CC - 1979-15 - Cla Trans include Athletic FacilitiesRESOLUTION NO. 79-15
A RESOLUTION •OF' THE. CITY, COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ROSEMEAD REQUESTING ,THAT CAL,TRANS INCLUDE
THE ATHLETIC FACILITIES AT MARK KEPPEL.HIGH,
SCHOOL'IN I.TS''COMMUNITY WALL PROJECT-
WHEREAS, children'from,this City-attend Mark Keppel High School
,in the Alhambra_High'.'School District,',,•and
WHEREAS, the primary concern of this City is the health and
safety.of its residents, and
WHEREAS, Section 216 of the California Streets and Highways Code
mandates that the state protect classrooms'from freeway
noise pollution,and
WHEREAS, Physical Education classes are'held on the athletic faci-
lities adjacent to the.San Bernardino Freeway on the
campus of Mark Keppel,High School, and
WHEREAS, studies have demontrated the high level of air'contam-
inants-and noise pollution,on the open athletic facili-
ties.at Mark Keppel High School, and
WHEREAS, there is a documentation of the adverse effects on stu-.
dents of these contaminants, and
WHEREAS, there is presently no barrier to divert air contaminants,.
and noise pollution-ema:nating from the traffic on the
:.adjoining San Bernardino Freeway, and
WHEREAS, the San Bernardino Freeway not only contains a tremen-
dous flow of car and truck traffic, but it also has the
special fast bus lane and the railroad running down the
middle, and
WHEREAS, Cal Trans is now in the process of constructing sound
abatement barriers to protect residential areas in the
general vicinity of Mark, Keppel High School, and
WHEREAS, the open athletic facilities at Mark Keppel High School
are also used seven days a week by tax-paying residents
of our community, and
WHEREAS, community groups play soccer, football., tennis, baseball,
and individuals jog on the athletic facilities at Mark
Keppel High School adjacent to the San..Bernardino Freewway,.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
-of Rosemead wholeheartedly supports the-efforts of the
Alhambra High School District Board of Education and the,
Community at large in their efforts to get Cal Trans to
include the athletic facilities at Mark Keppel High School
in its current community wall project which consists of
the construction of sound walls for noise abatement along
the San Bernardino Freeway..
.PASSED,. APPROVED AND ADOPTED-this,27th day of.March, 1979.
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Mayor of e City 'of R mead
ATTTTEESTT :
Citv Clerk .