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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 790 1953-01-05 : -I ~ . 1 I I . " ,. .' 1 RESOLUTION NO. :}!I!l. 2 3 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Seal Beach, 4 California, has been informed that the Office of the Division 5 Engineer of the United States Army Corps of Engineers had had UQder 6 its consideration a proposal as to the advisab1~ty of improvement 7 for navigation of Alamitos Bay, California; and, 8 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Seal Beach has 9 been informed that it is proposed that the Ocean Avenue Bridge 10 extending over the San Gabriel River and connection the City of 11 Long Beach with the City of Seal Beach be removed; and, 12 WHEREAS, said Ocean Avenue Bridge has for many years 13 ,provided for the extention of Ocean Avenue in the Ci ~y of Seal 14 Beach to connect with Ocean Avenue in the City of Long Beach; and 15 WHEREAS, said Ocean Avenue Bridge lies entirely within the 16 city boundaries of the City of Seal Beach; and, 17 WHEREAS, the advisability of the removal ot said bridge 18 has been discussed and considered on many occasions by the citi~ens 19 of the City of Seal Beach, as well as other civic organizations; , 20 WHEREAS, the City Council has heretofore received many 21 communications from the citizens of the City of Seal Beach pro- 22 testing the removal of the aforesaid Ocean Avenue Bridge; and, 23 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Seal Beach has 24 on many occasions protested to various officials, both state and 25 federal, the removal of said Ocean Avenue Bridge; and, 26 WHEREAS, if said Ocean Avenue Bridge were remove.d, the 27 citizens of the City of Seal Beach and the general public would 28 have no adequate highway connecting the City of Seal Beach and the 29 Ci ty of Long Beach; and, 30 WHEREAS, said Ocean Avenue is a main thoroughfare connect- 31 ing said cities, and heavy traffic uses said Ocean Avenue Bridge 32 both for ingress and egress to the City of Seal Beach; and, DANA R. WILLIAMS ATTORNBV AT LAW ..14 ellCURITY aDO. LoNG BEAGH a. CALIP. Tl:LIEPHONC ..-BI.. -1- ~r Resolution Number ." . .... ~ ~ '" WHEREAS, for many years last past the City ot Seal Beach 1 I 2 has maintained a stand-by water line connected with the City of 3 Long Beach, and which water line is attached to the Ocean Avenue 4 Bridge, and the removal of the bridge would deprive the City of 5 Seal Beach of said stand-by water protection; and, WHEREAS, the removal 01' said Ocean Avenue Bridge would 6 7 cause great financial loss to the merchants of the City of Seal 8 Beach; and, 9 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Seal Beach does 10 hereby protest the removal of said Ocean Avenue Bridge,unless a 11 new and larger b~idge by construqted in the place of the present, 12 existing bridge or other structure be constructed at said location 13 which will provide ~or, the ingress and egress of traffic from Ocean 14 Avenue in Seal Beach connecting with Ocean Avenue in Long Beach. 15 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the 16 City of Seal Beach that the City of Seal Beach does hereby officia ly 17 protest the removal of the Ocean Avenue Bridge hereinbefore desigl'll1 ed 18 wless some satisfactory means of ingress and egress from Ocean 19 Avenue in Seal Beach connecting with Ocean Avenue in Long Beach 20 be constructed so that the traffic now using the present Ocean I 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PASSED, 2Q\ !. ~,~. ~~ ':'~ ~'f: ~~195'3.,t:' ~ ...t 2 ~~ ,.:?O ': ~.. t..,...-l ". 51 -:::....; ...;:-.'!o. ... .,~ ,t;.. ATTEST:-~, ~~2 ~f" ~ . .....oIt~.. ~ r '... <:,,'- "'..... I'" '-.. .... DANA R, WU..LIAM8 AnORNEY AT LAW .SU4. .IECUKITY BLDG. LONG BIlACH a. CALI". 'nI:Ll:PHONC ....,.. Avenue Bridge will have the benefit of the use of Ocean Avenue connecting these two cities. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. that a copy of this Resolution be certified by the City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach and forwarde to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, 119 D Street, N.E., Washington 2" District of Columbia. I ADOPTED, AND APPROVED this :5':'th day of '.Ju.,.arr., ';2- 'I I I, , :0. ,. , . 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE 2 CITY OF SEAL BEACH ) ) SS ) Resolution ~umber ,';. . . -... 3 I hereby certifY that the above and foregoing Resolution 4 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the City Council of 5 the City of Seal Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6 5'th day of January, 195'3, by the following vote, to wit: 7 AYES councllmen4DW.F-t MIII.JIEA./J.UtUIAIt4., IlhFlI&T1if.. .5HIJP8LT" a " "- ... "i~ '!:io . ~ ~~ - '.' :. NOES . -..... ~/ ., , '~ ~SENT . . . Councilme Councilmen - .- '. . - ". ~ v. ~ <n, :- ~ ~ J.. '..4,.. . '''~ .... .~ . ,-, 12, ~ ': ";'-" \. - ""....... DANA R. WILLIAMS A1"TORNBY AT LAW 421.a SECURITY BLDG. l..ONG BEACH 2, CALIF. TEL.PHONE 815.IUil8 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 ,.thJ AI G -3-