CC RESOLUTION 2216I()4iE'3
RESOLUTION NO. 2216
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE STATE
HIGHWAY COMMISSION TO WIDEN SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD
WHEREAS, Sepulveda Boulevard in the City of E1 Segundo,
California is part of California State Highway No. 1 and is a
major carrier of through and local traffic; and
WHEREAS, Sepulveda Boulevard is now paved 76 feet wide
on right -of -way varying from 90 feet to 100 feet in width; and
WHEREAS, the volume of traffic using Sepulveda Boulevard
has increased so greatly that the existing development does not
provide for a smooth uninterrupted flow of traffic. The traffic
counts taken in January, 1968 show an average of 41,382 vehicles
using the street in a 24 -hour period, an increase from 31,867
vehicles in 1967; and
WHEREAS, continued residential and industrial growth of
the areas in and around the City of E1 Segundo will cause further
traffic congestion over the next several years; and
WHEREAS, the development of the Century Freeway with a
major interchange at Sepulveda Boulevard will add several thousand
vehicles per day to the already overloaded portion of Sepulveda
Boulevard south of Imperial Highway;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, petitions the California
State Highway Commission to widen and improve Sepulveda Boulevard
from Imperial Highway to Rosecrans Avenue to provide three lanes
of moving traffic and one parking lane in each direction with
shielded left -turn bays and that the traffic signals be modernized
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to provide additional signals where needed and synchronization of
all signals on Sepulveda Boulevard.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk shall certify
to the passage and adoption of this resolution; shall enter the
same in the book of original resolutions of said City; and shall
make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records
of the proceedings of the City Council of said City, in the minutes
of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 25th day of March, 1968.
ATTEST.
City Clerk
(SEAL)
Mayor of the City of E1 Segundo,
California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, EUNICE U. CREASON, City Clerk of the
City of E1 Segundo, California, 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. 2216
was duly 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 2 5th day of March , 1968 ,
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Carr. Frederick_ M Elh ney,
Nagel and Mayor McGill;
NOES: Councilmen None_
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City
this 28th day of March , 1968
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City Clerk of the City o egun o
California
(SEAL)