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RESOLUTION NUMBER ;.?n31
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, RESTATING OPPOSITION TO
THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF 605 FREEWAY: THE
PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF THE PACIFIC COAST HIGH-
WAY FREEWAY: AND EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO THE
CROSSTOWN FREEWAY (ROUTE 22).
WHEREAS, The City of Seal Beach has previously expressed its
opposition to the proposed extension of the 605 Freeway and the
proposed construction of the Pacific Coast Highway Freewayr and
WHEREAS, The City Council of the city of Seal Beach by resolution
has asked the State Highway commission to reopen hearings on
these proposed freeway projectsr and
WHEREAS, The State Highway commission has refused to reopen said
hearingsr and
WHEREAS, The Crosstown Freeway (Route 22) if constructed, could
seriously deteriorate the quality of life in the COllege Park
West portion of Seal Beachr and
WHEREAS, Several citizens from the COllege Park West area have
written letters encouraging the City of Seal Beach to oppose
Route 22r and
WHEREAS, A petition containing nearly 400 names from the College
Park West area has requested the city Council of the city of
Seal Beach to go on record as opposing the Pacific Coast Freeway,
Route 22, and the extension of any existing freeway in the
immediate area that would have serious negative effects on the
communiqr
THEREFORE, the city Council of the city of Seal Beach hereby
determines as follows:
Section l. Deletion of major elements of the freeway both to the
north and the south of Seal Beach make it extremely questionable
that this freeway will become a regional type freeway which was
envisioned when it was approved by the State Highway Commission.
Section 2. Conditions and statistics which were used to justify
the need for the Crosstown Freeway no longer apply.
Section 3. The questionable advantages which would be achieved
through construction of the Crosstown Freeway certainly do not
outweigh the tremendously negative environmental and ecological
effects the freeway would have on the city of Seal Beach.
Section 4. To recommend that the state Division of Highways
consider plans to solve traffic flow problems in California by
methods other than seemingly never-ending construction of free-
ways, and to consider alternate methods of moving traffic.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the city of
Seal Beach that copies of this resolution and other resolutions
passed by the City of Seal Beach in opposition to the above-
mentioned freeways be forwarded to appropriate legislators.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Seal Beach hereby urges the State Legislature to rescind any and
all appropriations and immediately drop plans to construct the
Pacific Coast Freeway, the southerly extension of the 605 Freeway,
and the Route 22 Freeway, and take appropriate action to delete
these portions of freeway from the State Freeway System.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY the city Council of the
Seal Be~.~california, at a meeting thereof held on the
day of -.L--/PZ<. t! , ". -v' , 1971, by the following vote :r
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introduced by Councilm n Frank Sales