Resolution No. 8637
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RESOLUTION NO. 8637
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON EXPRESSING ITS CONDITIONAL SUPPORT OF THE
COMMUNITY BASED DESIGN CONCEPTS AS THE LOCALLY
PREFERRED STRATEGY PURSUANT TO THE MAJOR CORRIDOR
STUDY FOR THE 1-710 FREEWAY AND EXPRESSING ITS
SUPPORT OF THE 1-710 OVERSIGHT POLICY COMMITTEE'S
APPROVAL OF THE TIER 2 REPORT AS A GUIDANCE
DOCUMENT ONLY FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS
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9 WHEREAS, the City of Vernon ("City") is a member of the
10 Gateway Cities Council of Governments (the "Gateway COG") a joint
11 powers authority established to address the issues, including
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12 transportation issues, which affect cities within the Gateway COG
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14 WHEREAS, the Gateway COG entered into a Memorandum of
15 Understanding dated May 26, 2000 (the "MOU") with the California
16 Department of Transportation ("CALTRANS"), the Los Angeles County
17 Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("MTA"), and the Southern
18 California Association of Governments ("SCAG") to participate in a
19 Major Corridor Study for Interstate 710 ("1-710 MCS"); and
20 WHEREAS, on August 8, 2000, the City Council of the City of
21 Vernon adopted Resolution No. 7596 approving an Implementation
22 Agreement with the Gateway COG respecting participation in a major
23 investment study to identify potential improvements to the 1-710
24 Corridor; and
25 WHEREAS, the 1-710 MCS constitutes a comprehensive
26 evaluation of the freeway corridor, parallel arterials and other
27 elements of the system's infrastructure, including goods movement and
28 an analysis of qualify of life impacts on local communities including
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1 public health; and
2 WHEREAS, the MCS examined numerous alternatives for
3 addressing the concerns associated with the 1-710; and
4 WHEREAS, the 1-710 Oversight Policy Committee established
5 both Community and Corridor Level Community Advisory Committees (also
6 known as Tier 1 and Tier 2) to actively participate in the study
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8 WHEREAS, the City has a representative on the Tier 2
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10 WHEREAS, the Tier 2 Community Advisory Committee and the
11 Technical Advisory Committee have recommended to the Oversight Policy
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12 Committee a report entitled "1-710 Major Opportunity/Strategy
13 Recommendations and Conditions;" and
14 WHEREAS, because City staff were concerned that no
15 determination has been made on how the 1-5 and 1-710 freeways would be
16 interconnected due to environmental concerns raised by the City of
17 Commerce and the County of Los Angeles, City staff requested that the
18 improvements in the Vernon area continue to be shown as under study;
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20 WHEREAS, the City cannot fully endorse the design concepts as
21 the locally preferred strategy pursuant to the 1-710 MCS until it has
22 been fully advised of the total proposed improvements at the 1-5 and 1-
23 710 interchange; and
24 WHEREAS, the City conditionally supports the design concepts,
25 including the construction of an additional lane in each direction on
26 the freeway in the Vernon area, the construction of a new interchange
27 at the 1-710 Slauson intersection, a reconstruction of the 1-710
28 Atlantic/Bandini Interchange and the construction of truck lanes with a
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1 direct connection to the railroad yards, as the locally preferred
2 strategy for purposes of environmental analysis in the next phase of
3 the process and reserves its right to change its position based on the
4 outcome of the 1-5 and 1-710 interchange study; and
5 WHEREAS, the City supports the 1-710 Oversight Policy
6 Committee's approval of the Opportunity/Strategy Recommendations and
7 Conditions of the Tier 2 report as a guidance document only for the
8 environmental analysis in the next phase of the process.
9 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
10 CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
11 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
12 finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true
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14 SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
15 conditionally supports the 1-710 Oversight Policy Committee approval
16 of the design concepts developed as the locally preferred strategy
17 pursuant to the Major Corridor Study for the 1-710 Corridor for
18 purposes of environmental analysis in the next phase of the process of
19 examining potential improvements to the 1-710 Corridor, subject to the
20 opportunity to change its position based on the outcome of the 1-5 and
21 1-710 interchange study and a final determination of impacts to
22 Vernon.
23 SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
24 recommends to the Oversight Policy Committee approval of the
25 Opportunity/Strategy Recommendations and Conditions of the Tier 2
26 Committee as a guidance document only for the environmental analysis
27 in the next phase of the process of examining potential improvements
28 to the 1-710 Corridor.
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SECTION 4:
The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby
2 directs the City Clerk, or his designee, to send a copy of this
3 Resolution to:
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1-710 Major Corridor Study
Attn. Richard R. Powers, Executive Director
16401 Paramount Blvd.
Paramount, CA 90723
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SECTION 5:
The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall
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9 thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
10 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of January, 2005.
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LEONIS C. MAn URG, ayor
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk
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1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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4 I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
5 hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No.
6 8637, was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon at a
7 regular meeting of the City Council duly held on Wednesday, January 19,
thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of the City of
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BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City C~k
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