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ORDINANCE NO. 4855
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO
ALTO APPROVING AND ADOPTING PLANS FOR PARKING
LOT IMPROVEMENTS IN BYXBEE PARK
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as
SECTION 1. Findings.
declares that:
The City Council finds and
(a) Article VIII of the Chapter 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 purpose, the
council shall first cause to be prepared and by ordinance
approve and adopt a plan therefore.
(b) Byxbee Park and the City-owned Baylands are
dedicated to park purposes.
(c) The Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive
Center parking lot located within Byxbee Park and the city-owned
Baylands has settled and needs to be reconstructed to address
water run-off problems. The City intends to reconstruct the
parking lot as shown on the site plan (the "Lucy Evans Parking
Lot Reconstruction Plan") attached as Attachment "A" including
the following improvements:
(1) Demolition and reconstruction of the entire
parking lot including new base rock and pavement for a total of
43 parking spaces.
(2) Installation of a new valley gutter on the
south side of the parking lot.
(3 ) Installation of bio-swales, landscaped
islands and a biofiltration drain inlet.
(4) Installation of three bike racks.
(5) Reconstruction of 213 linear feet of the
nature trail.
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(d) The reconstruction of the Lucy Evans Baylands
Nature Interpretive Center parking lot is limited to an existing
developed areal will improve drainage of the parking lot, and
run-off water will be captured and naturally filtered through
bioswales. As a result, inconvenience to the public caused by
large puddles will be eliminated and potential contamination of
the marsh habitat and waters from run-off water will be avoided.
Use of native vegetation in areas that were previously covered
in gravel will benefit wildlife habitat. Accordingly, these
improvements are consistent with park and conservation purposes.
(e) The Council desires to approve the improvements
as more specifically described on the site plan attached hereto
as Attachment "A".
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby approves the Lucy
Evans Parking Lot Reconstruction Plan for reconstruction and
construction of improvements wi thin Byxbee Park and the Ci ty-
owned Baylands and hereby adopts the site plan attached hereto
as Attachment "AN as part of the official plan for the
construction of improvements within Byxbee Park and the City-
owned Baylands.
SECTION 3. The Council finds that the project to
reconstruct the· Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center
Parking lot is categorically exempt from review under the
California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to the provisions
of Sections 15302 and 15311 of Title 14 of the California Code
of Regulations.
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SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be effective on the
thirty-first day after the date of its adoption.
INTRODUCED: November 8, 2004
PASSED: November 22, 2004
AYES: BEECHAM, BURCH, CORDELL, FREEMAN, KISHIMOTO, KLEINBERG,
MORTON, MOSSAR, OJAKIAN
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO ~
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Sr. Assistant City Attorney
Services
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