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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1632-195142 RESOLUTION NO. 1632 WHEREAS the LegislatUre of the State of California has inau~urated a study of railroad grade separations,' including the possible cost thereof and oossible contributions by the State of California thereto, with participation by other local a~encies; and ~EHEAS, among other things, it has been proposed that the Southern Pacific Eailroad crossing at San Bruno and San Mateo Avenues be eliminated by the construction of an overhead crossing or underpass together with traffic interchanEe facilities for cross streets; and WHEHFAS such a structure, so located, would cause great confusion and would be ex- tremely costly because of damages to valuable and adjacent business and residential properties; and %~EREAS the ultimate ~eed for such crossing and its ultimate usefulness and value cannot be properly determined prior to the completion of Junipero Serra Boulevard to itsjunctionwith E1 Camino Real contiguous to E1 Camino Real at Millbrae or such other point as may be selected by reason of the unquestionable effect of Such extension of said Junipero Serra Boulevard in reducing northbound traffic through and over said proposed crossing; and ~ERKAS, without the development of said proposed crossing, the diversion of south bound traffic at South San Francisco and routed via Linden, Herman and Huntington Avenues in South San Francisco and San Bruno along the westerly side of the Southern Pacific Railroad right of way would accomplish the same object and would be advantageous to the City of South San Francisco, NOW, THE~REFORE, resolved by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that said City Council believes the proposed structures would not be Justifiable at this time and suggests furthermore to the Interim Committee on Grade Crossing Separations the consideration of the develop- ment of the San Francisco Municipal Street Car Line No. 40, now abandoned, ~ a possible by-pass for all of such traffic at vastly lease expense, as a possible alternative to such proposed crossing. The City Clerk is hereby directed to forthwith transmit a certified copy of this resolution to Mr. J. A. Hunter, Public Utilities Commission, State of California, and to Senator Harry L. Parkman and Richard J. Dolw~g, Assemblyman, Sacramento, Calzfornza. I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco held on the 31st day of January, 1951, by the following vote, to-wit: Ayes, Councilmen Charles K. Elder, Adoloh Sani, Mnilio Cortesi Noes, Councilmen, None Absent,Councilmen Victor Boido, Joseph Bracco D~I~ J. H~D City Clerk