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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 3936• ' ', d RESOLUTION NO. 3936 RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO FINDING AND DETERMING 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 ADOBE CREEK STORM DRAINAGE PUMPING STATION The Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE as fol- lows: 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 Adobe Creek Storm Drainage Pumping Station. SECTION 2. That the taking in fee simple of the property described 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 compat- ible with the greatest public good and the least private in- jury, 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 City Attorney of the City of Palo Alto and the law firm of Messrs. Wilson, Jones, Morton & Lynch, 1 • • 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 domain initiated hereunder, to purchase for such reasonable sum as he may deem appropriate, an option on the real property described 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 heretofore 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 adop- tion 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 Council of the City of Palo Alto is thirteen and that the foregoing resolution was adopted by a vote of more than two-thirds of all of the members of said Council at its meeting held on the 14th day of following vote: Unanimous AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Rohra, Rug, Worthington November 1966, by the i Signed and approved this !% 3U glEicr of ritiltrEan,,AS TO FORM: ty Attcrne er yehiA17e., 1966. • Mayor 2 • • ADOBE. CREEK STORM DRAINAGE PUMPING STATION Beginning at the point of intersection of the southerly line of East Meadow Drive (60 feet wide) with the westerly line of Adobe Creek (80 feet wide), said point of intersection being on the northerly prolongation of a line which is parallel to and distant 30.00 feet westerly, measured at right angles, from the easterly line of Tract No. 1650 Meadowpark Unit No. 4, a map of which was recorded November 18, 1955 in Book 63 of Maps at page 52, records of Santa. Clara County, California; thence N. 87° 43' 00" W. along said southerly line of East Meadow Drive 50.00 feet; thence S. 0° 30' 35" E. 90.00 feet; thence S. 87° 43' 00" E. 50.00 feet to a point on said westerly line of Adobe Creek; thence N. 0° 30' 35" W. 90.00 feet, to the point of beginning, being a portion of the Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito. EXHIBIT A S• 8743 oo E. 3/0.85' 4`9./0' 5' 97 E Site to be acquired