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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-091 - Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 2021-091 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE POLICE CHIEF AS THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS AUTHORIZED TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE STREETS FOR CELEBRATIONS, PARADES, LOCAL SPECIAL EVENTS,AND OTHER PURPOSES PURSUANT TO VEHICLE CODE SECTION 21101(e) A. Recitals 1. California Vehicle Code Section 21101 states that local authorities may adopt rules and regulations on several enumerated matters for those highways under their jurisdiction. 2. Subsection (e) of Vehicle Code Section 21101 authorizes local agencies to "temporarily close] a portion of any street for celebrations, parades, local special events, and other purposes when, in the opinion of local authorities having jurisdiction . . . the closing is necessary for the safety and protection of persons who are to use that portion of the street during the temporary closing." 3. Subsection (e) of Vehicle Code Section 21101 further provides that the local agency may, by resolution, designate a public officer or employee with the authority to determine whether to temporarily close streets for such celebrations, parades, local special events, and other purposes. 4. By this Resolution, the City Council desires to designate the City officials who may temporarily close streets under Subsection (e) of Vehicle Code Section 21101. 5. All legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred. B. Resolution NOW THEREFORE, the Rancho Cucamonga City Council does hereby find, determine, conclude, and resolve as follows: 1. All facts set forth in Part A, Recitals, of this Resolution are true and correct. 2. The City Council hereby designates the City Manager and the Police Chief as the City officials authorized to temporarily close streets for celebrations, parades, local special events, and other purposes pursuant to Subsection (e) of Vehicle Code Section 21101. Such authority includes the ability to close portions of Thoroughbred and Jennet Streets to pedestrian traffic during the annual holiday light display event. 3. Before the City Manager or Police Chief may exercise the authority to temporarily close a street, he or she shall make a written finding that the closing is necessary for the safety and protection of persons who are to use that portion of the street during the temporary closing. 4. The City Manager or Police Chief is directed to take steps as reasonably possible to widely advertise any street closure and the basis for the closure before it takes effect. Resolution No. 2021-091 - Page 1 of 2 5. This Resolution is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3)because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment. This Resolution merely designates City officials and employees who may temporarily close streets pursuant to the California Vehicle Code. 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 18th day of August 2021. nnis Michael, M or ATTEST: ice C. Reynolds, City berk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ) I, Janice C. Reynolds, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, at a Regular Meeting of said Council held on the 18th day of August 2021. AYES: Hutchison, Kennedy, Michael, Scott, Spagnolo NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAINED: None Executed this 191h day of August, 2021, at Rancho Cucamonga, California. nice C. Reynolds, Ci y Clerk Resolution No. 2021-091 - Page 2 of 2