CC RESOLUTION 18549274
RESOLUTION NO. 1854
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING
THE PROPOSED CLOSING OF PACIFIC AVENUE
AT BALLONA CREEK AND REQUESTING THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES TO
POSTPONE VACATION PROCEEDINGS.
WHEREAS, it has been brought to the attention of this
Council, as the governing body of the City of E1 Segundo, Cali-
fornia, that the Council of the City of Los Angeles has enacted
an ordinance of intention under the Street Vacation Act of 1941
to vacate that portion of Pacific Avenue between 56th and 60th
Avenues, and has set April 14, 1959, as the date for a public
hearing on said matter; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of said proposed street vacation
is to facilitate the construction of the Marina Del Rey yacht
harbor project by the County of Los Angeles, and in particular
the entrance channel thereof; and
WHEREAS, said Pacific Avenue, which is also known as
Vista Del Mar in the Playa del Rey District of the City of Los
Angeles, either becomes or directly connects with Coast Boulevard
in the City of El Segundo, Highland Avenue in the City of Man-
hattan Beach, Hermosa Avenue in the City of Hermosa Beach, Harbor
Drive, Pacific Avenue, and Catalina Avenue in the City of Redondo
Beach, Palos Verdes Boulevard in the City of Torrance, Palos
Verdes Drive West in the City of Palos Verdes Estates, Palos
Verdes Drive West and Palos Verdes Drive South in the Palos Ver-
des District of Los Angeles County, and 25th Street in the San
Pedro District of the City of Los Angeles, and said thoroughfare
constitutes a principal route of through coastal traffic between
and among the cities in the Western and South Bay sections of Los
Angeles County; and
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WHEREAS, the proposed vacation of said portion of Pa-
cific Avenue will sever a vital link of said coastal route; and
WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles has failed and re-
fused to provide a reasonably adequate and satisfactory substi-
tute by -pass around the perimeter of said harbor project; and
WHEREAS, the preservation of said coastal route is a
matter of public concern among the officers, residents, and work-
ing people in and of said cities for reasons of civil defense and
public travel;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this Council does
urgently request the Council of the City of Los Angeles to post-
pone any further action to vacate said portion of Pacific Avenue
until a reasonably adequate and satisfactory substitute around
the perimeter of said Marina Del Rey project is provided by the
Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, or other re-
sponsible public agency, for the use and protection of the per-
sons who live and work in the coastal areas now served by the
existing thoroughfare of which Pacific Avenue is a vital link.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of April,
1959.
ATT T;
City Clerk
(SEAL)
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
I, - -- Eunice.. JL -- Cresson---------------- - ..... City Clerk of the City of El Segundo,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the said City is five, that the foregoing ---------- r- QS Q1Uti4D n --------------------------------- -
being -------- ----------------- was passed and adopted by the said
City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the
City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the
---13th - - - - -- -day of---------- April - - - --- _------------- - -_ - -, 19--5.9 - -, and that the same was
so passed and adopted by the following vote.
AYES Councilmen-- Baker,.-- Frederi.ck,-- Mesohuk- - and -- Mayor ------
Benfzeld --- - ----- ------ ----- - - - -_- ----- --- - - - - -- ---------- -------- --- - ---- -- - --- - ---- --
NOES: Councilmen .... N-Qne--- -- ---------------- ------ ----------- -------- -- ------------- --- - - - - --
ABSENT C- ounoilman -- Gordan -- --- -------------------- ------
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this - - -- 15th-------- - - ---- -day of
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City Clerk of the City of
El Segundo, California
(SEAL)