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s • RESOLUTION NO . 8 0 A RESOLUTION URGING PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH AS A TOP PRIORITY FOR THE YEAR 1959 THE GRADE SEPARATION OF SAN ANTONIO ROAD AND THE . SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS AND ALMA STREET IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA. WHEREAS, Section 189 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California provides that the Public Utilities Commission shall establish and furnish to the State Department of Public Works a list of crossings at grade of streets or roads and the tracks of any railroad corporation, in the order of prior- ity which the commission determines, and which are urgently in need of separation by grade separation structure; and WHEREAS, the crossing at grade of San Antonio, Road and the tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and Alma Street adjacent to said tracks, which crossing lies partly with- in the unincorporated territory oftheCounty of Santa Clara, part- ly within the City of Mountain View, and partly within the City of Palo Alto, is urgently in need of such grade separation; and WHEREAS, said San Antonio Road is a major traffic art- ery in said County of Santa Clara, serving the cities of Mount- ain View, Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, and a large area of the unincorporated territory of the County of Santa Clara, and by reason of the extent of the area and cities so served has re- sulted in a serious condition of traffic congestion and hazard at the crossing of said road and the said railroad tracks and Alma Street; and WHEREAS, by reason of the anticipated increase in traf- fic congestion, and the increasing development of the areas ser- ved by said San Antonio Road, the said grade crossing will become increasingly more hazardous; NOW,. THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of the Town of Los Altos Hills; That the Public Utilities Commission of the State of