HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 730 1951-03-19
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DANA R. WilLIAMS
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RESOLUTION NO. 7..3 0
3 WHEREAS, in the ;year 1931, recognizing the need of provid-
4 ing adequate means of travel between the City of Long Beach and Los
5 Angeles County, and the City of Seal Beach and Orange County, and
6 after a thorough investigation of the needs of the citizens of
7 these communities, the Los Angeles Flood Control District, the City
8 of Long Beach, the County of Orange, and the City of Seal Beach
9 entered into negotiations for the construction and ma~ntenance of
10 the Ocean Avenue Bridge connecting these two communlties, and
11 WHEREAS, the Los Angeles Flood Control District, the City
12 of Long Beach, the County of Orange paid the cost of construction
13 of the bridge which lies within the city boundaries of the Clty
14 of Seal Beach, and
15 WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles and the City of Long
16 Beach in about the year 1942 disclaimed any interest in said bridge
17 and disclaimed an;y responsibility for the maintenance and operation
IS of the bridge, and
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WHEREAS, this bridge is a part of the main travelled high-
20 way connecting the City of Long Beach with the City of Seal Beach,
21 and is used by the citizens of these communities for the purposes
22 of ingress and egress between the business districts of both cities,
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WHEREAS, a large number of people who live in Seal Beach
25 and in Western Orange County are employed in the City of Long Beach
26 and at Terminal Island, and the above mentioned highway and bridge
27 are used by these citizens in travelling to and from their work,
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WHEREAS, a large number of citizens of the Eastern portion
30 of Long Beach and in particular, residents living on the penninsula
31 in Long BeaCh, use this bridge to travel to the business portion of
32 Seal Beach and to the beaches, and
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DANA R. WII.LIAM8
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1 ~~EAS, in the event the above bridge is removed, the
2 citizens and business men and women of Seal Beach would be deprived
3 of customers living in the Eastern portion of Long Beach and the
4 pennineula, and
5 WHEREAS, the removal of the bridge would, in the opinion 0
6 the City Council of Seal Beach and the citizens of Seal Beach and
7 vicinity, cause traffic to be diverted away from and around the
e City of Seal Beach, and would isolate the city, and
9 WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach does not desire to protest
10 against the development of Alamitos Bay except insofar as this
II development pertains to Ocean Avenue ingress and egress to and from
12 our City, and
13 WHEREAS, no adequate or satisfactory plans have been pro-
14 posed to provide a substitute method of ingress and egress in the
15 general vicinity of the Ocean Avenue bridge and highway, and
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~mEREAS, ~ large number of citizens have protested to the
City of Seal Beach requesting that the City vigorously protest the
removal of the Ocean Avenue Bridge.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Seal Beach that the City of Seal Beach does hereby vigor-
ously protest any plan to remove the Ocean Avenue Bridge and
earnestly prays that no permit be granted for the proposed improve-
23 ment of the Alamitos Bay Harbor until adequate and satisfactory
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provision for ingress and egress over Ocean Avenue at approximately
the present location of the Ocean Avenue Bridge, be included in any
proposed improvement of the Alamitos Bay Marina.
PASSED, ADOPTED, and APPROVED by the City Council of the
City of Seal Beach in regular session on the 19th day of March,
1951.
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CITY OF SEAL BEACH
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I, JOHN~MULCAHY, City Clerk of the City of
Seal Beach, Oali! nia, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the fore-
going resolutionAwas duly adopted by the Oity Council of
said city end nas a~proved by the Hayor of said city at
a regular meeting of said City Oouncil held on the 19th
day of Karch, 1951J and that it was adopted by the
folloning vote, to ~it:
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Oouncilmen_ Webster. Leonard
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Councilmen None
ABSENT:
Councilmen None
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