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Prz_ 411 RESOLUTION NO, 21 RESOLUTION RFCONNENDING DESIGN STANDARDS FOR JUNIPER0 SERRA FREEWAY WHEREAS since the advent of the "freeway" in Cali- fornia,, the San Francisco Bay Area, and especially the Pen- insula, there has been an ever-growing concern of many of our citizens over the absence of a truly creative and aestheti- cally satisfying relationship between the freeway and the land forms and community characteristics through which it traverses, and WHEREAS examples such as Bayshore , Embarcadero, and other freeways have set a formidably alarming backdrop for the design of Junipero Serra, a freeway which will pass through the most outstandingly beautiful section of our Peninsula, and WHEREAS the apparent implications of this were of such magnitude that the formation of a Freeway Design Commit- tee was spontaneously initiated by citizens from the three Peninsula counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San Fran- cisco, and the formation of the Peninsula Highway Policy Com- mittee, composed of County Supervisors and City Councilmen has been consumated. This Committee has met and has adopted the following criteria as worthy, Obdectivesfor' the des _gn• and execution of the Junipero Serra Freeway: 1. That the natural beauty of the area wherein the freeway is located is fully preserved. 2. That the freeway be designed to follow the natural contour of the ground as much as practicable and yet maintain grades and standards for maximum safety of driving. 3. That the median area and widths of right-of- way vary in width to meet the unusual topographic ^onditions and to avoid drastic cuts and fills which will mar the nat- ural terrain. 4. That the project be landscaped with native plant materials which will obliterate construction grading as much as possible ; screen off areas of incompatible use and effect other arrangement of planting in the interest of safe driving. 5. That all grade separations , bridges , and other structures be designed to achieve an excellence of aesthetic appearance and that they be built of such materials which will blend appropriately with the landscape. WHEREAS it is our belief that the State Highway Design engineers and the Bureau of Public Roads officials of the Federal Government desire this high excellence of de- sign, now therefore BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of The Town of Los Altos Hills in regular meeting assembled on the 20th day of Kay, 1959, does support the general objectives as herein set forth, and does respectfully and urgently request the California Highway Commission, the Federal Bureau of Public Roads, and the State Highway Engineer and his staff, to find ways and means of accomplishing these objectives as set forth herein, and further