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' - RSSOLU'I'ION NO. 76- 6
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIS, UF TEiE CITY OF
`~ I~A MZRADA, CALIFORNIA~ REGARDIIVG A CE;1~1Ia~GE IN
' LAWS REGARDII`G 'PHE COLOR OF PAVSMENT MAItIGINGS
_ USED TO DESYGL~?ATE OFFZCI~L BICYCLE I~1NES A,ND
TRAILS.
V7~iEREAS, the City Council has been a~~are of the corn~~t~.unity need
for adequate bike lane Eaciliti.es; and
WHERF.FaS, Council has thus ,irsitiated a comprehensive bS:cycle
route developmen~ in the City of 7~a Miradat and
WEiE~S, the Ci~}T o£ Taa Mirada a3~i~aina~iy used. ~~~T~t~~~ stLLipwng
£or cleas identifi.cation of bike lanes until pre-emp~ed by St;ate law
to change to white co)ored lanes; and
WHEREZaS, City Council has become aware of the confusion by
matorists and cyclisfs as ~o tra.ffic procec~ure and policy reg~xc3ing
the whi_te ca]ored bike lanes on a streefi where other wlzite lizxes also
_ apPear; and
W~uRE.~1S, the City Council of L'a Mirada desires to provids the
most efficient and safe cycling facility f.or its resideats and
their children; and
WHEREAS, the City Council notes that a distinetive cvlar draws
attention to the fact that the bicycle is sharing the public street,
and their safety need be considered;
NOW, THEREFORE, TFiE CITY COUNCZL OF THE CITY OF LA MIRADA,
C~ILIFORNIA, DOES FiEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the Legislature of the State o£ California is
hereby urged to enact laws'and/or statutes which will amend the
existing State bike lane marking palicies so that a~distinctive
color can be used exclusively for bike lane indicatioa.
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SECTION 2. That the City Clerk is directed to send a certified
copy of this Rzsolution to Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and Lt.
Governor Mervyn Dymally, to Senator George Deukmejian, Assemblyman
William Campbell, and to the City Council of every_City in the State
of .California.
APPFOVED AND p.DOPTED this 13th day of January, 1g76.
PASSED>BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
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/ Mayor Moses
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Cit}~; Clerk
STATE OF t~LIFORNIA ) .
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss. ~
CITY OF LA MIRADA )
I, ANNA J. MARTIL~T, City Clerk of the City of La Mirada, California,
DO HEREBy CERTIEY that the`£oregoing is a full, true and correct copy
of Etesolution No. 76-2 adopted by the City Council of the City of
La-Mirada on the 13th day of January, 1976.
DATED: January 14, 1976
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