CC RESOLUTION 19659%1_1_
RESOLUTION NO. 1965
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCILS OF THE
CITIES OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, AND MANHATTAN
BEACH, CALIFORNIA, SETTING FORTH THE CONDITIONS,
ALIGNMENT, AND ORDER OF IMPROVEMENT FOR FUTURE
IMPROVEMENTS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED ON ROSECRANS
AVENUE BETWEEN AVIATION BOULEVARD AND HIGHLAND
AVENUE AND REQUESTING THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
TO PROCEED WITH SAID IMPROVEMENTS AS OUTLINED.
WHEREAS, Rosecrans Avenue, from its origin near Highland
Avenue in the City of Manhattan Beach eastward through the County of
Los Angeles, is designated on the County Master Plan of Highways as
a "Street of Major Importance "; and
WHEREAS, Rosecrans Avenue has been improved through other
incorporated cities with County "Highways Through Cities" Gas Tax
Funds; and
WHEREAS, Rosecrans Avenue is to be one of the major accesses
to the San Diego Freeway and currently serves as a major access to
the Harbor Freeway for residents of the Beach Cities; and
WHEREAS, the proposed improvements will alleviate three of
the most congested intersections in the County at the intersection of
Rosecrans Avenue with Aviation Boulevard, Sepulveda Boulevard, and
Highland Avenue and will provide a most urgently needed improvement
that will be of benefit not only to the residents of the Beach Cities but
also to the throngs attracted to the recreational centers along the near-
by coastline; and
WHEREAS, State of California participating funds are available
to aid in the financing of reconstruction of the existing grade separated
crossing of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway at the intersec-
tion of Aviation Boulevard and Rosecrans Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the Cities of El Segundo and Manhattan Beach are
desirous of having the County of Los Angeles proceed with the recon-
struction of the railway grade separation and the improvement of
Rosecrans Avenue between Aviation Boulevard and Highland Avenue;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Councils
of the City of El Segundo and the City of Manhattan Beach do hereby
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approve the plans prepared by the Los Angeles County Road Depart-
ment as hereinafter designated and modified and under the conditions
set forth as follows:
1. Plans. The plans hereinabove referred to are identified as:
(a) Rosecrans Avenue - Aviation Blvd. to Sepulveda Blvd.,
Job No. 40979, Proposal "A" Revised, Sheet 1 of
2 sheets, dated March 9, 1961 identified as a Pre-
liminary Plan and approved by the Division Engineer
on April 28, 1961.
(b) Rosecrans Avenue - Aviation Blvd. to Sepulveda Blvd.,
Job No. 40979, Proposal "A ", Sheet 2 of 2 sheets,
dated February 27, 1961, identified as a Prelimi-
nary Plan and approved by the Division Engineer on
April 28, 1961.
(c) Rosecrans Avenue - Sepulveda Blvd. to Highland Avenue,
Sheet 1 of 1 sheet, dated April 21, 1961, identified as
a Preliminary Plan and approved by the Division
Engineer on April 28, 1961.
2. Modifications to Plans. The above listed plans are approved
subject to the following modifications:
(a) Plan referred to in paragraph 1 (a) above is approved
subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph 3.
(b) Plan referred to in paragraph 1 (b) above is approved
subject to the following modifications:
(1) The parking lanes indicated on both sides of Rose-
crans Avenue between the Sepulveda Boulevard inter-
section and the A. T. & S. F. Railway crossing at
approximately Station 308 are neither required or
desired. Elimination of these lanes will simplify
the alignment and right of way problems through
this critical area.
(2) Realignment of Rosecrans Avenue between the
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A. T. & S. F. Railway crossing and the Elm Ave-
nue intersection to throw the roadway as far south
as possible through the Sepulveda Boulevard inter-
section would alleviate the problem of relocating
the Standard Oil Company pipelines on the north
side of Rosecrans Avenue in this area. A feasi-
bility study should be made to determine the rela-
tive costs of acquisition of additional right of way
on the south side as compared with the cost of
right of way plus the cost of relocating the Stand -
and Oil Company pipelines on the north side. If
such a study reveals the feasibility of such a re-
alignment, the Cities of E1 Segundo and Manhattan
Beach do hereby agree that the plan should be
modified accordingly.
(c) Plan referred to in paragraph 1 (c) above is approved
subject to the following conditions and modifications:
(1) Realignment of Rosecrans Avenue between Elm
Avenue and Sepulveda Boulevard as indicated in
paragraph 2 (b) (2) above.
(2) Elimination of emergency parking areas on the
north side.
(3) Plan to be altered to show three stages of improve-
ments as follows:
1st Stage -- improvements to alleviate the conges-
tions at the Sepulveda Boulevard and Highland Ave-
nue intersections by completing the improvements
indicated on the plan (with any modifications that
may result from a study of the Sepulveda Boulevard
intersection). The first stage would therefore in-
clude the improvements indicated between: (1) Elm
Avenue and the A. T. & S. F. Railway crossing
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through the Sepulveda Boulevard intersection; and
(2) Highland Avenue and Bell Avenue.
2nd Stage -- improvement of Rosecrans Avenue
between Bell Avenue and Elm Avenue within a forty
(401) foot right of way consisting of an eight (81) foot
parkway on the south side, an eight (81) foot parking
lane, two eleven (111) foot travel lanes, and the re-
maining two (21) feet for drainage. This improve-
ment should be so designed and constructed as to
enable the addition of two additional eleven (11' )
foot travel lanes on the north side of the street in
the future as Stage 3 if and when the traffic load
materializes to justify the added width.
3rd Stage -- improvement of Rosecrans Avenue
between Bell Avenue and Elm Avenue to the full
cross section indicated on the plan when the need
arises. In the interim, the Cities of El Segundo
and Manhattan Beach hereby agree to establish set-
back lines to prohibit future developments within
the right of way indicated on this plan.
3. Conditions. Approval of the above referenced plans by the
Cities of El Segundo and Manhattan Beach is conditioned upon:
(a) Agreement by the County of Los Angeles that the improve-
ments indicated, including the acquisition of all right of
way indicated and reconstruction of the grade separation
at the Aviation Boulevard, Rosecrans Avenue and Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe crossing, will be financed soley by
County and State of California funds without a requirement
of matching funds, including State and County Gas Tax
Funds allocated to cities, to be supplied by the Cities of
El Segundo and Manhattan Beach.
(b) Agreement by the County of Los Angeles that full considera-
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tion will be given to adjoining property owners in the
acquisition of right of way to:
(1) severance damages incurred by the loss of the
property.
(2) reimbursement for full cost of relocating pipe-
lines and other physical facilities necessitated by
the improvements whether within or outside the
right of way.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Councils of the Cities
of El Segundo and Manhattan Beach do hereby request the County of Los
Angeles to proceed with the improvements outlined in the plans as modi-
fied herein as quickly as funds may be made available for said projects.
DATED this 22d day of May, 1961.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said City of Manhattan Beach has caused
this agreement to be signed and entered into by its Mayor and City Clerk
first thereunto duly authorized so to do, and the said City of El Segundo
has caused this agreement to be signed and entered into by its Mayor and
City Clerk first thereunto duly authorized so to do, the day and year first
hereinabove written.
CITY OF MANHATTAN BEACH,
a California municipality
By
Mayor
By
(SEAL) City Clerk
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
a California municipality
By
mayor
By EUNICE U. CREASON
City Clerk
By
(SEAL) Deputy
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
1, EUNICE U. CREASON , City Clerk of
the City of El Segundo, Cal ifornia, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing
RESOLUTION , being
RESOLUTION NO. 1965 , 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 22nd
day of Maw , 1961 ,
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote.
AYESt Councilmen Frederick, Gordon, Swanson, Tandy
and Mayor Baker;
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this
day of May , 196,
(SEAL)
23d
EUNICE U. CREASO
City Clerk of the City of El Segundo,
California
By
Deputy
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