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RESOLUTION NO. 519
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS
HILLS URGING THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DIVISION
OF HIGHWAYS , TO RECOGNIZE THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS
HILLS ORDINANCE NO.131, WHICH PROHIBITS TRUCKS
ON THE JUNIPERO SERRA FREEWAY, ON A TEMPORARY
BASIS, AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO.466.
WHEREAS, the Town of Los Altos Hills has duly adopted
Ordinance No. 131, banning trucks on the Junipero Serra
Freeway, Interstate b280, and
WHEREAS, the State of California Division of Highways
must recognize said Ordinance prior to enforcement thereof,
and
WHEREAS, the State of California has indicated a desire
to study the Town' s Ordinance after the opening of additional
segments of said freeway, and
WHEREAS, the completion of said segment of the freeway and
the study may be two years or more in the future, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Los Altos Hills is presently burdened
with the noise of trucks on said freeway when it is unnecessary,
and
WHEREAS, an alternative route for trucks exists which is
more conducive to trucking, and
WHEREAS, the Town is presently working with State and
Federal officials on methods of sound control on freeways and
needs further time to complete said study, and
WHEREAS, the proposed landscaping of said freeway will be
completed and matured in a two year period, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Los Altos Hills has requested that
the State Highway Engineer reconsider certain matters discussed
in the report of the Division of Highways relative to this
subject,
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of the Town
of Los Altos Hills resolves as follows :
LAGORI❑ S. FAISANT
ATTORNEY® AT LAW
200 THIRD STREET
LOS ALTOS, CALIF.
948-9200
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1. That the Division of Highways of the State of
California is urged to recognize and approve
Ordinance No. 131 of the Town of Los Altos Hills ,
during further study on the feasibility of
permanently prohibiting trucks from the
Junipero Serra Freeway, Interstate Route #280,
such recognition and approval to be for an
initial trial period of one year, to be
effective so as to ban only trucks with a
gross weight of 4.5 tons or more, and to be
effective on weekends and holidays , and from
the hours of five o'clock p.m. through seven
o 'clock a.m. inclusive on all other days .
2 . That Resolution No. 466 passed and adopted by
the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills
on June 17, 1968 be, and the same is , hereby
rescinded.
3. That the City Clerk be, and he is hereby
directed to forward a certified copy of this
Resolution to the Director of Public Works of
the State of California.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a full, true and
correct copy of a resolution duly passed and adopted by the
City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills , California, at
a meeting thereof held on the 7th day of April, 1969, by
the following roll call vote:
AYES : Councilmen Benson, Davey, Fowle, Helgesson, Mayor Aiken
NOES : None
ABSENT : None
ATTEST :
APPROVED : `
3 D THIRD STREET
LOS ALTOS, CALIF. Mayor
94B-8200
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