RES-10479 Supporting Chapman Avenue & Glassell Street Master PlanRESOLUTION NO. 10479
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE SUPPORTING THE FINDINGS
OF THE CHAPMAN AVENUE AND GLASSELL
STREET MASTER PLAN OF ARTERIAL
HIGHWAYS DOWNGRADE TRAFFIC STUDY.
WHEREAS, the City of Orange worked cooperatively with the Orange County
Transportation Authority (OCTA) to study and assess the proposed downgrade of Chapman
Avenue and Glassell Street on the Orange County Master Plan of Arterial Highways
MPAH); and
WHEREAS, the proposed downgrade of Chapman Avenue and Glassell Street is
completely within the City of Orange consisting of the Chapman Avenue section from
Lemon Street to Grand Street and the Glassell Street section from La Veta Avenue to Walnut
Avenue,
WHEREAS, the Orange Plaza traffic circle is the focal point of the Historic District;
The City has developed a Historic Preservation Element of the General Plan: and
WHEREAS, the daily volumes exceed the theoretical daily capacity of the segments
through the Historic Orange Plaza, the surrounding land uses result in steady traffic activity
throughout the day. As a result, significant peak hour traffic volumes are not experienced
throughout the Plaza. The circulation system throughout Old Towne Orange consists of
closely spaced 2-lane residential type collector facilities and can support the future
localized traffic forecast activity throughout the district;
and WHEREAS, improvements are not recommended for Chapman Avenue and
Glassell Street through the historic Orange Plaza to provide additional vehicle capacity. Widening
of these facilities would be detrimental to preserving the heritage of the historical Orange
Plaza:
and WHEREAS, the character, ambiance and historical nature of the district could
be compromised by four-lane divided facilities through the Orange Plaza; and it
would be difficult to improve Glassell Street and Chapman Avenue to the four-
lane divided standards and maintain the integrity of
the Historic District.WHEREAS, the proposed downgrade is requesting that
Chapman Avenue and Glassell Street be reduced from a primary (four lane, divided) arterial to
a collectorl (two lane, undivided) arterial on the Orange
County MPAH; and WHEREAS, The City of Orange Transportation Analysis
Model (OTAM) was utilized for the downgrade study. The report was thoroughly reviewed by the
City of Orange
WHEREAS, the City Council intends to amend the Orange General Plan CirculationandMobilityElementtoreflectthedowngradingofthesubjectOldTowneroadwayswiththepurposeofmaintainingconsistencywiththeCountyMasterPlanofArterialHighways,and hereby directs City staff to initiate this amendment.
WHEREAS, the City Council, as part of its consideration and adoption of the
anticipated Circulation Element Amendment for the subject Old Towne roadways, willconsiderandadoptedtheappropriateenvironmentaldocumentationinaccordancewiththeCaliforniaEnvironmentalQualityAct.
NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED, that the City of Orange concurswiththestudyfindingsandsupportsthedowngradeofChapmanAvenueandGlassellStreettoacollectorarterialontheMPAH.
ADOPTED this 8th day of June, 2010.
V a~~
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1`~Iary E. r ,City Cler range
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I, MARY E. MURPHY, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do herebycertifythattheforegoingresolutionwasdulyandregularlyado~ted by the City Council oftheCityofOrangeataregularmeetingthereofheldonthe8tdayofJune, 2010, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Murphy, Cavecche, Dumitru, Bilodeau
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Smith
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
Mary E. ,City Clerk, C' ge
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