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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH REQUESTING THE CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF
CITIES TO SPONSOR LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PROVIDE
FOR MORE LOCAL CONTROL FOR SETTING SPEED LIMITS
ALONG ARTERIAL HIGHWAYS IN WHICH A CITY DESIRES
TO USE RADAR TO ENFORCE THE ESTABLISHED SPEED LIMITS
WHEREAS, all local governments within the State of
California are charged with insuring that the health, safety
and welfare of its residents is maintained, and
The City of Huntington Beach has experienced a reduction in
the number of school sites, resulting in students riding
bicycles, and walking longer distances to and from elementary,
middle and high schools during peak and off peak hours, and
being required to cross arterial highways at both controlled
and non-controlled intersections, and
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach sets speed
limits along arterial highways within its jurisdictional
boundaries in accordance with state laws and procedures, and
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach has found
the State Vehicle Code and traffic and engineering survey
procedures referred to in the Vehicle Code do not address
community concerns, and
The City Council has been informed by the City Traffic
Engineer that posting of speed limits of 50 and 55 miles per
hour along certain major, primary and secondary arterial
highways is in keeping with the state laws regardless of the
number of school age children and recreation bicyclists that
use and cross these streets to gain access to and from schools
and high use recreation sites, and
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The state law only addresses schools that are immediately
adjacent to arterials but fails to address schools that are
less than 1000 feet from an arterial highway, and
The City is desirous to enforce city speed limits using
radar and has found that in order to accomplish this that
unreasonable, and possibly unsafe, speed limits are encouraged
under state law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach call upon the California League of Cities
to sponsor legislation to modify the state law to reflect
community concerns so that the City of Huntington Beach and
other cities within the State of California can insure the
safety of all its residents, especially school age children.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof, held on the nth_
day o f octnt-.-r 1992
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ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk 90, City Attorney
Attorney
REVIEWED AND APPROVED:
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Vi* LY1;M- inistrator
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6432
Res, No. 6432
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
I , CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the Si-h day
of 19 92 , by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
Robitaille, winchell, Silva, Green, MacAllister, Kelly
NOES: Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
Moulton-Patterson
y er an ex-officloAflerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California