HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 6488 2014-07-14 RESOLUTION NUMBER 6488
A RESOLUTION OF THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL
OPPOSING IMPLEMENTATION OF TOLL LANES ON i-405 AND
ALL OTHER ORANGE COUNTY FREEWAYS WITHOUT A VOTE
• OF THE ENTIRE ORANGE COUNTY ELECTORATE
WHEREAS, the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) in
association with the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
and the cities adjacent to the 1-405 Freeway Corridor between the SR-73 and I-
605 freeways, has been working on the 1-405 Freeway Improvement Project; and
WHEREAS, there continues to be a strong push to implement High
Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes by converting existing High Occupancy Vehicle
(HOV) lanes to HOT Lanes requiring the paying of tolls to use previously non-toll
lanes; and
WHEREAS, toll lanes only increase vehicle throughput in the Express toll
lanes at the expense of vehicle capacity in the general purpose or mixed flow
lanes; and
WHEREAS, the voters of Orange County approved Measure M2 without
approving conversion of existing freeway facilities to toll lanes; and
WHEREAS, polling of the voters of Orange County prior to placing
Measure M2 on the ballot indicated that Measure M2 would not have passed had
it included toll lanes or conversion of existing freeway facilities to toll lanes; and
WHEREAS, any construction of new toll lanes or conversion of existing
freeway lanes to toll lanes should be required to be placed on a ballot to allow
the voters of Orange County to voice their opinion regarding toll lanes; and
WHEREAS, the City agiees:with ,OCTA that this is possibly the only
chance in decades to improve the 1-405 corridor between SR-73 and 1-605, and
because of this is a rare opportunity, the City,believes the socially, economically,
and politically responsible,:action is to construct the greatest transportation
improvements that best utilize taxpayer funds without requiring motorists to pay
tolls to use portions of the improvements constructed, which would be the case
under Alternative No. 3;
THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
OPPOSITION TO TOLL LANES ON THE 1-405 FREEWAY AND ANY
FREEWAY IN ORANGE COUNTY WITHOUT A VOTE OF THE ORANGE
COUNTY ELECTORATE.
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Resolution Number 6488
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the Seal Beach City Council at
a regular meeting held on the 14th day of July , 2014 by the following
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I, Linda Devine, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution Number 6488 on file in
the office of the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the Seal Beach
City Council at a regular meeting held on the 14th day of July , 2014.
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