HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 4309-1965RESOLUTION NO. 4309
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER,
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND CHIEF OF
POLICE AND FORWARDING SAME TO THE DI-
VISION OF HIGHWAYS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
AS A BASIS FOR THE REQUEST FOR THE UN-
DERTAKING OF WORK ON EL CAMINO REAL
~'" to receive same.
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
South San Francisco that
1. The report and recommendation of the City Manager,
Director of Public Works and Chief of Police, attached here-
to as Exhibit "A", regarding the proposed improvement to
E1 Camino Real in the City of South San Francisco be ap-
proved;
2. A copy of this report and recommendation be for-
warded to the California Division of Highways, same to con-
stitute a request by the City Council to accommodate the
recommendations contained therein as soon as it is feasible
to do so4
3. The City Manager is hereby authorized to forward
copies of this Resolution and order report and recommend-
ations to other officers or parties he deems it advisable
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of
the City of South San Francisco at a reoular
meeting held on the is% day of November , 19 65,
by the following vote:
AYES, COUNCILMEN Frank Bertucelli, Pa~.r~ck H. Ahem, 2milio
Cor,.esi, Andrew Rocca and Guido J. Rozzi
NOES, " None
ABSENT, " Mone
City ~erk
Exhibit - Resolution No. ~309
1965.
SUBJECT: Traffic C~diti~ns E1 Camii%o. Real
During re~ent years the incidence of serious ac~i-
4ents along E1 Camino Real has become of general concern.
There is attached hereto, flor your information, a su~na~
and bz~a~ of the accidents that have occurred along
t.his state arterial over the last two years and ten montlm.
The breakdown denotez the location as well as whether o~ly
pFoperty damage or property damage and personal Injury
resulted. It will be noted that serious acciGents pre-
dcmttnate at the princi~al intersections! namely: of E1
Camino ~eal and Chestnut, Spruoe, Orange and Arroyo.
The reason for t~ese numerous serious accidents
obvious. Traffic on E1 Cam/no Real is p~esently running
~in excess of 26,000 A.D.T.' but more important, develop-
ment along tile intersecting streets is bringing about
great increase in turning movements onto and off of E1
Camino. T~e street is built to a rain/mum four lar~
standard without stacking lanes for turning movements,
adequate shoulders or divider islands, and the travel
lanes are only ten f~et wide. Therefore the frequent
left turns, across tl~e ~th of onccaaing traffic, not ~nly
tends to slow all movement in both directions but causes
broadside and other mcci~ents.
It appears, further, that the worst is y~t to cc~e.
The completion and impending opening of a large discount
department st~re at spx-ace and E1 Camino P~al, conatruc-
tLcm of a drive-in theatre o~ Spruce Avenue, and plans
fo~ the development o~ a shopping center on Chestnut make
it certain that not only total traffic but the percentage
of turn~g movements in relation to that total will
crease great ly.
Thc Police Dep~rtment, the Enamoring_ _
Sheet #2. Now~Y~_g 1~, 1965,
City Councll, ?ra£flc Contritions gl Cmulno Real.
of£1ce and this office since~ly bellev~ that un.ss
so~ extensive r~constructlon of E1 Cam~no to pgovlde
stackLr~ lanes, adequate width and safe 11cjhtlng, is
und~aken in the n~ar ~utu~e, an almost intolerable, as
well as extremely dangarous and expensive situation will
develop from the north City limits to the south.
The City Council has allocated $200,000 as
operative share for t}~ E1 Camlno Real project and hem
indicated a willingness to ~orm an assessment
to raise whatever additional money is r~e~ssary to com-
plete the work, but tt-~ Division of ilighways has 1hall'-
cared that no money ~tll be available for
~/ring the 1966-67 fiscal year. It therefore appears
t~t the project is still three to five years aw~y.
We submit that an earlimr remedy may be haperative,
and zecomaend therefore t~t City C~c11 re.est of t~,
~~nt of ~lic ~,~r~ and Divtsi~ of ftigh~ys ~ .
t~gh stu~ of th~ situation ~th t~ ~~l ~e~
tt~ t~t t~ ne~osa~ plannl~, ac~isltl~ and ~-
st~ctton ~11 ~ initiated at t~ earliest feas~le
t~.
Respect fully sub~ttted,
Eugene Atello,
City ~anager.
e~c o
Louis H. 9oSs,
Director of Public Wo~.
John Pabbrt,
Chlef of Police.
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS - EL CAMINO ~
· ~)~CY~TION .
MOST HAZARDOUS IITN]iSECTIONS:
Spruce & E1 Camino Real
Orange & E1 Camino Real
Chestnut
Country CluO ~ive & El ~ino Real
TOTAL
ACCIF~FS
22
15
14
7
PROPERTY
~E
12
12
14
4
INJURY
10
3
3
TOTAL ACCIDE~rfS - EL CJD'JN0 RIiqL - 1963
North City Limits to South City Limits
106
79
27
1964
MOST iRZARDOUS IL~rERSECTIONS:
Chestnut & E1 Cam~no Real
Spruce & E1 Cs~p£no R~i
Orange & E1 Ca~,ino keal
Ponderosa & E1 CaFino tle~l,
Arroyo & E1 ex.r/no l%eal
Southwc~d & t]i Camino Re~l
31
16
15
11
7
22
9
15
9
9
5
TOTAL ACCIDt]'~TS - tL CAMINO ?dY~L - 1964
North Cit7 Limits to South City Limits
i0 Mos
1965
MOST ~P~fdd)OU5 IhTttSECTIONS:
Spruce & E1 Ca~ino Real
Orange & E1 Camino l~eal
Chestnut & E1 Camino Real
Arroyo & E1 Camino Real
Country. Club Drive & E1 Camino Real
Md~nald's Drive-In & E1 C~mino Real
i$i
22
18
15
10
8
7
112
20
10
10
9
7
4
39
2
8
5
1
1
3
TOTAL ACCIDENTS - EL CAMINO REAL - 10 Mos 1965
North City Iimits to South City Limits
133
100
33