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Resolution No. 5238
'. \ 1 I. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 5238 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON, CALIFORNIA, CONSENTING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PORTION OF SOTO STREET WITHIN SAID CITY AS A PART OF THE SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors did on April 23, 1985, and on November 19, 1985, duly adopt Resolutions declaring that portion of Soto Street from 26th Street to Bandini Boulevard and intersecting streets appurtenant to the construction thereof, within the City of Vernon to be a part of the System of Highways of the County of Los Angeles, all as provied in Sections 1700 to 1704 inclusive of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California; and WHEREAS, said Board of Supervisors by said Resolutions requested this Council to give its consent to allow the County to acquire right-of-way, construct improvements and perform appurtenant work on said portion of Soto Street within the City of Vernon described above; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 15063 of the State CEQA Guidelines, the County conducted an initial study and prepared a Negative Declaration. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY ,THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: Finding of a Minor Nature. This City Council does hereby find that pursuant to Government Code Section 65402 (b), the aforesaid improvements are for street improvements of a minor nature and that, therefore, the provisions of said Section requiring the submission to and report upon said project by the City Planning Agency do not apply. ":J' '( 1 SECTION 2: Consent to Inclusion in County Highways 2 System. This City Council does hereby consent to the establish- 3 ment of the portion of Soto Street from 26th Street to Bandini 4 Boulevard and intersecting streets appurtenant to the 5 construction thereof, within the City of Vernon, as a part of 6 the System of Highways of the County of Los Angeles as provided 7 in Sections 1700 to 1704 inclusive of the Streets and Highways 8 Code of the State of California. Said consent is for the 9 purpose of acquiring right-of-way, constructing improvements 10 and performing appurtenant work as may be necessary by the 11 County of Los Angeles. 12 SECTION 3: Approval of Negative Declaration. This 13 City Council does hereby approve the Negative Declaration 14 prepared by the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SECTION 4: Effect.. on Environment. This City Council does hereby find that the project has no significant effect on the environment. SECTION 5: That the City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall certify to the passage of this resolution and thereupon and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of December, 1985. ~- ~~: ~ -'- ..,/L A t~ONIS C. MALBUIfG, Mayor ATT~. .. U /:L--}/>>~g /~<~ BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk -2- -3- ?' STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ss. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) 4 It BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk 5 Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing 6 Resolution No. 5238 t was duly adopted by the City 7 8 the City of Vernon, and was approved by the Mayor of an adjourned at ~/regular meeting of the City Council held on Tuesday, , 19 8~ . 13 14 (SEAL) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 pF Lpg ~ q"~ COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES jeep ~~1~`~N` 1 k A l ~r~ u_*} d T'4L , 1/~ ~Y' DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ~ _ 1640 ALCAZAR STREET k X CgUFpaN~P LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA90033 Telephone : (213) 226-8111 ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO: THOMAS A. TIDEMANSON, Director P.O. BOX 4089 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90051 HIAM BARMACK, Chief Deputy Director JAMES L. EASTON, Chief Deputy Director p? r`, WYNN L. SMITH, Chief Deputy Director ~~~n~ry~~h~ry~± W • - REFERTOPFILESE P-2 Gommuni#~ Serve®~ 810.11 January 23, 1986- Mr. Bruce V. Malkenhorst City Administrator City of Vernon 4305 Santa Fe Avenue Vernon, CA 90058 Dear Mr. Malkenhorst: SGTO STREET OVER THE LOS ANGELES RIVER C~~~' tom' ~~1t6~C`f~~TI~fiY COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT 514.27 Enclosed for youx file is a; fully executed copy of the. Agreement regarding our cooperative project to widen the bridge on Soto Street over the Los Angeles River, including the reconstruction -"of portions of the street from 26th Street to Bandini Boulevard and upgrading the traffic signals at Bandini Boulevard. The Agreement was adopted by the Soard of Supervisors on January 14, 1986. Very. truly yours, T. TII7EMANSO Director of Public G~orks ESC:ad/9D Enc 1 . CITY ®181~E1~E1~[: a G R E E M E N T 2 - THIS ',~GkEEMEN'i', made an.t3 entered into by and bet~rlceil the CITY O1~' VE'~:It](J~IP a municipal corporation in the C,~unty of. Los Angele~y hereinafter-r~~f.errnd to as "CIT1'01, a:~d the COUNTY. OF LOS ANGEI:lES, a political. subdivision of the State of California, hereinafter referred to as ":COUNTY": W I T I~ E:5 S E T H WHEkL~a, oto, Street is an COUN'TY' S Highway Plan; and WHEF~FF,Sv C;ITX` and COUA]TY propose to widen the ~xistinc~ br.iclg~ on Soto Street a~;~er tkae Las Angeles Rimier, i~lcludng reconstr~.a.c"zing por.tians of the street from 26th Street to Bandin Foulevard and t.~pyracli.rtg Lh~ traffic signals at Bandini Boulevard, which 'wot'~ is WH~RPAS;~ PROJECT is entirely within the jurisdictional limits= of CITY:, and WHEREAS, PROJECT is in the gEneral intQrest of CITY and COUNTY; anc3 r~HET.EA5, CITY has requested and COUNTY i.s .willing to desa.gn and administer PROJECT; and WHEREAS, BOUNTY is willing to acquire and clear the right of_ way required for PROJECT within CITY'S jurisdiction; and WHEREASy,CITY and COUNTY are willing to equally share the cost of PROJECT; acid -2-- WHEREA59 CITY proposes to assign its rernainina available FAU funds fio COUNTY to cover a portion of CITY`S sYiar_e of PROJECT costsP anti - Y~HEREAS, COUNTY: is_ wi113:ng to accept this assignment of FAU funds. NOW, THI~REFORE,, in consideration of the mutual benefits to be der.wed by CITY and COUNTY and of the premises herein contained, it 'is hereby agreed as follows: (1) CITY AGREES: a. To finance one-half of the cost of PROJECT based uppn a°final accounting of PROJECT costs. b.: To_assign to COUNTY all of its. .remaining available CITE' FAU funds to cover a portion of the CITY'S share of the cost of PROJECT., which funds are currently estimated to be $5,3p0. c. To deposit with COUNTY, after opening of construction bids for PROJECT and .upon demand, other CITY funds. to finance its remaining share of the PROJECT costs, cur- rent.ly estimated to be $.894;700.: d. Upon complet~.on of PROJECT to maintain in good condi- tion and at.CITY expense, all improvements constructed as part of ;~'ROJEC:T. -J-- o CQUNTY AGREES: a Tn prepare plans, specifications and cGSt estimates for PhOJFCT, b. To acquire and clear all right of way reguired fir PROJECT. To obtain aPprova]. from- GT'I'X of plans for P~OJE~T ,prior to advertising for construction bids. d'. To advertise PROJECT .for construction bids, to award' and administer the construction contract, to do all things necessazy and proper to comple~:e L~ROJECT and to act in_bEhalf of CITY in all negotiations per- twining thereto. e' ~'a accept the assignment of CITY. F~1U funds. To furnish CITY, within 12~ days after final aCCep- tance of PROJECT and Board of Supervisors' approval of findpayment to contractor, a final accounting itemizing actual ~init Costs and actual quantities for PROJEC'T'. (3) IT IS ~'ii1TUALLY UIVDF:RSTOOD AND AGREED AS rOL~,OWS t a. Thw cost of PROJECT., as referz~ed to in this Agreement, sha7.1 consist of the costs of acgui~ng and clearing right of way, preparing plans, specifications, cost estimates and en.vironmeiital doC~.~ments, finial contact, detour and final signing and striping, construction _4_ . ergirteering, construction survey, utilityr.elocator., administration and -all other work necessary to construct Pl~OJE~:~t' in accardance v~~ith anpro~red plans, and shall include currently effective percentages added to total. salaries, wages and equipment costs to cover overhead,. adm_i.n 5 st rat i on and deprec iat i.on i n canner_,t c?ra wtka Nary or all of the aforementioned items. b If Ci'I'Y°S share of the cost o. r~iO:JEC~:°°£ after taki~i•~ into account available FAU funds, based upon a final accounting, exceeds CITY'S deposit by $200 or ~r~ore, CI'IX shall pad the COUNTY the adcxitiof~al amount due upon demand . Conversely, if at final account ir.g the anio~~n.t of other CITY funds degovited exceeds the amount due by $200 or more, COUNTY will refund ;;aid excess to CITY, c. This Agreement shall not take effect unless an~3 until COUNTY, pursuant to Section 1700 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California, declares Soto Street between PROJECT limits within CITY to be a COUNTY highway for acquisition of right of way and construction b= improvements thereon and CITY, pursuant ~t4 Section 1707. of aforementioned Code,. shall consent to said street ecoming a.COUNTY highway for said purpose. _5~ d.:..Neither COUNTY nor any affi,cer or employee'of COUNTY, -shall be responsible for any dam«ge or liability oc- tarring by reason of any acts or emissions on the ...part of CITY under or in connection with. any work,. authority or jurisdiction delegated to CITY under this Agreement. It is also understood and agreed that, pursuant to Government Code, Section 80504, CITY .shall `full:y indemnify, defend and. hold COUNTY harmless from any liability imposed for injury (as dPfine~i by Government Code, Section 810,8) occurring ray reason of any acts or omissions on the part of CT'~Y under or in connection with any work, author- itv or jurisdiction delegated. to CITY ~rnder this Agreement.. e._, Neither CITY nor any officer or employee of CITY, sha11 be responsible for any dam«ge or liability occurring by reason of any .acts or omissions on the part of COUNTY under or in connection with any work, authority or jurisdiction delegated to COUBITY under this_Agreement. It is also understood anti agreed that, pursuant to Government Code,. Section 895.4, COUNTY shall u11y indemnify, defend. and. hold CITY harmless from any liability imposed for injury (as defined by Government Code, Section 810.8) occurring by reason of any acts. or omissions on the part of BOUNTY.under -or in con- nectian with any work, authority or jurisdiction delegated ,to COUNTY under this Agreement. - -6- zt is understood and agreed ghat the pr_ovisi.ons of the Assumption or Liability Agr~ernent heretofore entered into between the parties hereto are inapplicable to this Agreement. IN hTITNE~S WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to-be executed by their respective officers, dlsly authorized, by the CITY OF VERNON ors %~k.,F"v~~~~~~-~J ~7 , 1~ and by the COUNTY OF L©S At~~GELES on 19 ,Jto,._ pF L05 ~y ATTEST: LARRY J. MONTEILH ~Fl~irr EXECUTIVE OFFTCER-C ~1 a OF THE i30ARD OF SUP lv OF T,OS ANGELES P s..[, BY C~IIFO'RN\ _y_ DEPUTY CHATRMAN, BOARD OF SUPERVISOR: ATTEST: CITY OF VERNON ~ ~ CITY CLE 'R _ MAYOR ~ p~ . AD®PT~D APPROVED AS TO FORM.. BOA<-tD 0~ SUI'E~~UISORS DE WITT W. CLINTON COUNTY OF LCS 1NGELES y COUnty ~OllnSel 1 3 4. JAN 1 ~ 1986 PRINC PAL DEPUTY LaRHY Mordre~Lti EXECUTIVE OFFICER l CITY COUNCIL OFFICERS I r LEONIS C. MALBURG, Mayor BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, ll THOMAS A YBARRA, Mayor Pro-Tem ' ~ i ~ City Administrator/City Clerk Wm. "BILL" DAVIS H.. "LARRY" GONZALES DAVID B. BREARLEY, W. MICHAEL McCORMICK City Attorney ' VICTOR H. VAITS, TELEPHONES ` Director of Community Services CITY CLERK ..............................583-8811 ~ ~ p4 I LEWIS R. ADAMS, POLICE DEPT ...........................587-5171 ~ Director of Water & Power FIRE DEPT .................................583-4821 BUILDING DEPT ......................583-8811 GEORGE F. BASS, PUBLIC WORKS DEPT...........583-8811 Fire Chief HEALTH DEPT .........................583-8811 CITY HALL AL ESPINOZA 4305 SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA 90058 Police Chief In Reply Refer to: December 12, 1355 city council .City of Vernon RE: Soto Street Bridge Honorable Members: For your consideration transmitted herewith is an Agreement between the City of Vernon and Los Angeles County for the widening of the Soto Street bridge, and the Negative Declaration from the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works. Both the Agreement and Negative Declaration have been reviewed by the Director of Community Services, and it is hereby recommended that they be approved and authority be granted for the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute said agreement on behalf of the City of Vernon. Very truly yours, '~,~7 a~ r S~.m Bruce V. Malkenhorst City Clerk BVM/dn December 11, 19C5 V-1o T0: Bruce V. Malkenhor~t, City Administrator FROM: Victor H. Vaits, Director of Community Services `U SUBJECT: SOTO STREET BRIDGE Herewith for your consideration are the following documents. 1. Agreement between City of Vernon and Los Angeles County for the widening of the Soto Street bridge. It is recommended that the City execute the agreement, 2. Negative Declaration The County of Los. Angeles Department o f Pub1 i,c V~orks,. has prepared a negative declaration for the Soto Street b.r~d~e: wi;deni;n~ project I have.nevi,ewed the declaration and I` concur with the ~fi,ndi,ngs. Tt is therefore recommended that the. negative declaration be approved by the City Council.. 3. Sample Resolution for establisfi:i•ng a porti;on~ of Soto Street as a part of the system of Los Angeles County H~~ghways, It is recommended that the City Council find that pursuant to Government Code, Seca 65:402 (s) the i~mprovement~ are of ~-mi;nor nature a,nd that a reso1ut~on be adopted to esta6li~sh Soto-Street as part of the County system of Highways (Sample resolution i'nc~l uded) . VHV:ps li.ttachments cc: City Attorney - OF LOS' e = * ~ ~/I a y/ 15~F0 ALCAZAR STREET . ~r'i FORN~PX LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90033 Telephone : (213)_226-8111 ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO: THOMAS A. 1'IDEMANSON, Director P.O. >30X 4089 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90051 IiIAN1 BARMACK, Chief Deputy Director JAMF,S L. EASTON, Chiet Deputy Director `WYNN L. SMITH, Chie[ Deputy Director - _ - - IN REPLY PLEASE REFER.TO FILE: P-2 November 8, 1585 815.3- IQARU 4F: SUP£~t~!(Sf~~S CIA~lh'Y pF tt95 ANr,~lLg Honorable Board of Supervisors 2 8 NOS ~ 9 X985 County of Los Angeles 383 Hall of Administration- 500 T~lest Temp]_e Street ~ Los Angeles, California 90012 `~'Inc~"'~.,.~. I,ARRY'J. MoNt~FCH, Dear Supervisors: ~~E~unv~orFla;~l~- REQUEST FOR-JURISDICTION SOTO 'SREFT FROM 25TH STREET TO BANDINI BOULEVARD CIT3c' OF VERNON SUPERVI50RTAI, DISTRICT 3 4-VOTE MATTER . RECQ[~"IE1`nDATION : > That your Honorable Boa"rd adopt the attached Resolution - in the form previously. approved by County Counsel... On April 23, 1985, .your Honorable Board adopted a Resolution requesting jursdiction.froin the .City of.Vernon so that the County may administer a cooperative project to widen-the existing bridge on Soto Street over the Los.Angeles. River including-the recon- structon of portions of Soto Street from 26th Street to Bandirri Boulevard and the modification of traffic signals at Bandini Boulevard. At -that time we believed that-only minor additional xight of way-within the County Flood Control Channel-was needed for the project; however, the right of way requirements-just .identified are moreextensive and jurisdiction is now required from the City of. Vernon--for: the County to acquire right of ~aay for the project. Therefore, additional jurisdiction is required on Soto Street within the subject limits to allow the County to acquze right: of way within.. the ..City.. The cost of acquiring this right of way will be coveredby a cooperative agreement-.between- the City ,and the County. The .jurisdiction will be relinquished after the completion of the right of way 'acquisition and the improvement of Soto Street. Honorable Board o£ Supervisors .Page 2 November 8, 1985 Upon the adoption'of this `Resolution, please ~°eturn- two certified copies to the Department-of Public k'orks for transmittal to the City. Respectfully sub fitted, , T. A. TIDEMANS~ `Director of Public Works AV ° ad,/14 B Attach. 1 RESOLUTION DECLARING A .PORTION OF'SOTO B'E'REFT 2 IN THE CITY-OF VERNON TO BE A-PART OF 3 THE COUNTY SYSTEtK OF HIGHWAYS 4 5 6 WHEREAS, by reason of its location and. travel thereon,-the por- 7 tion of Soto Street from 26th Street to Bandini Boulevard, within 8 the City of Vernon, County of Los Angeles, State of California, 9 should be a Bart of the County.System of Highways; and 10 WHEREAS, it is the purpose of`the Board of-Supervisors of ,said 11 County to acquire-right of way and perform incidental work provided. 12 the 'consent of the° governor ' ~'aody of the City shall. first. be given: . T3 NOW, .THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors 14 of the County of Los Angeles, State of California, that-the portion - , . ~ 3 r r. n _ ~ n i a ~ r a is ~ r. _ ~ , _ ~ ? i , r..-, z c-~ o~ ~~~..e~ ~~Lrz 2tit.~ Si;re..~ to Bar:d~.~~ ~oLi~~v~t:;~ u,.~; ~~~~ar.~~ct~.~~ , 16 streets appurtenant to the construction thereof, within the City: of 17 Vernon, is hereby declared to be a part of the System of Highways 18 of. said County as provided in Sections-1700 to 1.704 inclusive of the 19 Streets and Highways Code of the State of California for the purpose 20 of and limited. to the aforementioned acquisition of right of way 21 and performance of incidental work. 22 - 23 24 25 26 27 28 . 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) County of Los Angeles ) s.s. 2 3 I, LARRY J. MONTEILH, Executive Officer-Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, do hereby certify that 4 the attached is a full, true and correct copy of a 5 Resolution adopted on N(~ ~ 9 ~~5 6 by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, and ex officio the governing body of all other special assessment 7 and taxing districts for which said Board so acts. 8 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of the Co my of Los Ang les 9 this ~ day of 19 ~S 10 OF4asA LARRY J. MONTEILH, Executive Officer-Clerk of the ~q~ N~ Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles. 11 v~ ~ By ~ 12 ? Deputy 13 r~q~ rM 14 ~gl1FORN~~' 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 I ~ ~ is 28 J~~y pF LOSq,i,G COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES F ~ ~ ~ DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS ~ T II 1640 ALCAZAR STREET k ~ ~ L03 ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90033 c4UFpeN~p Telephone : (213) 226-8111 ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO: THOMAS A. TIDEMANSON, Director P.O. BOX 4089 L03 ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90061 HIAM BARMACK, Chief Deputy Director JAMES L. EA9TON, Chief Deputy Director WYNN L. SMITH, Chief Deputy Director IN REPLY PLEASE REFER TO FILE P-2 810.11 December 4, 1985 R~~I10~ Mr. Bruce V. Malkenhorst Q~~ Q~'~$ City Administrator City of Vernon Community~etyi~es 4305 Santa Fe Avenue Vernon, CA 90058 Dear Mr. Malkenhorst: SOTO STREET OVER LOS ANGELES RIVER CITY-COUNTY COOPERATIVE PROJECT Enclosed are three originals and one copy of a proposed agreement regarding our cooperative project to widen the existing bridge on Soto Street over the Los Angeles River and reconstruct portions of the street from 26th Street to Bandini Boulevard including the upgrading of traffic signals at Bandini Boulevard. Also enclosed are certified copies of two Resolutions adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles declaring a portion of Soto Street within your City to be a part of the County System of Highways for the purpose of acquiring right of way and con- structing improvements. Please present these requests for juris- diction to your duly authorized City officials for their approval. The agreement was prepared based on correspondence between Mayor Leonis C. Malburg and Supervisor Edmund D. Edelman and calls for the County to do the preliminary engineering, acquire the right of way and administer the project with the City paying one-half of .the project costs. Under the terms of the agreement, the City is to assign its remaining available City FAU funds to the County, estimated at $5,300, and to deposit other City funds estimated at $894,700, after opening of construction bids and upon demand, to cover the City's share of the cost of the project. The City's actual share will be based upon a final accounting after comple- tion of the project. We understand that LACTC has given your City a time extension to January 1, 1986 to obligate the City's lapsing FAU funds. Full execution of this agreement prior to that date will obligate these funds and prevent their lapsing. Mr. Bruce V. Malkenhorst -2- December 4, 1985 If the proposed agreement is satisfactory, please present it to your duly authorized City officials for approval and execution at their next Council meeting. Upon execution, please return the three originals of the agreement to the Department of Public Works for further processing. After final approval by the Board of Supervisors, we will return the fully executed City original to your City. Pursuant to Section 15063 of the "State CEQA Guidelines", we have conducted an initial study concerning possible effects of this project on the environment and have prepared a Negative Declaration which includes this study. Therefore, in accordance with Section 15096 of said guidelines and in order to expedite processing, we are also enclosing a copy of this Negative Declaration. If you concur with the Negative Declaration for this project, please pre- sent it to your duly authorized City officials for their approval and finding of no significant effect on the environment. However, if your Council is unable to make the necessary environmental finding, Council action granting jurisdiction should be deferred until the environmental finding can be made. It should be noted that Sections 1701 and 1850 of the Streets and Highways Code provide that the City may consent to the County's re- quest for jurisdiction by Resolution. In addition, Section 65402 (b) of the Government Code provides that the City Council may find in such Resolution that the project involves improvements of a minor nature. Enclosed is a draft of a Resolution containing the finding which, if enacted, will meet the requirements of these statutes and expedite the project. When your City has adopted the Resolution or an Ordinance of con- sent, please send three certified copies to the Department of Public Works. Very truly yo rs, T. A. TIDEMANSO Director of Public Works AV:ad/21B Encl. cc: Supervisor Edmund D. Edelman LACTC COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC hDRKS SOTO STREET OVER THE LOS ANGELES RIVER NEGATIVE DECLARATION 1. LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT The Soto Street Bridge is located over the Los Angeles .River in the City of Vernon. The project covers a distance of approximately 440 feet. The project is to widen the bridge to Secondary-Highway standards to create a smooth transition with the.fully improved roadway on either end. The project will widen the bridge from the.-existing 40 feet to 64 feet between curbs to provide two standard .width traffic lanes in 'each direction, two seven foot sidewalks and a center median to separate opposing traffic. 2. MITIGATION MEASURES INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT TO AVOID POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS No potentially significant effects resulting from implementing the project. ..have been identified. Therefore, no extraordinary mitigation-measures are included in the project. 3. FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT Based on the attached Initial Study, it-has been determined that the project. will not have a significant effect on the environment. INITIAL STUDY SOTO.STREET BRIDGE OVER THE LOS ANGELES ~tIVER This Initial Study was prepared by the County of Los Angeles Department. of Public Works pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act of-1970 (Division 13, California Public Resources Code), as amended, and. the "State. EIR Guidelines" (Division 6, California Administration Code). 1. LOCATION AND .DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT - Soto Street. is an i.~p©rtant north-south highway route from Mission Road in E1 Sereno to the intersection with Slauson Avenue in Huntington Park, a distance of approximately 6.4 miles.. The project is the Soto Street Bridge which spans 440 feet over the Los Angeles River between 26th Street and 37th Street (Bandini Boulevard) in the City of Vernon. The purpose. of the project is to-widen the bridge to Secondary Highway standards to meet'the fully improved roadways on either end. The project will widen the bridge from the existing 40 feet `to 64 feet between curbs to provide two standard width traffic lanes. in each direction, two seven foot sidewalks and a center median to separate traffic. The Soto :Street bridge is a six span reinforced concrete open spandrel-arch. The arches are arranged symmetrically and their lengths .are 62', 71',.73', 73' 71' and 62'. The bridge .will be widened symmetrically about-the center. No piers will be added but the existing piers will be lengthened approximately:. 20' on either side. New pier noses will be streamlined to minimize the catchment of debris that floats down the river during the rainy season.. -The traffic count on Soto Street is quite high, 48,000 average daily traffic with 20~ trucks.- Approximately 0.28 acre of right of way will be acquired for the project. 2. COMPATIBILITY WITH THE GENERAL-PLAN Soto Street is classified in the Leos Angeles County General Flan as a Major Highway. Most of the existing roadway is improved to Secondary Highway Standards. The proposed improvements for the bridge are consistent with .Secondary Highway classification.. 3. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING Surrounding Property Soto Street, within the project area,.:traverses on urban area .zoned M, MS-1, and MLS-3, which are defined as industrial, manufacturing-and .business, metal foundaries, chemical laboratories,-'.and. oil. refining and storage facilities. The area is an extensively .developed industrial park. There is very little vegetation. -1- A Historic Property Survey Report was prepared to evaluate the historic significance of the Soto Street bridge. The Historic Evaluation determined that the bridge does not meet the. National Register Criteria For Listing in the National Register of Historic Places for the following reasons: 1. -The bridge was built in an already well established area and it did not make a significant contribution to the history. of the area. 2. The bridge is not associated wtih the lives of significant people. 3. There are a considerable number of similar bridge types in the Los Angeles .County. The Soto.Street Bridge is neither unique nor: an outstanding example among these. 4. The bridge is not likely to yield information important to prehistory or history. The Historic Property .Survey was reviewed and approved by the Federal Highway. .Administration and the State Historic Preservation Officer. EXISTING BRIDGE FACILITIES Presently, the Soto Street Bridge is 53 feet wide, providing 40 feet for four substandard traffic lanes and two five feet sidewalks. IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS Right of Way Acquisition .Approximately 0.28 acre of right o£ way will need to be acquired.. This con- sists of 5 feet-along the length of both sides of the bridge. No-right of way is needed from either end of the bridge. .Since all of the right of way. will be acquired from the channel area, there will be no impacts associated with people, businesses,- structures, or :vegetation. Traffic The existing bridge has four .traffic lanes. -The. widening will increase the width of the travel .lanes but there will not be an addition of lanes. The traffic will not increase as a result of the project. Noise Because the traffic characteristics do not change, there will be no change in -the traffic generated noise levels. The surrounding area has a high ambient noise .level.-.due to the heavy industry and he great number of trucks using the roadways. There are no noise. sensitive locations in the vicntiy of the proj- ect. Therefore, the improvement of the Soto Street Bridge will have no impact on the noise level. -2- Air Quality Again, since. there are no changes in the traffic characteristics, the project will have no impact on the. regional air quality. Plant Life No vegetation will need to be removed as a result of the project. Safety and Convenience The existing bridge consists of four substandard traffic lanes (10 feet each). There have been 39 accidents within 5 years in the vicinity of the bridge The additional width of the travel lanes and the median to separate opposing traffic will increase-the safety for motorists. The sidewalks will be widened, anus improving the safety for pedestrians. The widening should significantly .reduce congestion and improve safety, comfort, and convenience for motorists. Aesthetics The primary architectural element of the bridge, the six span reinforced concrete open spandrel arches .will not be altered. The primary impact on the aesthetic quality will be the replacement of the existing concrete rai.1- ings. Railings designed to current safety standards will be installed. Use of Fuel- Because the project will not affect the volume or composition of traffic, the project will not result in the increased consumption of fuel by motor vehicles.. The project construction will require the consumption of fuel and the use of petroleum-based materials; however, this'is not considered to involve using fuel or energy in a wasteful manner. Construction Phase Impact The work will cause. some dust and an increase in the noise level.. and there may be some inconvenience to the motorists and pedestrians; however, these conditions usually-occur for only a-short period of time and have no perma- nent effect on the environment. To abate dust nuisance, the contractor is required by the project specifications to provide cleaning, sweeping, and sprinkling with water, as necessary, throughout all phases of construction. In addition, the contractor must adhere. to .the. requirements of applicable local ordinances regarding dust and noise control. Although there will be some minor inconvenience experienced by residents because of limitations on the ease of access during construction, access to ,property will be maintained by the contractor except for short periods of time when it is impractical. to do so. 5. CUMULATIVE: IMPACTS The primary cumulative impacts which might be associated wiah roadway con- struction are the displacement of people and businesses, included community. .growth and changes i.n motor. vehicle-usage and the resulting impact on regional air quality. _3_ As previously discussed in the Initial Study, the project is not expected to have any adverse .impact on the displacement of people and businesses, regional motor vehicle usuage, community growth or air quality. 6. DISCUSSION OF WAYS TO MITIGATE-SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS No significant effects. resulting from implementing the project have been identified . 7. 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Q Iakrw~oo . f ; •r'Tot~o © r am.r.~ wu.heu:' .Q~ PROJECT LOCATION EXHIBIT B W-r. •V W ~ yr Y ~v7 CT ~~C.,. ~ ~ Hp sg 4 ~ C ~ 0 ib ' ~ ~ 4 heir ~ ~ rv ~ ~ ~ ~ + ~ e ' w CST: ~ < N ~ R. ~ ~ '1Y d J~ Q`~• ~ ~ O F O S ih~~~~ ~ ER 2277 j VERN_ 2N 97fi01~ ' , / 0 ~ ~ ~ S ANGELES C l W N W F ~ _ O HiI~DIllIIII PROJECT LOCATION Sample Only 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON, 3 CALIFORNIA, CONSENTING TO ESTABLISHMENT OF A PORTION OF 4 SOTO STREET-WITHIN SAID CITY AS A PART-OF THE 5 'SYSTEM OF.HIGHWAYS OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 6 a 8 WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors did on April 23, 1985, and 9 on November 19, 1985, duly adopt Resolutions declaring that portion 10' of Soto Street from 26th Street to Bandini'Boulevard and intersecting 11 streets appurtenant to the construction: thereof, within the City of 12 Vernon, to be apart of the Sy tem of Highways of the County of 13 Los .Angeles, all as provided in Sections .1700 to 1704 inclusive 14 of the Streets and Highways Cod e. of the State of California; and 15 WHEREAS, said Board of Supervisors by said Resolutions requested 16 this Council to give .its consent to allow the County to acquire. right 17 of way, construct improvements and perform 'appurtenant. work on said 18 portion of Soto Street within the City of Vernon described above.;. I9 and 20 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section. 15.063 of .the State CEQA Guidelines, 21 the County conducted an initia study and prepared a Negative 22 Declaration: 23 NOW, THEREFORE.., the City. Council of the-City of Vernon does 24 resolve as follows: 25 SECTION. 1. Consent to Inclusion in County Highways System. 26 This City Council does hereby consent to the establishment. of the 27 portion of Soto Street from 26th Street to Bandini Boulevard and 28 intersecting streets appurtenant to the construction thereof, 1 within the City of Vernon, as a part of the System of Highways of 2 the County of Los Angeles as provided in Sections 1700 to 1704 in- 3 elusive of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California. 4 Said consent is for the purpose of acquiring right of way, con- 5 strutting improvements and performing appurtenant work as may 6 be necessary. by the County of .Los Angeles.. 7 SECTION 2. Approval of Negative Declaration. This ..city 8 Council does hereby. approve the: Negative Declaration prepayed_by 9 the County. of Los Angeles.. Department of Public Works.. 10 SECTION 3. Effect on Environment. This City Council does 11 hereby find that the project has no significant effect on the 12 environment. 13 SECTION 4. Finding of a Minor Nature . `~~~~~[~S-Y~cx~ld~::~~i~.x~~y~-» 14 ~°i-i -f-i°n~°°~ha~°•,~~~ur°s~rr"t- £o`"`.~o"`~ernmen~n`"~~'d~°;~,,~.Se"c-on~.~b~,~.,Q~~,~(ti~k~-.)~., r,.v,t:. 15 the._.,.af..ox.esa~i-dw--impr~~iements`~~are fore street""°`mpr.ovemen~s.._of~--a---m-no~r~ 16 mat--u~~e; •°rn~l~~r~d~e°`~~tt~Yr~"f'z~l~ow~°rng: ] This City. Council does hereby 17 £ind that pursuant to Government Code,. Section 65402.(b), the 18 aforesaid improvements are for street improvements of a minor 19 nature and that, therefore, the provisions of-..said Section re- 20 quiring the submission to and report upon said project by the 21 City. Planning Agency do not apply. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28