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RESOLUTION NUMBER~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING
AND STRONGLY RECOMMENDING THAT THE STATE
DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS CONSTRUCT A SOUND
BARRIER ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF STATE
HIGHWAY 405 AS LIES BETWEEN THE EASTERLY
BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH AND
ASTER STREET.
WHEREAS,
the traffic noise created by traffic along State
Highway 405 at the present time is exceptionally
discomforting to residents of the area known as
COllege Park East, and
WHEREAS, the State Division of Highways proposes to widen
State Highway 405 by adding a traffic lane adjacent
to this area, and
WHEREAS, not only is the present traffic noise intolerable
to the residents but the additional lane will
cause traffic to be in closer proximity to the
residential area, and
WHEREAS, it is the State Division of Highways' responsibility
to consider and cope with the environmental problems
which result from freeway construction: and
WHEREAS, the residential subdivision will have a population
of approximately 7,000 people and approximately
one fourth of the population of Seal Beach, and
WHEREAS, the local district of the State Division of Highways
has recommended that the "Sound Barrier" be installed,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Seal Beach strongly urges that the State Division of
Highways provides for the installation of the Sound Barrier
and that construction of same begin as soon as possible.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all officials of the State Division
of Highways be notified of this request and that all members
of the State Highways Commission receive this request.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
of Seal Beach~lifornia, at a meeting thereof held on the
4d"Y of _~ 1971, by the fOll~~ot.~
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