HomeMy WebLinkAbout67-200RESOLUTION 67-200 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTk ANAADOPTING RECOMMENDATIONS
OF THE FREEWAY SIGNING cOMMITTEE
WHEREAS,
a committee was
freeways in and
heretofore and on about the 21st day of June, 1967,
appointed to review the existing signs on state
near the City of Santa Ana; and
WHEREAS, said committee was asked to make recommendations
based upon such review; and
WHEREAS, on or about November 1st, 1967, said committee
presented to the City Council its recommendations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana is in
accord with said recommendations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of
the City of Santa Ana approves of and adopts as its own those
recommendations made on or about November 1st, 1967, by the
Freeway Signing Committee, a copy of which recommendations are
attached hereto as EXHIBIT A, and made a part hereof by reference;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City
of Santa Ana on behalf of the citizenry of the City expresses its
gratitude to the following men who were the members of said
committee: Messrs. Wendell Finley, Hugh H. Foreman, Jr., Gene Shaw,
Paul White, Bob Bartlett, Sam Rue, James Harrison, and Steve Royall,
Chairman.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa
Ana at its regular meeting held on the 20th day of November, 1967.
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, DORIS M. BROWN, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of
the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the foregoing Resolution
was regularly introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held
on the 20th day of November, 1967, and was at said meeting regularly
passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES,
COUNCILMEN: Nerrin, Brooks~ Carlson, Griset, Markel, Thurman,
McMichael
NOES, COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
REPORT OF FREEWAY SIGNING COMMITTEE
Headinq ~orth on Route 55 (Newport Freeway)
Recommendations:
1. All of Talbert Avenue within the City limits of Santa kna, and
within all of Orange County, if possible, should be changed back
to Mackrthur Boulevard. Then, all of the Talbert Avenue desig-
nations on the Newport Freeway should be replaced with Main
Street designations and appropriate destination and directional
signing for Main Street should be placed on the Mackrthur off-
ramp sign and over Mackrthur Boulevard to South Main Street.
2. There should be signing to direct traffic off Baker Street over
Red Hill kvenue to South Main Street because access for the
southern end of Main Street is very important now and will be-
come much more important in the future as this area continues
its rapid development. To accomplish this purpose, at least
3 signs are needed:
(a) A sign indicating Main Street on the Newport Freeway at
the Baker Street off-ramp;
(b) A sign at the intersection of Baker and Red Hill indicating
the direction of Main Street; and
(c) A sign at the intersection of Red Hill and Main Street
indicating the direction of Main Street, Santa Aha.
3. A sign reading "Main Street, Santa Ana, Next Right" should be
placed on the Newport Freeway just north of the Paularino Avenue
off-ramp and south of the San Diego overpass.
4. The sign indicating "Santa Ana, Next 6 Exits" should be placed
at a point from south of the MacArthur off-ramp to a point
immediately north of the San Diego Freeway heading east.
5. The sign on the Newport Freeway designating the Dyer Road off-
ramp should also indicate access for Grand Avenue since these
are important entrances into the southern section of Santa Ana'a
industrial area.
6. In addition to the present signs for the 4th Street off-ramp,
there should be a sign on the Newport Freeway indicating "County
Civic Center-Santa Ana" at 4th Street; a directional sign
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at the end of the 4th Street off-ramp should also be placed
to indicate that the County Civic Center is on the western
end of 4th Street.
The sign for 17th Street off-ramp now takes up two lines. This
should be consolidated onto one line, as has been done on other
signs on the freeway, and the second line should then be used to
designate "Santa Ana."
Signs indicating off-ramps for "McFadden Avenue," "Edinger Avenue,"
"Dyer Road," and "MacArthur Boulevard" should have the words
"Santa Ana" added to each sign.
The signs for the Garden Grove Freeway west should add "Santa
since the Bristol Street interchange is within our city limits.
Headinq South on Route 55 (Newport Freeway)
Recommendations:
1. The overhead destination sign indicating Riverside and Newport
Beach, should also be marked for "Santa Ana;" this sign is
located just west of freeway marker ~91.
2. The destination sign indicating "Orange, Tustin, and Newport
Beach," which is located near marker ~51/78, should also indicate
"Santa Aha."
3. The overhead sign just north of Chapman Avenue indicating
"Newport Beach" designation should also indicate "Santa Ana."
4. Sign on the LaVeta overpass bridge indicates "Newport Beach"
destination and "Garden Grove Freeway, West;" should also
indicate "Santa Ana."
5. The sign located north of 4th Street indicates "4th Street,
Tustin" should also indicate "County Civic Center" and
appropriate directional indicating sign should be placed at the
end of the 4th Street ramp indicating the Civic Center is to
the west.
6. Signs indicating off-ramps for "McFadden Avenue," "Edinger
Avenue," "Dyer Road," and "MacArthur Boulevard," should have
the words "Santa Ana" added to each sign.
The sign on the Newport Freeway designating the Dyer Road off-
ramp should also indicate access for Grand and Warner Avenues
since these are important entracnes into the Southern section
of Santa Ana's industrial area.