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RESOLUTION NO. 3964 a Jon 14441414 +
RESOLUTION or THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND
NECESSITY OF SAID CITY REQUIRE, FOR PUBLIC USE FOR
PUBLIC GROUNDS, CERTAIN LAND LOCATED IN THE CITY OF
PALO ALTO, COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OP CALIFORNIA,
FOR ELECTRIC SUBSTATION "H" AND ACCESS THERETO
The Council of the City of Palo Alto doer RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1. That the Council of the City of Palo Alto has
found and determined, and hereby does find, determine and declare,
that the public interest and necessity require the acquisition,
construction and completion by the City of Palo Alto of the
following public improvement, to wit: public grounds for the
electric power station known as Substation "H".and access thereto,
SECTION 2. That the taking in fee simple of the property
described as Parcels 1 and 2 in EXHIBIT A attached hereto and
delineated on the map marked EXHIBIT B attached hereto and by
reference made a part hereof, situated in the City of Palo Alto,
County of Santa Clara, State of California, is necessary for such
improvement.
SECTION 3. That said proposed acquisition and improvement
is planned and located in a manner which will be most compatible
with the greatest public good and the least private injury, and
all of such acquisition is located within the territorial limits
of the City of Palo Alto.
SECTION 4. That the Council of the City of Palo Alto hereby
declares its intention to acquire title in fee simple in said
land described in EXHIBIT A under eminent domain proceedings, and
the Office of the City Attorney of the City of Palo Alto and the
law firm of Messrs. Nilson, Jones, Norton i Lynch, employed for
that purpose, are hereby directed to institute and conduct to
conclusion an action in eminent domain for the acquisition of said
property in fee simple, and to take such action as is necessary
therein.
SECTION 5. The City Manager is hereby authorized and
directed, as an alternative to trial of any action in eminent
domaininitiated hereunder, to purchase for such reasonable sum
as he may deem appropriate, an option on the real property des-
cribed in said EXHIBIT A, said option to grant to the City the
exclusive right and option to purchase said parcel.
SECTION 6. The City Manager is further authorized to spend
from general funds of the City appropriated for such purposes
such monies as are necessary and in his opinion may constitute
the fair market value of said parcel based upon appraisals of
duly qualified and competent real estate appraisers.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this resolution by a vote of two-thirds of all of the members of
the City Council.
I hereby certify that the whole number of members of the
Cour_zil of the City of Palo Alto is thirteen and that the fore-
going resolution was adopted by a vote of two-thirds or more of
all of the members of said Council at its meeting held on the
27th day of February , 1967, by the following vote:
AYES: Arnold, Beahrs, Comstock, webs, Flint, Pearson, Rohrs, Sher, Worthington
NOES: Cooley, Dias
ABSENT: Bus, Woodward
Sign and apprav, this day of , 1967.
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PROPOSED SITE, ELECTRIC SUBSTATION R
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
All that real property located in the City of Palo Alto,
County of Santa Clara, State of California, described as follows:
3'arcel 1:
BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the northerly line
of East Meadow Drive (60 feet wide) with the westerly right of way
line of Adobe Creek (80 feet wide), said point of beginning being
a corner of that certain parcel of land described as PARCEL A
in that certain Deed of Dedication recorded February 11, 1958 in
Book 4003 of Official Records at page 409, records of Santa Clara
County, California; thence N. 0° 30' 35" N. along said westerly
line 341.84 feet to the True Point of Beginning; thence along the
westerly and southwesterly right of way line of said Adobe Creek
the following courses and distances: N. 0° 30' 35" N. 193.94 feet;
along the arc of a tangent curve to the left having a radius of
155 feet, through a central angle of 39° 26' 29", for an arc length
of 106.70 feet; and N. 39° 57' 04" W. 64.57 feet; thence leaving
said southwesterly line S. 50° 02' 56" W. 183.15 feet, to a point
on a line which is parallel to and distant 5.00 feet northeasterly,
measured at right angles, from the northeasterly line of that
certain 15 foot wide easement described as Parcel 5 in the Final
Order of Condemnation recorded in Book 2495 of Official Records at
page 351, records of said County; thence southeasterly along said
parallel line S. 46° 32' 13" E. 215.00 feet and S. 39° 57' 04" E.
99.25 feet to the True Point of Beginning, containing 0.840 acres,
more or less, and being a portion of the. Rancho Rincon de San
Francisquito.
Parcel 2:
BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the northerly line
of East Meadow Drive (60 feet wide) with the westerly right-of-
way line of Adobe Creek (80 feet wide); thence N. 0° 30' 35" w.
along said westerly line 341.84 feet to a point on the south-
westerly line of the above described parcel of land; thence
N. 39° 57' 04" N. along said southwesterly line 23.12 feet;
thence S. 0° 30' 35" E. parallel with said westerly line of
Adobe Creek 358.70 feet to a point on said northerly line of
East Meadow Drive; thence S. 87° 43' 00" E. along said northerly
line 15.02 feet to the point of beginning and being a portion
of said Rancho.
EXHIBIT."A"
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