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1 RESOLUTION NO. 2006-192
2 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE OPENING OF
MELROSE DRIVE UPON THE CITY OF VISTA'S AGREEMENT
4 TO OPEN FARADAY AVENUE.
5 WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad and the City of Vista agreed to a
6 settlement of a dispute involving the mutual obligations and duties under the California
7 Environmental Quality Act for a development project having traffic impacts in both
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g WHEREAS, the settlement of that dispute was memorialized by the
10 "Settlement and Compromise Agreement" dated January 13, 2004; and
! j WHEREAS, a provision of that Agreement states:
12 "Concurrent opening of Faraday an Melrose Drive. Within the municipal
boundaries of Vista, Faraday Avenue and South Melrose Drive presently
13 terminate at the municipal boundaries of Carlsbad, as neither Faraday
Avenue nor Melrose Drive improvements are presently constructed in
Carlsbad to connect to the existing Vista roadways. In order to provide
15 for the orderly connection of these future road segments between the two
cities, Vista agrees to open Faraday Avenue for public travel at the
16 Carlsbad boundary concurrently with Carlsbad's opening for public travel
of the future Melrose Avenue extension at the Vista boundary."; and
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WHEREAS, it is anticipated that the future Melrose Drive in Carlsbad
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shall be substantially completed in advance of Faraday Avenue; and
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WHEREAS, the City's desire to open Melrose Drive and Faraday Avenue
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when they are completed and available to the motoring public; and
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WHEREAS, this resolution shall represent Carlsbad's agreement to open
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Melrose Drive to the traveling public when it is substantially completed provided that
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Vista agrees to open Faraday Avenue in Vista immediately upon its connection to
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Faraday Avenue in Carlsbad,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
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Carlsbad, California as follows:
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1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
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2. That Melrose Drive in Carlsbad shall be opened to the traveling
public as soon as it is completed in accordance with the plans and specifications
therewith, the appropriate City standards and accepted into the roadway system.
3. That this resolution shall become effective upon the adoption of a
substantially similar resolution by the City of Vista expressing its agreement to open
Faraday Avenue within the boundaries of the City of Vista immediately upon the
opening of Faraday Avenue in Carlsbad.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City
Council on the nth day of July 2006, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Hall, Kulchin, Packard, Sigafoos
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Mayor
ATTEST:
LORRAINE M.WOOD
City Clerk