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RESOLUTION NO. 2256
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO UNDERTAKE A STUDY
OF THE FEASIBILITY, AND ESTIMATED COST OF
THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN UNDERCROSSING AT THE
INTERSECTION OF EL SEGUNDO BOULEVARD,
AVIATION BOULEVARD AND THE TRACKS OF THE
ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY
IN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO.
WHEREAS, the main Harbor Line of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe Railway Company crosses E1 Segundo Boulevard a few feet west
of the intersection of El Segundo Boulevard and Aviation Boulevard in the
City of E1 Segundo; and
WHEREAS, the intersection of E1 Segundo Boulevard and
Aviation Boulevard is one of the most heavily congested intersections in
the South Bay area, due to the location in the immediate vicinity of
numerous aerospace and Air Force installations essential to national
security, as well as to the development of large parcels of industrial pro-
perty along E1 Segundo Boulevard and along Aviation Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, the movement of trains across El Segundo
Boulevard during peak traffic hours causes enormous congestion on both
El Segundo Boulevard and Aviation Boulevard, creating a hazardous
driving situation; and
WHEREAS, the City of E1 Segundo plans to widen and improve
El Segundo Boulevard from Sepulveda Boulevard east to Isis Avenue (east
of Aviation Boulevard); and
WHEREAS, the State Division of Highways plans to widen and
improve Sepulveda Boulevard from Imperial Highway south to E1 Segundo
Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, the State Division of Highways will be constructing
the Century Freeway westward along Imperial Highway sometime during
1971 -1972, and a parallel system will have to be provided to carry the
increased traffic loads generated thereby; and
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WHEREAS, increased heavy traffic will be coming from the
east, west, and south sides of the Los Angeles International Airport,
desiring convenient access to the San Diego Freeway; and
WHEREAS, the State Division of Highways could realize a
savings in public funds by diverting a portion of the east -west traffic
from Imperial Highway to El Segundo Boulevard during the construction
phase of the Century Freeway; and
WHEREAS, both E1 Segundo Boulevard and Aviation Boulevard
are classified as Major Arterial Streets under the State Select System;
and
WHEREAS, the City of El Segundo has made application to the
Public Utilities Commission for an allocation from the Grade Separation
Fund; and
WHEREAS, projected traffic flows indicate that both E1 Segundo
Boulevard and Aviation Boulevard will be carrying increasingly heavy
volumes generated from within the South Bay area as well as from other
sections of Los Angeles County, making relief of congestion at the rail-
road crossing of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company tracks
and El Segundo Boulevard, at the intersection of El Segundo Boulevard and
Aviation Boulevard essential; and
WHEREAS, the construction of an underpass for E1 Segundo
Boulevard beneath the tracks of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
and Aviation Boulevard, would permit east -west traffic to move freely
through the area of this intersection;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, as follows;
SECTION 1. That the County of Los Angeles be requested to
undertake a study to determine the feasibility of the construction of such
an underpass and to establish a cost estimate for this construction.
SECTION 2. That the cost estimate portion of the study be
provided to the City of El Segundo by the County of Los Angeles within 90
days.
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SECTION 3. That a copy of this resolution be transmitted
to the Honorable Burton W. Chace, Supervisor of the Fourth Supervisorial
District of Los Angeles County, urging that this study be made.
SECTION 4. 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 23rd day of
December , 1968.
ATTEST;
City Clerk
(SEAL)
Mayor of the ity of El Segugd alifornia
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS
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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. 2256
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 23rd day of December , 196 8 ,
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Balmer, Frederick, Nagel, Stephens
and Mayor Carr;
NOES: Councilmen None:
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City
this 23rd day of December , 196 8
City Clerk of the ity of egun o
California
(SEAL)