HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1990-15465NOT APPROVED
RESOLUTION NO. 15465
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
APPROVING THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAISED MEDIANS ON BROADWAY
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby resolve as
follows:
WHEREAS, on April 25, 1989, the City Council reviewed staff's
submittal of the City's RTIP Update/Proposition A Transportation Sales Tax
Expenditure Plan to SANDAG, and
WHEREAS, the RTIP plan included reprogramming of the Broadway
reconstruction projects which was necessary because the original scope-of-work
on the Broadway projects were found to be inadequate and had to be revised
resulting in substantial cost increases, and
WHEREAS, this report had three alternatives and recommended the
alternative that included widening the street to 82 feet curb-to-curb width;
installation of curb, gutter and sidewalk; and a fully landscaped median, and
WHEREAS, because of the construction of the new medians in some
areas, it was indicated that Engineering would come back to the City Council
for a hearing on the proposed medians, and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that, because of safety considerations,
raised landscaped medians should be constructed on the entire length of the
Broadway improvement projects and, as worked out with the Chamber of Commerce,
staff would find raised medians at major intersections with two-way left turn
lanes in between acceptable but, if a currently existing raised median is
removed during construction, it will be replaced with a raised median, and
WHEREAS, on September 14, 1989, the Safety Commission reviewed the
proposed reconstruction project for Broadway between "F" Street and the south
City limits and recommended installation of median islands as part of the
reconstruction project for the purpose of enhancing the safety performance of
Broadway.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Chula Vista does hereby authorize construction of raised, landscaped medians
on the entire length of the Broadway improvement projects.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that raised medians at major intersections
with two-way left turn lanes in between are acceptable, but if a currently
existing raised median is removed during construction, it will be replaced
with a raised median.
Presented by:
Approved as to form by:
John F. Lippitt
Director of Public Works
D. Richard Rudolf
City Attorney