R-4861
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FOR COUNe HEE'l'ING
OF 4-26-7"1
RESOLUTION NO. 486l(CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA URGING
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO ELIMINATE METERING
AND PREFERENTIAL Lfu~ES AT THE
CLOVERFIELD BOULEVARD AND LINCOLN
BOULEVARD ON-RAMPS TO THE SANTA
MONICA FREEWAY, AND THE CITY OF
SA.'lTA MONICA.
WHEREAS, the California Department of Transportation
has previously instituted a program of freeway on-ramp metering
and establishment of preferential lanes; and,
WHElillAS, such program was instituted in connection
with the diamond lane freeway program along the Santa JI10nica
Freeway; and,
WHEREAS, the diamond lane limited access program has
been suspended; and,
WHEREAS, the experience of the City of Santa Monica
has been that the retention of on-ramp metering and by-pass
lanes at the Cloverfield Boulevard freeway on-ramps causes
inordinate traffic delays on city streets.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa
Monica does resolve as follows:
SECTION 1.
That the California Department of
Transportation is hereby requested and urged to eliminate the
metering of the Lincoln Boulevard and Cloverfield Boulevard
on-ramps to the Santa Monica Freeway in the City of Santa
Monica.
SEC'l'ION 2.
That the California Department of
Transportation is hereby requested and urged to eliminate by-
pass lanes at the Cloverfield Boulevard and Lincoln Boulevard
on-ramps to the Santa Monica Freeway in the City of Santa
r.1onica.
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SECTION 3.
That the California Department of
Transportation is hereby requested and urged to eliminate
the Cloverfield Boulevard and Lincoln Boulevard on-ramps to
the Santa Monica Freeway from the Southern California
Association of Governments Regional Transportation Plan,
which currently indicates that such ramp metering program
be continued.
SECTION 4.
The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter
the same shall be in full force and effect.
ADOPTED and APPROVED this
26th day of
April
1977.
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Monica
at a regular meeting thereof, held on the _~6th day of
April
, 1977, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBER: Bambrick, Cohen, Reed,
Scott, Trives,
van den Steenhoven,
Swink
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBER: None
ABSENT:
COUNCILM&~BER: None
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