HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 016-2016RESOLUTION NO. 16-2016
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
APPROVING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH CALTRANS TO
IMPLEMENT THE SOUTHBOUND LEFT TURN RESTRICTIONS AT THE INTERSECTION OF
EL CAMINO REAL AND FLORIBUNDA AVENUE
The City Council of the City of Burlingame, California does resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, Caltrans has been working on the EI Camino Real and Floribunda Avenue
Intersection Left -Turn Safety Project over the last few years; and
WHEREAS, in November 2014, Caltrans released a Draft Environmental Impact Report
(DEIR) for the project and held public meetings; and
WHEREAS, if implemented, the project would result in the removal of a total of 14 trees,
five of which are included in the Howard Ralston Historic Tree Row; and
WHEREAS, the City requested that Caltrans consider two, less -invasive alternate
options as possible ways to mitigate the safety concerns at this intersection, while still
preserving the historic trees along the EI Camino Real Corridor; and
WHEREAS, the City and Caltrans have negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding
under which Caltrans would be able to implement southbound left -turn restrictions at the
intersection of EI Camino Real and Floribunda Avenue on a trial basis.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, DETERMINED AND ORDERED BY THE
COUNCIL, AS FOLLOWS:
1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to sign said Memorandum of Understanding on
behalf of the City of Burlingame.
2. By signing said Memorandum of Understanding, the City Manager authorizes staff to
initiate a community stakeholders' process to explore and develop mutually agreeable
recommendations to address the various traffic, pedestrian, infrastruac re, safety and
natural resource issues on the EI Camino Real Corridor.
Mayor
I, MEAGHAN HASSEL-SHEARER, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held
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on the 7th day of March, 2016, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: qGAcv, Grj'oL"Jr1Q%CTrCn, C'oi,sov' , r-�1 (21,
NOES: Councilmembers: nom
ABSENT: Councilmembers: ne)r\
teaghan Hassel -Shearer, City Clerk