CC RESOLUTION 4556RESOLUTION NO. 4556
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING SB 1722 (OROPEZA) THAT ESTABLISHES A
CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY TO EXTEND THE METRO GREEN LINE LIGHT
RAIL SYSTEM INCLUDING AN INITIAL SEGMENT TO LOS ANGELES
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
The City Council resolves as follows:
Section 1: The City Council finds and declares as follows:
A. In 1988 and again in 2007 the City Council adopted resolutions No. 3514
and No. 4505 supporting the extension of the Metro Green Line including
a LAX- Marina segment.
B. The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the primary international
traveler's gateway to Southern California, yet it lacks direct rail transit
access for business and recreational travelers. The absence of this crucial
link in the regional transportation system forces travelers into private
automobiles resulting in further congestion on already overburdened
freeway and arterial highway systems.
C. The Metro Green Line system is the only mass transit rail line serving
Gateway and South Bay communities. However, when the Green Line
was constructed in the mid -1990s it was terminated roughly two miles
south of LAX.
D. The Green Line Coalition was established to finally extend the truncated
rail line to LAX airport. The extension would run from the current terminus
at Aviation Blvd. and 1 -105 to stations at Aviation and Century boulevards
and Lincoln and Sepulveda boulevards. Extension of the Green Line to
LAX would help alleviate traffic congestion, reduce air pollution and
provide a convenient alternative to private automobile for LAX travelers
and employees.
SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of El Segundo supports the objectives
of The Green Line Coalition to finish the Metro Green Line by extending it
through LAX thereby providing direct transit access for airport travelers and
employees.
SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of El Segundo supports SB 1722 a bill
to establish a Metro Green Line construction authority to ensure the extension of
the Green Line into LAX.
SECTION 4: The City Clerk will certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution; shall enter the same in the book of original Resolutions of the City;
and shall make a record of proceedings of the City Council in the Minutes of the
Meeting at which same is passed and adopted.
SECTION 5: This Resolution will take effect immediately upon adoption and will
remain effective until repealed or is superseded by subsequent resolutions or by
ordinance.
PASSED ANPADOPT D s 6T" da of , 2
Kelly McD well, Mayor
City Cie
APPROVED
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