. 2. It would provide approximately 5 1/2 miles of new public recreational beach, complete with ample space for parking and ancillary facilities, helping to meet a critical need for additional recreational beach facilities in the Santa Monica Bay area and the Los Angeles metropolitan area to serve the present and future millions of California residents seeking outdoor areas for recreation purposes. 3. It would provide vast areas of protected waterways suitable for all- year cruising, sailing, and other aquatic recreation activities such as water skiing. fast boating and speed boat regattas, in which there has been an astounding increase in public interest in the last ten years. 4. It would complement and greatly enhance the usefulness and attractive- ness of the present Marina del Rey berthing facility by placing protected sailing and cruising channels and basins within easy reach of that facility. 5. It would provide additional berthing space for large numbers of small craft, alleviating a projected shortage of such facilities in the very near , future. -1- .' 6. It would result in the creation of an attractive, complete new marine community, including all residential, commercial, tourist, and vacation facilities appropriate to such community. 7. It would result in the addition of property to the combined tax rolls of the City of Santa Monica, the City of Los Angeles, and the County of Los Angeles having an estimated market value of $600,000,000.00. 8. All of the foregoing benefits would be achieved without cost to the City of Santa Monica, the City of Los Angeles, or the County of Los Angeles, and without cost to the State of California over and above the amount which the Department of Public Works would otherwise expend for an inland alternative right-of-way for the proposed new State R'!ute 60-1 Freeway to serve the same area and the amount which the Division of Parks and Recreation would expend for comparable unimproved beach within the area. NOW. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY PLACES ITSELF ON RECORD IN SUPPORT OF ASSEMBLY BILL 2050 AND URGES THE PASSAGE OF SUCH BILL BY THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATE AND THE APPROVAL THEREOF BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. Adopted and Approved this 20th day of April , 1965. Attest: ~2.L City Clerk I hereby certify that the foregoing of the City of Arcadia held on the 20th day of April resolution was at a , 1965. ~?L~ City Clerk duly adopted by the City Council regular meeting thereof,