HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 30-56POOR ORIGINAL
~'- Council of the C~t7 of Bakersfield ',-.ecognizss
W~REAS ~
that c~.r-batn stz;s~tG:~ within and a~jacent to the Cit~j~ have
years b~en insui'fic!ent in widt!~. to ca>::~y existing 'b~affic~ s. nd
That said singes'be a~s designated as State Highways
m.~nt~: thereon can only be made by the Caiifo~nia State Hig~?~ay
m~nt~ and
That i~mmec~iate ~.~dening of ~'~ch sirsate is nsode~ kqr the
ps~'21e of the City of Bakersfield in om~e~ to relieve t~affic
gsstlon and traff~.c hazarSs wM[ch endanger the lives of it:~ c~.tizons~
~ nd
That the imp~ovamsnt of mmch s'bm;eets are sspa;:'ate projacts
from ~ny contempiatsd studies of Freeways~ and
That the pm~pose of t~s Resolution is to establish tb_e policy
of the Governing Body of this Cityo
NOW~ THEREFORE~ BE iT RESOLVED by the Council of th~ City of
Bakersfield that 'She Cs!iforni a State Hig~n.way Dspsz, tmsnt imn~z di ate!y
Impanels the following st~eetss which m~e State Highways~ So os to
accom'~no~ate 4 lanes of traffio~ and to make a further s'budy of Golden
Stn';~,-~ and Union Avenues which a~e-~own as Higi~yay 99~
1~ Widening of Oak Street (Sta~ Route 141) to 4 !s. nss
constx:uct an additional oVsme~pass th~reon~
2~ Widening of Brundage Lane ~S-baiz, s Route 14t) to 4 ].anes~
3,~ Widening of NSfi. es St~s~t from Baker Street to the East City
Limits (State Routs 178) t.o 4 lanes by removing the, city
park ~;~ays sc that vshic!es may in~k on eith~;r aids of the
street aftam~ widening~
4 ~' wi de ning of 24th' S~ e~ yg-a~lYe" ~oute "r78 ) ~o 4 ~tane
5~ Stud-y by t~~ ]~hk.~Sy ~spa~tment bf t'he' imFovement
of Golden State and Union Av~'~ues (Highway 99) after; the
completion of the above Projects with the objective of
incres..sing the t~affic capacity of said highway by con~
structing 4 a~]ditional lanes above the su~face level
necesnat::v~ in o~e- to . ~nsez~we large in~;.estments of
business concerns on Highway 99 which serve
the motoring public ~
6~ That certified copies of this Resolution be for,-
warded to Mz:o Frank B~ Durkee~ Di~':ector of State
Department of Public Works~ Sac~.~am,snto~ Mr~ Ceorge
T. McCoy~ State Highwa~ Engineer.~ .Sscramento~ State
Senator jess Dcrsey~ Bakersfield~ Assemblymarl H~ W~
ifslly~ Shafter~ and Asse~,fol~man Dorothy M~ Donahoe~
Bakersfield ~
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i HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfie!d~ at s regular
meeting thereof held on the 21st day of May~ 19S6s by the following
vote
AYES: Carnakis~ Co!lins~ Dool~n.~ E<reteth Schweitzer~ Sullivan
NOES: C'roe s
ABSENT: None
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