Resolution 01025-ARESOLUTION '.0. 1025-A.
RESOLUTION ENDORBING THE CARMEL-SAN SIMON HIGHWAY.
WHEREAS, the people of the State oT California, at the general election of
1919, J15 approve a measure outlining a system 3 state highvays to be completed in
this State, and did vote a bond issue in the sum of forty million dollars for the
same, and
HEREAS, of the system of roads planned under the said bond issue, there
still remains to te completed semeral important links in Abet is generally knoun as
the Pacific Shore Lino Route, This highway runs from San Juan Capistrano through
Santa Monica, Ventura, Oxnard, idaimta Barhara $an Luis Obispo, Lo Simeon, Carmel,
Monterey, Watsonville 'in Santa Crtz, and thence by the Sky Line Boulevard to San
Yrancisce. This route, uhen completed, will be the most speotaanlry, awewinspiriag,
scenic highway in all California, if not ,a the entire world, open three hundred
sixty- five 0 in the year, developing large aroas of agricultural, grazirym
timber and mineral lands, and giving access; to the fareous MontoreymSanta Barbara
National Forest, one of 3h32 state's largest and finest sectiorz of public park
lands, uhere free fishing, hunting and camping grounds for thousands abound, an
attraction to the tourist, and cannectig Inc Angeles with an 1?rancisco over a
route of uhperallzled fertility, beauty, history mod romance, besides being of
great strategic and_ military importarpe, ana
WHEREAS, it is deemed highly important from a point of public safety that
this road, be complmted to relieve the present and ever inereasino congestion on the
tug) greet interior 'valley trosak lines, aud especially over the Cuasta grade, and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of ar, act of the State Logislaturh, an.
advisory committee has been named to assist in k3; •g cut the solution of financing
the state highmay system and further extensions thereof, in Meeting. with the wish
of the voters of the State cf California, and
HEREAS, finances ape practically assure1 for future nay( constructien as
well as renewal and maintenance, it is deemed but fair and just that the nine central
oaast counties should have allocated to this great project a fair and just portion of
the funds,- to keep up continuous construction and thus open up to the public at the
earliest possible date thia all important section of the state system of highways,
NOW THEREMOREL BE IT
hereby' petition his Excelleary
Arnim, Honorable Harvey M. Toy
State Highway Commission, to
diate future, of the aforesaid
to the early completion of the
San Simeon section, and
RESOLVED, that the Ocanoil of the City of Alameda do
Eriend W. 'Richardson, Governor of the State of Calif-
, Chairman, and Messrs. Everding and Edwards of the
on:elder the necessity of makfug surveys, in the Amme-
rmate, sod that due and special consideration be given
thirty-eight mile gap lying in the center of the Carmel-
BE 12 NORTHER RESOLVED that the city clerk be instrorted to forward copies
to the Honorable Errand WO Richardson, Harvey M. Toy, President State Highway Commis-
sion, Robert M. Morton, State Engineering Department, as being the sense of this meet-
ing amd declaring the completion of thp said route and especially the closing of the
thirty-eight mile gap highly' desirable at the earliest possible date.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify '3 the foregoing Resolution was duly
and regularly introduced and adopted by the council of the city of' Alameda in regular.
mooting assembled 0 the Et day of April, 1926, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Latham, Neiss, Noble, Traver and President
NOSS, None.
ABSENT: None.
IN TESTIMONY WEiMLEMM I have hereunto set my hand and affixed. the official
Seal of said city thip 7t3; fumy of April, 1926.
(Seal of the City of Alammaa).
AROOE,
CITY CbERA OP THE CITY OF' ALAMEDA.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correot copy of
'Emaciation Jo. lOSE-A. iraclution Endorsing the Carmel-S&L Simohn Highway', passed
by the council of the city of Alameda in regolar meeting assembled on 1 6th day of
April, 172C.
AMA
City OREVEMbef the City of Alareda.