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CITY OF SANTA idIONICA
DATE: December 5; 1963 ~ I
TO: The Honorable City Council
FRO.i•;I: Ernest N, i~:fobiey, City iVtanager ~ ~ AyJ
SUBJECT: ~~Tidening Ocean Avenue North of Montana Avenue
NIr. Kennedy has explored the feasibility of widening Ocean Avenue
north of i~4ontana Avenue.
As the attached report indicates, it is physically possible but
esthetically undesirable, due to its effect on the park, nor does traffic
volume warrant widening as yet.
If some action with respect to traffic congestion is absolutely neces-
sary, I would suggest the alternative {a) in i\~r. Kennedy's report.
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ERNEST N. IvIOBLEY ~~
City d•iTanager
cc: City Clerk
Director of Public 1~Yorks
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
INTER-DEPART E T E
DATE:
TO:
FROM
Decc-mber° 4-, loci
Ernest IL:obley, City, Manager
B. L, Kennedy, Cit~r Enginee~°
SUBJECT: Report r°e i~easibilit~ of Ocean Ave. Ydidening, IvT,,'< of Montana. Ave.
In compliance (-rith the inforrlal request of the Cit~r Council
GO inV2St].gat2 the f2aSib1li_tV Of Vv"ioenirig OCean i~venue, north-
k1eSt Of Montana [:Venue, "Ghe foil Owlrlg inf Ol'P,la"l.iOn iS 1ul"'n_SY:On.
The "~~resent wid'ch betveen curbs of Ocean Ave?=ue a.t this iocat_.ol
is 50 feet, If the stt°eet i'Sere to be widened, 'che minii~uni
width townich it should be widened would be GO feet betJaeen
cu, us.
To _~roperi~r align this street vaith Ocean Ave. southeast of
MC`n Darla Av 2:Clu2, all Of th0 prvipe rty ;'C-d,Ui_eQ f Or th]_S (-diO.en~!n;--~;
should be ta'~en from the park side, This would have the
follovyrii~g ei'fects:
1) require tkle removal of the ro(--~: of pine trees extendir_.
tine Full length of this section;
2) reouire either (a) extensive regrading of portions of
the park, or (b) the const_~uction of a slop c- o' varying
:Height and Stec-pnc-ss between the neva curb a.nd the
existing la[-~rn; and
3} result in the loss, percentage wse, of a large portion
Of ti'le jlarlc, eSaeCia.l l~; in the arC-c^~ between 1"1al'gue ri td.
Ave, and San V~_cente 1Blvd.
Present t, affic volumes do not indicate tree need for widening.
The "present short du?a.tion peak-hour co_n;estion can be relieved
by either
a) permanentl~r restricting parking on the no_~theast side
and relocating the center line stripe to provide for
four moving lanes of adequate caidth and one yoark_ng
lane (on the park side} or
b} Imp OSing pealL-hOUr _p ar'Y.ing Y'eutil_Ct10nS On b0 ti1 SiCieS
of the stree'c.
It is the recornr=zenoation of the Parl~ing and. Traffic Engineer,
concurrec iTl bar this office, that alternate (a} above be
approved.
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BARTLETT L iiEiQ1QEDY
City Engineer