HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-05-17 Ordinance 5080Ordinance No. 5080
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving
and Adopting a Plan for Improvements to the Nolte Property
Addition to Mitchell Park
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings. The City Council finds and declares that:
(a) Article VIII of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto and Section 22.08.005 of
the Palo Alto Municipal Code require that, before any substantial building, construction,
reconstruction or development is commenced or approved, upon or with respect to any land held
by the City for park purposes, the Council shall first cause to be prepared and by ordinance
approve and adopt a plan therefor.
(b) The existing Mitchell Park Community Center (the "Center"), which layout is
depicted in Exhibit "A", is located within the boundaries of the Nolte Property Addition (the
"Addition") to Mitchell Park, which is dedicated to park purposes. The existing Mitchell Park
Library (the "Library") is not located within the Addition's boundaries.
(c) On November 24, 2008, over 69 percent of registered voters in Palo Alto
approved MeasUre N, which provided for bond financing of the construction and renovation of
the Downtown Library, the Mitchell Park Library and the Mitchell Park Community Center, and
the Main Library. The City intends to authorize the construction of a new Mitchell Park Library
and Community Center (the "Project"), which new buildings shall be located within the
boundaries of the Addition, but the new parking lot will be located outside of the Addition, as
depicted in the Mitchell Park Library and Community Center layout (the "Plan"), attached as
Exhibits "B" and "C". The Plan of improvements shall comprise, as follows:
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(1) The Project will result in the demotion of the Library and the Center
and existing parking lot and in the construction of a new two-story,
joint-use library (depicted as Building A) and two single-story
community center buildings (depicted as Buildings B and C) within
the boundaries of the Addition and a new parking lot at the site of the
existing Library.
(2) The new Building A library will occupy 40,115 gross square feet of
space and the new Buildings B and C community center will contain
joint use spaces, totaling 16,052 gross square feet of space, or an
aggregate of 56,168 gross square feet for the Project.
(3) The Project's layout will align the main entrance to the Project with
Mayview Avenue in order to improve on-site traffic circulation in
conjunction with existing traffic signals.
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(4) After the completion of construction, the two sites on which the
Library and Center are located will be re-Iandscaped; nine optimally-
rated trees will be retained; and approximately 72 trees will be
removed in order to accommodate the new Buildings A, B and C and
the new parking lot.
(5) The Project's improvements will not impact protected trees and other
environmentally sensitive resources. Existing park uses will be
restored after the Project is completed.
(d) The Project described above and as otherwise depicted in the attached
exhibits, is consistent with park, recreation and conservation purposes.
(e) The Council desires to approve the Plan for the Project described above and
as depicted in the Plan's Exhibits Band C.
SECTION 2. The Council hereby approves the Plan for the construction of the
Mitchell Park Library and Community Center, and it hereby adopts the Plan as a part of the
official plan for the construction of the new Mitchell Park Library and Community Center.
SECTION 3. On July 21,2008, the Council approved and otherwise confirmed a
Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared by the Department of Planning and Community
Environment for the new Mitchell Par~ Library and Community Center.
SECTION 4. This Ordinance hereby amends Ordinance No. 2434, adopted May
6, 1968, pertaining to a plan of improvement for the existing Mitchell Park Community Center,
also known as the Mitchell Park Recreation Center Building.
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EXHIBIT"B"
PROPOSED
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