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Huntington Beach
Auditorium
Huntington Beach,
Monday, December
High School
California
12, 1966
Mayor Stewart called the regular adjourned meeting of the City
Council of the City of Huntington Beach to order at 7:30 P.M. at
Huntington Beach High School.
The Pledge of Allegiance was given by all present in the
Auditorium.
ROLL CALL
Councilmen Present: Coen, Bartlett, Gisler, Kaufman, Shipley,
Green, Stewart
Councilmen Absent: None
PUBLIC HEARING -- HUNTINGTON BEACH FREEWAY ROUTE -- REFERRED TO P C
Mayor Stewart announced that this was the day and hour set for a
public hearing on the Huntington Beach Freeway route, as
previously recommended by Council, and directed the Clerk to read
the legal notice.
The Clerk read notice of public hearing on Huntington Beach Freeway
Route, as published in the Huntington Beach News on November 10,
1966, and December 1, 1966, setting the hour of 7:30 P.M., or as
soon thereafter as possible, on Monday, the 12th day of December,
1966, in the Huntington Beach High School Auditorium, Huntington
Beach, California, as the time and place for a public hearing for
the purpose of considering the alignment of the north -south
Huntington Beach Freeway through the City of Huntington Beach, as
recommended by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
by minute action on June 21, 1965.
Mayor Stewart declared the hearing open.
Mayor Stewart requested Mr. Sid Elicks, District Planning
Engineer of District VII, State Division of Highways, to make a
presentation regarding the proposed freeway routes on behalf of
the State Highway Department. Mr. Elicks introduced Mr. Tom Ortiz
and Mr. Gaylord Wilson, of the State highway Department, and
stated that they would assist him in making the presentation.
Mr. Elicks then described the procedural.L steps required in
developing any freeway route. He then called on Mr. Ortiz who
presented slides of the area through which the various alternate
proposed routes would pass. Mr. Ortiz presented figures to show
what the various routes would cost and how many family units they
would effect, as follows:
Cost (In Millions) Family Units
Green 71.4 789
Red 70.7 451
Blue 83.6 1591
Orange 77.4 1176
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Mr. Ortiz further stated that a study made by the Highway
Department revealed that this Huntington Beach Freeway would
carry from 90,000 vehicles north of Coast Highway to 190,000 north
of Garden Grove Boulevard, He informed the Council that the State
Highway Department would hold public hearings on the proposed
Huntington Beach Freeway during the spring of 1967, but that
construction could not be expected to began before ten years. Mr,.
Ron Dibble of the Huntington Beach Citizens Freeway Association
addressed the Council and submitted a petition with approximately
2500 signatures of homeowners in Huntington Beach. Mr. Dibble
then presented a recommendation for support of the "Red Route"
for endorsement by the Council, and indicated the negative effects
of the "Green Route" if finally adopted.
Mr. George Wells, of the Citizen's Freeway Association, presented
a variety of facts developed by the Association in connection with
the various freeway routes.
Mr. Ben Jones, representing the Freeway Association, presented
positive effects on the adoption of the "Red Route".
Mr. Dibble then addressed the Council again with a summary of the
statistics developed by the Freeway Association and requested the
Council to back up the community in the affected area by
endorsing the proposed "Red Route" for adoption.
Mr. Joe Firm, a resident who lives adjacent to the proposed "Red
Route", addressed the Council and endorsed the adoption of the
11Red Route", showing that a freeway location in the area would be
beneficial to industrial development within the City.,
There being no one further to speak on the matter, the hearing
was closed by the Mayor.
The Director of Public Works informed the Council ghat he would rtieview
the material presented at the hearing and submit the results of
his study to.the.Council in the near future. Mr-.- Wheeler informed
the Council that his department was arranging for a tour of the
various routes on January 12, 1967, for members of the City
Council, City Staff, and interested citizens.
The Mayor recommended`thait Council refer this matter to the City.
Planning Commission for their study and recommendation at d
forthcoming meeting.
On motion by Kaufman, Council referred the matter of the
Huntington Beach Freeway Route adoption to the Planning Commission
for study and report, 14otion carried.
The Mayor, the City Administrator, and various members of the
Council and staff expressed their thanks to the representatives
from the State Highway division and complimented the Freeway
Association on the capable presentation.
On motion by Bartlett, the regular meeting of the City Council of
the City of Huntington Beach was adjourned. Mot"' carried.
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Paul . Jones
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
o untington BeAcli, California
Jake R.-Stewart
A -ST_ Mayor
Paul C. Jones City Clerk