HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 146-1978RESOLUTION NO. 146-78
CITY.COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION DECLARING COUNCIL POLICY REGARDING
INTERSTATE #380 'ALTERNATIVE 'ROUTE SELECTION
WHEREAS, the California Department of Transportation is considering
locating and implementing a Non-Freeway facility in San Mateo County between
Route I in Pacifica and Interstate 280, and
WHEREAS, Cal-Trans has requested the opinion of the City of South
San Francisco and other agencies, including the general~public, concerning the
most desi rabl e route, and
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco has determined, by engineering
analysis, that the Sharp Park- Westborough alternative. (Cal-Trans A-B, A-C-D,
A-C-H-G and A-C-H-F) is the least desirable of all alternatives because the lack
of an adequate transportation highway network in North San Mateo County is now
causing the traffic volume on the Westborough Boulevard segment to reach its
capacity and will exceed capacity as a result of current and planned development
within the City of South San Francisco without a needed connection between Route 1
and 1-280, and
WHEREAS, none of the suggested alternatives have provided for improVe-
ments needed to expand the traffic capacity of Westborough Boulevard or the esti-
mates of costs required to provide such improvements, and
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco analysis has also determined
that the Sharp Park - Westborough Boulevard alternative (Cal-Trans A-B, A-C-D,
A-C-H-G and A-C-H-F) is less desirable than nine other alternatives because its
safety ranking is tenth on a scale of one .to sixteen where one is the safest
condition.
WHEREAS, other alternate routes will provide more direct access
between Pacifica and San Mateo County destinations from San Francisco Inter-
national Airport southerly to Redwood City, and will relieve present and future
congestion on Westborough Boulevard, and
WHEREAS, the more direct routes will provide the safest route for the
traveling motorists, reduce energy consumption, lessen air pollution and noise
resulting from automotive exhaust emissions and facilitate the accomplishment of
regional land use goals and objectives.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
1. The City of South San Francisco is unalterably opposed to the inclu§ion
of any and all of the Sharp Park Road - Westborough Boulevard alternatives into
the State Highway System as a Non-Freeway facility alternative to freeway Inter-
state 380.
2. The City of South San F'rancisco strongly urges the California Transpor-
tation Commission to designate a less-than-freeway route following the proposed
route, of Interstate #380 (Cal-Trans E-G alternative) for inclusion into the State
Highway System because this is the most logical 'and best apparent route.
3. The City of South San Francisco requests.the Metropolitian Transport-
ation Commission to modify its'transportation'plan to eliminate reference to
Sharp Park Road - Westborough Boulevard as an accpetable alternative to 1-380
because new evidence invalidates data upon which basis such planning guides
were adopted by the Commission.
4. The City Council authorizes the City Manager to employ professional
traffic engineerin§ consultant services to verify the City's findings and to
assist in the presentation of evidence to be presented to MTC and Cal-Trans
as the need may arise.
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
regul ar
meeting held on the~15th day of November , 1978, by the
following vote'
AYES-
Counci Ilmen Ronald G. Acosta, 'Will lam A. Borba, Emanuele N. Damonte,
Terry J. Mi rri; and Councilwoman Roberta Cerri Teglia
NOES'
None
ABSENT'
None
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