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Home My WebLink AboutRESO 5218--------------~------------------------------- . · ... • ORIGINAL RESOLUTION NO, -SHI RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO CALL AN ELECTION TO SUSPEND PAR:t< DEDICATION OF A PORTION OF EL CAMINO . PARlC FOR PURPOSES OF A LEASE TO THE RED CROSS AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING WHEREAS, pursuant to tjle requirements of Article VIII of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto, the Council did by Ordinance No. 2252 dedicate lands known as El Camino Park for park purposes; and WHEREAS, a. 551 acre portion of said El Camino Park at the time of its dedication for park purposes was discontinued for park purposes pursuant to vote of the electorate on June 2, 1970, to allow continuance of a lease to the American National Red Cross, Palo Alto Area Chapter, for a six-year tenn terminating October 14, 1976: and · WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council to lease said area for an additional period: NOW, THEREFORE, the. Council of the City of Palo Alto does hereby RESOLVE as follows: SECTION 1. That the public.interest-or convenience requires that discontinuance until the year 2013 of the use as a public park of the .551 acre parcel of land more particularly described on EXHIBIT A attached hereto and made a part hereof. The disposition which the City council proposes to make to said parcel during the period of abandonment is a lease with the American National Red Cross, Palo Alto Area Chapter. said parcel of land·autamatically shall revert to its status as land dedicated for park purposes under· Article VIII of the Charter from and after the day and month set .therein, in 2013. SECTION 2. That the Council intends to call an dle~~ion for the purpose of submitting the question of such discontinuance to the city electors. SF.cTION 3. That July 19, 1976~ at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the City.of Palo Alto is hereby fixed as the time arid place at.which the public or i;;ersons partiClilarly interested may protest such discontinuance, and at whiQh any and •11 persons may be heard. SEcTION 4. That any time before the hour set for such hearing any person or persons interested may protest in writing ~qainst the proposed abandonment and discontinuance, or to the extent thereof. such protests shall be delivered to the City Clerk at the City Hall~ SECTION s. That the Director of PUblic Works shall cause at least three notices of the adoption of the resolution to be posted conspicuously not more than three-hundred feet apart along the • • ezte.rior boundaries of the area proposad to be discontinued or ~ned.as a public park. Postinq sball be c:;ompleted at leut twenty days before the time set: for hearing.. Failure to post t'lle notices o.r removal thereof shall not. invalidate the proceedings ·or prevent the Council from acquiring jurisdiction to proceed with the diseontinua.nc:e and abandonment. The posted notic:es.shall be headed~ •Notice of proposed -lisccmtinuance of public park land .. in l~ible characters, state the dat.e of ad.option of the resolution, and recite the facts contained in the.resolution .. SECTION 6 .. The Council finds that this is not a. project as defined in Section 11.04.130 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code and, therefore,· no environmental impact assessment is necessary. SECTION 7. That the City Clerk shall cause this resolut.ion to be puSiiSliid twice in a daily newspaper puhlished and ci:rc:tUated in the City .. · Publ.ication shall be comple'e.ed at least twenty days be- fore the tiae set for the hearinq. · ZNT1tODUCED AND PASSED: .Jtme 14,. lt16 APP--:~ ~ ~------w& ger -2- • • LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PORTION OF EL CAMINO PARK TO BE DISCONTINUED FOR PARl< USE UNTIL OCTOBER 14, 1976 COMMENCING at the intersection of the southwesterly line of the Southern Pacific RaiJ.road Company's riqht-of-way, 230 feet in width, (as described in that certain easement of Leland Stanford to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, dated November 23, 1892, and recorded October 28, 1915, in Volume 435 of Deeds at page 244, Santa Clara County Records, in which the bearing of said line is called North 51° 28' West, which is also the southwesterly line of that certain easement (Palo Alto Aqreement No. 224) granted by the Soutern Pacific . Railroad Company to the City of Palo Alto by Agreement dated October 2, 1939, and recorded Novel?lber 27, 1939, in Book 954 of Official Records, page 567, Santa Clara_ County Records), with the center line of University Avenue produced southwesterly, as said University Avenue ex~sts 75 feet in widt.~ (said inter- section being the most easterly point of Parcel 1 as described in that certain lec;\se of the Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University of the City of Palo Alto (Palo Alto Lease No. 3) dated June 10, 191S, and recorded by Stanford University on September 23, 1915, in Vol. P of Leases at page 333 et seq., Santa Clara County Recor4s, in which the bearing of said line is called North 51° 45' Wes~}; thence North Sl0 4.5' West alonq said southwesterly line a d~stance of 467.50 feet to the intersection of said line of right-of-way with the center line of Lytton Avenu~ (prolonged); thence south l8° 15' W~st, along said center line of Lytton Avenue (p~olonged) , a c;listance of 81. 00 feet to a point on the southwesterlymos.t l.ine Qf P.ar~l No. 2, City of Palo Alto Agreement No .. 46, date<l October 2, 1939, and recorded October 3:0, 1939, in Book 9Sl of Offioial Re-cQrds1 page SSQ, Santa Clara County R~rds, which point is the ~~ poin.t of commencement; thence Sou.th Sl 0 45! East, along said southwesterlymost line, a distance of 25. 00 feet; thenqe south ~8° 15' West a distance of . 120._00 feet1 then.ce North Sl.0 45' WE:)s.t a distance of 2()0.QO feet; thence N<;>rth 38·0 15 1 East ill dist~Qe of 120 feet to a point on ~above mentioned. SQ\l.thwesterlymoat line of Parcel No. 2; thence SQuth Sl0 45' i~t • ~i·~ Qf 175.00 feet along said lin• to the tr~• point o~ ~emeat, containing an area of 0.551 aQrea, more -Or leS$., -· is shc:>wn on City Qf Palo Alto Drawinq No. 1(), 4:a2 attaChed hereto and made i$. part of this clescription. •• .. . .• l !· ·~1 ~I .... .JOl.ITH~EN PACIFIC RAll..~OAb I • ~IGHT t7F WAY ' ~ ,. ~ ~ ~ !i ' ----~--------------r-----·-· __ ._. _______ i_"'°'.:,.....-·.~.-::::::::;;:::·_~ ___ 7._S_~_~-----------~-~-.,:---~-~-_;;-1-Sl'4S1W . i ~ .. _.:~ ... ..:.. ... •. . -._,...~·:" .. :-.. ~.... ... •• I" -::·· • ... ~ •" , ........ 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