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1959 Freeway Agreement

Redondo Beach City Council
July 1, 2025

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1959 Freeway Agreement
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July 1, 2025
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Redondo Beach City Council
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VII-LA-158-RdOB
1 Between the EcLat
Inglewood Ave, and the
2 NCL at Compton Blvd.
3 4 REEWAY AQI
5 THIS AGRIDENT, made and entered into in duplicate on
thia 16th day of November → 1959 by and between
7 the STATE OF CALIFORNIA, aoting by and through the Department of 8 Publie Works, Division of Highways, hereinafter for convenience 9 referred to as the "STATE" and the CIty of Redondo Beach, herein- after for convenience referred to as the "CITY",
10 11 WITNESSETH:
12 WHERBAS, the Calfornia Highway Commission on February 19, 13 1953, passed a resolution declaring that portion of Route 158 in 14 the City of Redondo Beach and the County of Los Angeles between 15 the Los Angeles River Freeway (Long Beach Freeway-State Route 16 167) and Florence Avenue in Inglewood to be & freeway, and 17 WHEREAS, the City of Redondo Beach and the state entered 18 into a freeway agreement dated November 15, 1955, covering the 19 portion of the San Diego Freeway (State Route 158) between the 20 easterly city limit at Inglewood Avenue and the northerly city 21 11m1t at Compton Boulevard, and
22 WHIREAS, subsequent to entering into said freoway agreement 23 dated November 15, 1955, the State and the City of Redondo Beach 24 have mutually agreed to certain revisions of plan, and 25 WHEREAS, & plan map for the San Diego Freeway has heretofore 26 been prepared showing the revised plan of the State as it affects 27 streets of the City, including provisions for closing eity streets, 28 for carrying olty streets over or under or to a connection with 29 such freeway, for relocation of elty streets, and for construction 30 of frontage roads and other local roads, and
31 WHEREAS, It is the mutual desire of the parties hereto to - 1-
1 enter into a new freeway agreement in accordance with the revised 2 plan of said freeways
3 NON, THIRSPORE, It is agreed:
4 1. This agreement supersedes in its entirety the freeway 5 agreement between the State and the City of Redondo Beach dated 6 November 15, 1955.
7 2. The City agrees and consents to the closing of oity 8 streets, relocation of city streets, construction of frontage 9 roads and other local roads, and other construction affecting 10 city streets, all as show on said plan map attached hereto 11 marked Exhibit A between the easterly city limit at Inglevood 12 Avenue and the northerly city limit at Compton Boulevard and 13 made a part hereof by this reference.
14 3. The State in the construction of said freeway will, at 15 the State's expense, make such changes affecting elty streets 16 in accordance with the said plan map attached hereto or as the 17 same may hereafter be modified by subsequent agreement between 18 the parties hereto.
19 4. The State agrees to acquire all necessary right of way 20 as may be required for construction of frontage roads and other 21 local roads, and the construetion, reconstruation or alteration 22 of city streets, and the City hereby authroizes the State to 23 acquire in its behalf all such necessary right of way. 24 5. The City w111 accept control and maintenance over each 25 of the relocated or reconstructed city streets, and the frontage 26 roads and other State constructed local roads on notice to the 27 City Engineer from the State that the work thereon has been com-

28. pleted, except as to any portion thereof which 1a adopted by the 29 State as a part of the freeway proper, and presentation of a 30 separate maintenance agreement delineating in detall the areas 31 and specific portions of the Junetions of such relinquished - 2-
1 roads with the freeway. The City will also accept title to the 2 portions or such roads lying outaide the freeway limits, upon 3 relinquishment by the State.
4 6. The grade separations show on plan map Exhibit A
5 w111 either be underpasses or overpasses as detailed engineering 6 studies may determine will best fit the locality. It is under- 7 stood between the parties that the right of way may be acquired 8 in sections or units and that, both as to the acquisition of right of way and the construction of the freeway projects, the 10 obligations of state hereunder shall be carried out at such 11 time and for such unit or units of the project as funds are 12 budgeted and made lawfully available for such expenditures. 13 7. This agreement may be modified at any time by the 14 mutual consent of the parties hereto, as nay become necessary 15 for the best accomplishment through State and City cooperation 16 of the whole freeway project for the benefit of the people of 17 the State and of the city.
18 IN WITNESS WHEREO", the parties hereunto have set their 19 hands and seals the day above first written.
20 21 State of California
Department of Public Worka
22 ROBERT B. BRADFORD
23 APPROVED: Director of Public Works
24 By
Tred Bagsi
may Engineer Assistant Director / UCT 2 5 1960

THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH
APPROVED AS TO PORN: A muntotpay corporation
27 Ex Lead sen
28 29 city crerk p....

Ittorney (stato)
30 Approved as to form:
31 City Attorney
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I, HELENE H. STUBBS, do hereby certify that the
following is a true and correct copy of an excerpt from the Minutes of the Council Meeting held December 14,
1959:

The Chief Administrative Officer presented report of
the City Engineer relating to revised San Diego Freeway Agreement between the City of Culver City and the State of California.

ON MOTION OF COUNCILWOMAN RICHARDSON,

SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN UNRUE, AND UNANI-

MOUSLY CARRIED, IT WAS ORDERED THAT THE

REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER BE RECEIVED AND

FILED, AND EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT BE

AUTHORIZED AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY
ENGINEER. "
N Fall
TÉLENE T. STUBBS

CITY CLERK
DATED: Dec. 14, 1959
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