CC Resolution 2006-036
RESOLUTION NO. 2006-036
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF· LA QUINTA,
CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING THE CITY'S INTENTION TO
TAKE OVER STATE ROUTE 111 WITHIN ITS
CORPORATE BOUNDARES FROM THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, Route 111 has been designated as a State Highway before the
City of Ouinta was incorporated in 1982; and
WHEREAS, Route 111 was the main east/west state route through the
Coachella Valley; and
WHEREAS, Interstate 1 0 has replaced Route 111 as the main east/west
route through the Coachella Valley; and
WHEREAS, Route 111 is no longer continuous through. the CoacheUa Valley
and has been relinquished to the respective cities in the Cities of Cathedral City and
Rancho Mirage; and
WHEREAS, the Cities Palm Desert, Indian Wells, and Indio are concurrently
requesting to undertake maintenance, liability and control of Route 111 within their
City limits; and
WHEREAS, Section 71, 73 and 8330.5 of the State Streets and Highways
Code provide for relinquishment and/or relocation of State Highway .routes when
found to be in the best interest of the State.
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of LaOuinta,
California, as follows:
(1) The City of La Ouinta supports the Department of Transportation's
efforts to relinquish State Route 111 within the City's corporate boundaries to the
City of La Ouinta; and
(2) The City of La Ouinta accepts the Department of Transportation's
monetary contribution in the amount of $700,000 to bring State Route 111 to a
"State of Good Repair"; and
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Resolution No. ·2006-036
State Route 111
Adopted: April 18, 2006
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(3) The City of La Guinta requests that the California Transportation
Commission initiate and undertake all necessary studies, right of way
relinquishment maps, obtain environmental approval, prepare the relinquishment
agreement, program the State' sfinancial contribution, and other actions as required
to relinquish Route 111 within the City limits of the City of La Guinta.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED ata regular meeting of the La Quinta
City Council held on this 18th day of April 2006, by the following vote tovvit:
AYES: Council Members Henderson, Kirk, Osborne, Mayor Adolph
NOES: None
ABSENT: Council Member Sniff
ABSTAIN: None
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ATTEST:
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City of La Guinta, California
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M. KAT RINE JENSON, Ci
City of La Guinta, California
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