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The Council of the Cit:r of Palo Alto DO RESOLVE as follows:
THAT, WHE~AS, the Cobncil of the City of Palo
Alto finds that there is now E1xistent on that r.ertain
portion of the 101 HighwP.y t:~c'm Coll-age Avenue to P~ge
.Mill Road in the City or Palo Alto a very dangerous
condition due to the narrowing of :Ja1d highway, creatin6
a bottleneck at said po:lnt; nnd
WHEREAS, said highv:rq :~s the maiJ'l stRte highway
through the City of Palo Alt<l 1 therefore th':lre is urgent
need for the widenill6 and paving of this portion or said highway; and.
WH~llliAS, the City has t1een unable to ;procure the
necessary funds for this imprQvement, either by assessing
the adjacent property or thrc.,ugh general taxation; and
WHEiiliAS, said improvemE~nt wo11ld afford considerabltt
unemployment relief work which, in itself 1 is a ver~r urgent na ed J
NuW, THi~EFOh~, this C~~nc11 urgently requests that
the California State Highway Commission ULJertake this
wcrk w.1th funds allocated by the Bureau or Public Roads
for the improvement of the state highways through municipalities.
This Council further .f'imls that the said improvement
should include the following:
(a) The removal of all building~ where necess~ry
to provide a roadway one hundred (100) feet in width.
(b) The construction of sidewalks twelve (12)
teet wide on each side of the rondway.
(c) The construction o! qurb~ and· gutters on each side of the roadway.
(d) The constr~ction of n permanent pavement
between the gutter lines.
This Council recommends that tb~ ccst for the
acquiring or land necessary for the widening of said highway
bP borne jointly by the City or Palo Alto and the Div~sion
of Hi&hways, and that the share of the City of Palo Alto for
said pv~chase of land be appropriated out of said city's
share of tb~ ,as tax as provided by the recent enactment
of the State Legislature.
The above and foregoing resolution was duly and
regularly passed at a special meeting or the Council of
the City of Palo Alto on Frid~,y, the 2ls t day of July, 1933, by the following vote:
AY.il:S:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Bonham, Collins, Judsctn1 Kelly, Lausten, Stephens, Thoits, Thomas, Wood.
None.
~tenson,~:vODs,Jchnson~er.
TTE'"'T . AtP.Rav~e ~ , A .;) -. Mayor City Clerk .
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