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Adopt Resolution to:
a. Authorizing the Resource Management Agency Director to work with Monterey County’s legislative team to develop legislation (2013 omnibus transportation bill) enabling relinquishment of a segment of State Route 68 generally described as the segment from State Route 1 to the western terminus; and
b. Approving Letter of Intent to request Caltrans to initiate the relinquishment process for a segment generally from State Route 1 to Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt the attached resolution (Exhibit A):
a. Authorizing the Resource Management Agency Director to work with Monterey County’s legislative team to develop legislation (2013 omnibus transportation bill) enabling relinquishment of a segment of State Route 68 (SR68) generally described as the segment from State Route 1 (SR1) to the western terminus; and
b. Approving Letter of Intent to request Caltrans to initiate the relinquishment process for a segment, to be annexed by the City of Monterey, generally from State Route 1 to Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP).
SUMMARY/ DISCUSSION:
Pebble Beach Company received approval of a project that includes mitigation to improve the intersection where State Route 1 (south) exits to State Route 68 (west), including the 17-Mile Drive access into Pebble Beach. A 5-point signalized intersection was approved as part of the project based on a Project Study Report (PSR) prepared by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). The City of Monterey, in coordination with Monterey County, developed an alternative roundabout design that was also analyzed in the Pebble Beach project’s environmental impact report (EIR). This roundabout is considered to be an environmentally superior design that improves traffic safety with a minimal footprint to reduce physical impacts to the area; however, Caltrans has indicated that the roundabout design woul...
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