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RESOLUTION NO. 3971
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
SUPPORTING THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
IN ITS DESIRE TO EXTEND SKYLINE PARKWAY FROM SARATOGA
GAP TO STATE ROUTE 129
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Palo Alto by its Reso-
lution No. 3909, adopted July 18, 1966, requested the District
Engineer, State Division of Highways, to initiate a study for
the purpose of establishing Skyline Boulevard as an Official
State Scenic Highway; and
WHEREAS, said parkway has been designated to become a part
of the National California Scenic Redwood Road and Trail System;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa
Clara, StateofCalifornia, by its officially adopted General
Plan of Santa- Clara County shows the Skyline Parkway as extend -
Lag along the crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains all the way to
the Becker Pass Highway; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Works, Transportation
Agency, State of California, has published a booklet entitled,
"The Scenic Route/ a Guide for the Designation of an Official
_Scenic Highway" illustrating by photographic essay the potential
of this route as a parkway; and
WHEREAS, the whole of the Santa Cruz Mountain range is a
public resource offering a variety of superlative scenery, and
a wealthuaf_. recreational, opportunity; and
WHEREAS, the State Parks Commission bas endorsed the con-
cept of a Skyline Parkway through San Francisco City and County,
San Mateo County and in Santa Clara County only as far south
as. Saratoga Gap; and
WHEREAS, the portion of the Skyline route south of Saratoga
Gap to the Hecker Pass Highway is of particular importance to
this region and is richly deserving of protection for use by
the people of the State of California by being added to the
Skyline Parkway.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does
RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1. That the Council of the City of Palo Alto does
support the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara in
its desire to extend said parkway as requested in its resolutions
adopted February 6, 1967, entitled "Resolution of the,Boardof
Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara, State of California,
Requesting the California State Parks Commission to Extend the
Scope of Recommended Skyline Parkway" and "Resolution. of the
Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa. Clara, State of
California, relating to the Extension of Skyline Parkway."
SECTION 2. That the State Legislators from this county be
requested to introduce an amendment to section 35, subparagraph
(a), of the Streets and Highways Code to read: "Route 129 to
Route 92 via Summit Road and.Skyline Boulevard"; and that
section 263 of the Streets and Highways Code relating to the
State Scenic Highways System also be amended to reflect the
change in section 35, and further that they urge its successful
adoption at the 1967 session of the State Legislature.
SECTION 3. That this Council does hereby urge the State
Parks Commission to include in its recommendation to the -State
'Legislature the concept of the "Skyline Parkway" for California
extending from Saratoga .Gap -in Santa tiara County southerly to
State Route 129 in the vicinity of Chittenden Pass.
SECTION 4. That a certified copy of this resolution
be transmitted to the following: State Senators and Assembly-
men•;of!Santo Clara County, Senator Randolph.Coll er, California
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Highway Commission, State Parks Commission, State Highway
Engineer (Sacramento), Boards of Supervisors of Monterey,
Santa Cruz, San Benito and San Mateo Counties, State Trans;_
portation Administrator, each City in Santa Clara County,
and District Engineer, District IV, Division of Highways
(150 Oak Street, San Francisco).
INTRODUCED AND PASSED:
-AYES: Unanimous
NOES:
ABSENT: Flint, Rus, Woodward
A
EST:
sistant City Attorney
March 20, 1967
APPROVED: