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RESOLUTION NO. 4474
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
OBJECTING TO TffE PROPOSED DELETION OF ROUTE 82
(EL CAMINO REAL) FROM THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palo Alto has been
advised by the Division of Highways that the Department of Public
Works has determinea that Route 82, El Camino Real, should be
deleted from the State Highway System based upon the 1990 functional
classification criteria: and
WHEREAS, this council has reviewed the proposal and desir~s to
present its objection thereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does
RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1. Route 82, Bl Camino Real, serves as an alternate
inter-city connecting liqk for its entire length through the San
Francisco Peninsula area, and must be uniformly maintained and
improved.
SECTION 2. The future administration of Route 82, were it not
within the State Hiqhway System would b~ an inequitable burden upon
the financial resources Qf the different agencies limited by this
principal artery.
SECTION 3. The pre~ent procedure whereby local agencies are
each required to matntaiq that portion of Route 82 which is within
its jurisdiction to the ~evel.of excellence required by the Divi-
sion o.c-_Highways-an<j to qe reimbursed therefor by the State is-
economical, efficient anq to the best interests of the taxpayers
and the traveling public.
SECTION 4. The council of the r.ity of Palo Alto strongly
objects to the propQsed qeleti_on of Ro~te 82, El Camino Real, from
the State Highway System for the reasons herein expressed and
urges the Department of Public Works to retain Route 82 (El
Camino Real) within the State Highway System •
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SECTION s. The City Clerk is hereby directed to send a
copy of this resolution to each of the cities connected by Route
82; to the Counties of S-n Mateo and Santa Clara1 to the Honorable
Alfred E. Alquist and Cl~rk L. Bradley, State Senators1 to the
Honorable John Vasconcellos and Riehard Hayden, State Assemblymen;
to the Business and Transportation Agency, Department of Public
Works, Division of Highways, State of California1 and to Alan s.
Hart, District Engineer, Division of Highways. State of California,
INTRODUCED AND PASS'°: July 19, 1971
AYES: Beahrs, Clark, Comstock, Dias, Henderson, Norton, Pearson,
Rosenbaum
NOESs None
ABSENT: Berwald
AT'l'EST1
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APPROVED:
Mayor
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