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RESOLUTION LAE
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
WHEREAS the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills,
by resolution adopted February 4, 1957, following a preliminary
study of factors involved in locating the so-called Freeway
route, determined that in the interest of all persons concerned
the best and the logical place for a freeway would be along
the right of way of the Southern Pacific Railroad in the gen-
eral vicinity of the Town's eastern boundary, and
WHEREAS the Division of Highways has since February 49
1957, set forth a projection of possible alternative routes
in the vicinity of Los Altos Hills, a combination of which
approximate the route for which the Council expressed preference
on February 4, and
WHEREAS engineers and other officials of the Division
of Highways have conducted public hearings on the proposed
routes in this neighborhood, one of them in Los Altos Hills,
and have explained and analyzed the comparative advantages
and disadvantages of the alternative routes, and
WHEREAS the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills
has studied the information available to it concerning the
location of the freeway, and has provided for the study of the
problem by the Planning Commission, the Road Commission, and
the Freeway Committee composed of both citizens of the community
and officials of the city, and
WHEREAS the study by these agencies of the Town has taken
into careful consideration the data provided by the Division
of Highways through the public hearings and by other means, and
WHEREAS the City Council has also held public meetings
and has had opportunity to hear and estimate the views of the
citizens of the Town, and has also been provided with a poll
of the views of the Los Altos Hills Association, which has
conducted a separate study thereon, and
WHEREAS the conclusions of the Council, Planning Commis-
sion, Road Commission, and Freeway Committee of the Town of
Los Altos Hills, as well as a preponderance of expression from
of Los .Altos Hills indicate clearly
citizens of the Town
that the obvious and sensible route for the Serra Freeway
through the vicinity of Los Altos Hills should be along the
Southern Pacific right of way, for the following reasons among
others :
1. This route, falling between Los Altos and Los Altos
Hills , does not cut off. a major portion of either
community, and would lead to a minimum of disruption;
2. This proposed route is best from a fundamental
p1 nning standpoint, since land use along the railroad
has long been determined by the existence of the
railroad; moreover, this route has long been
designated for a major highway by the Planning Com-
mission of Santa Clara County;
3. The proposed route has marked advantages from a
traffic standpoint, as has been demonstrated by the
Division of Highways. Any route farther west , and
thus farther removed from the centers of population,
would require a heavy burden for the construction
and maintenance of connecting roads which are
streets of the Town of Los Altos Hills, and for the
development of which the Town does not now have nor
contemplate having adequate resources in the
f.orseeable future, and
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WHEREAS the Resolution refers only to the area within
or contiguous to Los Altos Hills: f&ere.for to? 4 resdui'd:-
1. That the determination of the location for the
Serra Freeway should in last analysis be made by the
California Highway Commission, upon recommendation of the
competent engineers of the Division of Highways, provided
this may be without political or other pressures, and
based solely on considerations spelled out in the proper
statues of the State of California authorizing such high-
way construction.
2. The City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills,
expressing its opinion and its studied conclusions, based
upon engineering reports and other data, respectfully points
out that a route from a point approximately at the location of
the intersection of Arastradero Road with the Southern
Pacific right of way and continuing on or along the
Southern Pacific right of way to Simla Station is the
logical and the best choice of route for the Serra Freeway.
This Resolution was duly introduced and adopted at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the Town of Los
Altos Hills on the 3rd day of June , 1957, by
the following vote :
AYES: Acting Mayor C.Easton Rothwell, Councilmen
Fowle , Hoefler.
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mayor Treat, Councilman Bledsoe.
PAUL W. SALFEN
Deputy City Clerk - _ -
C. EASTON ROTHWELL_
Acting Mayor
db -2- June 4, 1957
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