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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 4002J RESOLUTION NO. 4002 RESOLUTION OF 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 OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE EXPANSION OF STATION "S" The Council of the City of Palo Alto does 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 expansion of electric power station known as Station "S". 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 Cc'incil 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 proceed- ings, and the Office of the City Attorney of the City of Palo Alto and the law firm of Messrs. Wilson, .Tones, Morton & Lynch, -7 • , employed for that purpose, are hereby directed to institute and conduct to conclusion an action in eminent domain for the acqui- sition of said property in fee simple, and to take such action as is necessary therein. SECTION 5. 'ne City Manager is hereby authorized and directed, as an alternative to trial of any action in eminent domain initiated 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 pur- poses such monies as are necessary and as 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. INTR. DCCED AND PASSED: June 12, 1967 AYES: Beahbs, Berwald, Clark, Comstock, Cooley, Debs, Dias, Gallagher, Pearson, Wheatley NOES: None ABSENT: Arnold, Rohrs, Rus ATTE T': ayor AS TO FORM: City Attorney APPROVED: I hereby certify that the whole number of members of the Council of the City of Palo Alto is thirteen and that the foregoing resolution was adopted by a„ vote of two-thirds or more of all of the members of saiC ouncil. yC Y PROPOSED EXPANSION1 STATION "S" PROPERTY DESCRIPTION All that real property located in the City of Palo Alto, County of Santa Clara, State of California, described as follows: Parcel 1: BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the south- easterly line of Colorado Avenue, 60 feet wide, with the southwesterly line of the Wooster Canal, as established by Final Decree of Condemnation entered April 17, 1946 in the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Santa Clara, in action entitled, City of Palo Alto, a municipal corporation vs. Mackay Radio and Telegraph Co., a corporation, et al, Case No. 61804, a certified copy of said Decree was filed for record on April 17, 1946, Book 1332 Offi- cial Records, page 443, Santa Clara County Records; thence S. 55°49'20" W. along said southeasterly line of Colorado Avenue 208.32 feet to the point of intersection thereof with a north- easterly line of that certain 0.060 acre tract of land des- cribed in the Quit Claim Deed to City or Palo Alto, recorded August 19, 1952 in Book 2472 Official Records, page 263, Santa Clara County Records; thence S.43°41'40" E. along a north- easterly line of said 0.060 acre tract 86.37 feet to an angle point therein; thence S.35°23'40" E. along a northeasterly line of said 0.060 acre tract 107.23 feet to the southernmost corner thereof in the northeasterly line of that certain strip of land designated "50 ft. Reserve" on the Map of C. M. Wooster Company's Subdivision of the Clarke Ranch, filed in the office of the Recorder of the County of Santa Clara, State of California, on November 11, 1912, in Book "0" of Maps, page 16; thence S.43°40'40" E. along the northeasterly line of said 50 foot strip 41.34 feet to the point of intersection thereof with the southeasterly line of that certain 10.00 acre tract of land described firstly in the Deed to Federal Telegraph Company, a corporation, recorded October 21, 1921 in Book 538 of Deeds, page 511, Santa Clara County Records; thence N.70° 05'20" E. along the southeasterly line of said 10 acre tract 371.89 feet to the point of intersection thereof with the northwesterly line of the Matadero Canal (100 feet in width); thence N.50°37'20" E. along said last mentioned line 58.96 feet to the point of intersection thereof with said south- westerly line of the Wooster Canal; thence N. 70°25'20" W. along said last mentioned line 396.11 feet to the point of be- ginning, being a portion of Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito, containing 1.939 acres, more or less. Parcel 2: BEGINNING at the point of intersection of the north- easterl line of that certain strip of land designated "50 foot Reserve" on the Map of C. M. Wooster Company's Subdivision of the Clarke Ranch, filed in the office of the Recorder of the County of Santa Clara, State of California, on November 11, 1912 in Book "0" of Maps, page 16 with the northwesterly line of Matadero Canal, 100 feet wide; thence N. 50°37'20" E. along said northwesterly line 341.31 feet to the point of intersection EXHIBIT "A" thereof with the southeasterly line of that certain 10.00 acre tract of land described firstly in the Deed to Federal Tele- graph Company, a corporation, recorded October 21, 1912, in Book 538 of Deeds, page 511, Records of Santa Clara County; thence S. 70°05'20" W. along said southeasterly line 371.89 feet to the point of intersection thereof with said north- easterly line; thence S. 43°40'40" E. along said northeasterly line 124.29 feet to the point of beginning, being a portion of Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito, containing 0.486 acres, more or less. EXHIBIT "A"