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CITY 0'1 PALO ALTO, TD COST O"I WHICH WILL :BE TOO GOAT TO ll
PAID OTJT OF THE ORDilf.ARY Ilrcon .AND :UVJ:Ntm OF S.AID CITY' TO
WIT: TU .ACq,lllSIT ION Fl PURCB.ASE 01'' THlt PROPERTY AND RIGH'f S OJ'
THE PALO ALTO GAS COllPANY, A PU:BLIC UTILITY CORPORATION, BOTH
Wl'l'HIN AND W!THOUT THE CITY OF P.ALO .ALTO:
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Jle•ol"f'ed by the Count'lil of the City or ·Palo Aito:
Seo. 1. Whereaa, the public 1ntereet and the public
neoe1ait.y d-.nd certain public municipal iapro"f'eaenta in ari.d
tor the City ot Palo Alto, to wit, the aoqui11tion by »ur,Aaee
of the 1roperty and right• of the Palo Alto Gaa CompllU'ly, a
public utility cnr,poration, organised and exirting under th•
lawa of the State of Califol'llia, in llD4 to it• gae diatri~ut.
ioa •l'•t• and it• property and right.• anurtenant thereto.
both within and without the City or Palo Alto, teget.her with
neoeaaar;y coat• tor aeoe•1a:r;y bettezaent1 th•reto and inci4ent
to t&ki~s oTer the property by the City !or municipal owner-
ship thereof.
Which public intere1t appear• a.nd which neee1eitJ
ariaea from the following tact•:
That whereas, the City or Palo Alto. a municipal
corporation of the State ot California. exietine and doing
bueine1e ander and by virtue of a freeholder• ch~rter of
eaid at.ate, did make ita Application No. 1760 before the Rail·
road C1111Lia1ion or the State of California, entitled: •In th•
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Katter of the AJplioation of the Ci t.y of Pale .ilto, an IncoQor-
ated City, tor an Order of the Railroad C...U.a•ion ~1x1nc and :De-
t.e:111ining the Jv,t Coapon•ation to be Paid to the Palo Alt• Gae
COD»any tor 1\• Propert7 and Righte.•
.And., 'lhereaa, aaid. aatter haviq been dul:r aubai tted.
to the Cltate •atlroad Ceaii1111on for the purpoee ot f'b:ing and
d.eteisiniaa th• Juat coapenaation to be paid to tha Palo Alto
Gu C•puy tor ita right.•; and
filer9a11, the •aid Railroad. Conniaaion, on the 6th
4~ of Seft&llber, 1916, a&d.e ita Decision #3631, and fil~~ the
1ame on the 8th d~ of September, 1916, and by eaid deciaiort,
found, fixed and determined that the Juat compensation to be
pai,d 'by the City of Palo Alto to the aaid. Palo Alto Ga• Company
waa the eum of aixty-five thoueand. five hundred dollara, for all
or the property ahown by Exhibit •A• ot aaid decieion, in wcirda
and figure• a• tollowa, to wit:-
•The property and right• of the Pillo Alto Gae Company.
wtaept the rit;llt to be a corporation. Ti .. •4 a1 a going concern,
with trancbi•• right• attached, more particularly deaeribed ae
followe:
A gae diatributing ayetem partially completed located
in th• City or Palo Alto, and in that certain auburb known aa
South Palo Alt~, and in that certain auburb known as Nor~h
Palo Alto and. ooneiating or all pipee, main• and eerTiise later•
ale now lying in the street• and &Tenuea ot aaid city and •aid
•uburba, together with the met era and tho neceaeary appurtenances
and equipment• or •aid gas di1tributing 1y1tem, alao the ator-
age tank• of 1aid company located in the road•~ of' UniveraitJ
ATenue ~xtenaion out.aide the city 11.aite, aleo al) righte, title•
and intere1t which the 1aict Palo Alto Gae CoaJ)&DY own1 and om
lqall7 conTey to the Ci t7 of Palo Alto in and to all :pipes,
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aaiaa uad ••"101 la\eraia, '•••th•r with the anera and neo••••l7
&JP&neaano•• t.o 1aicl •:v•t.• in it.1 ••"io• •n•d.in& tro11 the
Cit.7 ot Palo Al.to to the Leland St.an1'orcl JUDiOl' Unlverait7 and.
the h•• ot Charle• G. Lathrop and o•pu• hoae~. • an4
nereaa. the Superior Covt ot the Bt.at.1 of Cali:f'om1a
in and tor the County of Santa Clara did, on Karch 14th, l917a
render it.1 deoiaion in faTor •f th• plaintiff cit7, that it
ahould conclam •aid propen7 of the 4etendant Palo Alto Gae
Coap~ •t the value fixed theretor by the aaid Ra:llroad Coa-
a1••1on ~ and
'1Aerea1 tile aoquiaition b7 purchaae 01' all the p:rap-
~rt1 and right• ot the Palo Al tQ Ou C•pany a1 above atated 11
a public 1ntereat and neoe11ity to oar17 out the o'bJeot1 an•
purpo11a and power• of the City of Palo Alto, and in order that
•aid o!t.7 •&J acquire 1aid propert7 and rightl for aunicipal
ownerahiJ, and tor the di1tribution and 1ale of gaa within and
without the 1aid City of Palo Alto; an4
Whereas. the State Railroad Ctllmliaaion of the State
of California under the proTiaiona and authorit7 of Section 47
of the Public Utilities Act, and with the advice of com»et•nt
cigineera, ha• fixed and detemined that the JlHt compenaation
to be paid for aaid property is the aum of ai:xty-fiTe tho\19and,
fiTe hWldred dollar•; and
Whereaa, ~he city engineer, being a aom~et.ent engineer
ao to do, haa made ~etiaat•• of the addit.iona.l neoeaaar,y ooata
for the neceaaary bettorm1nta thereto, and in~ident to taking
over the property by the city tor municipal ownerehi~ thereof
at t.he aum of fou• thousand tlve hundred dollara, making the
total 9Wll Ot leTenty thousand dollar•; and
Wllereaa, the total eetiaa~ed. coat of the aoqui-
ei tion of aaid property and right• &1 de•or1bed in the 4eoieion
and tindinga or the R&ilroad c ... 111ion, to&•th•r with oo•tM in-
cident thereto, i• th• •ua or ••••nt1 thouean4 4ollar1, &114 wbich
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wb~1n.rQ~tt11noa r.o ••rrq t•l.e:am to U•t nuroe •xr·aqf!'J'~ tlo01' ~JH•
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1ua Ul1• Council do•• her~by approTe, &d•Jt, f 1ad an4 4ete111iae
to be the total ooat ot the aatui~itioa et •aid property and
right• ot the Palo Al to Gae C•PQ.1 W1 th oo•t• 1noident th• reto,
and Which •&14 aua ia found and declared 'o 'be an U\OlUlt. too
great to be paid out ot the ordiaa1'1 annual inoeae and :reTau~
ot 11t.id. oi ty:
810, 2. •ow, !heretoret the Council ot the C~t7 ot
Palo Alto, being the legi1latiTe branch et ••id municipality,
do•• hereby, b7 thia r•aolution, determine that the public in-
tenat and public nec•••it;v dtmand. the aoquiai ti on oi the prop-
erty adcl :right• ot th• Palo Alto Gae Compeny, aa herein deaor1b ..
ed, tor the City or Palo Alto as neoea•ary and conTenient to
Oll.rr,y O\&t th'e objeot1, purpoeea and JOWH'• ot eaid o~t.v; and
that the total awa n•o•••ar,y tor •a14 purpo1e 11 leTenty taou-
at\Dd dollara, which 001t i• and will be too areat to be paid
out ot the ordinar,y annual 1nooae and reTonue ot 1aid cit1:
!he 1aid Council dGea hereby further 4etel'lll11ne that
all necesaar.r and proper :prooeedina• be and the •am• ahall be
taken ind bad u proT14ed by the lawa of the St.ate or CaU.for-
nia, for the purpo1e and to the end of acquiring the municipal
ownerahip ot all of the property and right.a of the Palo Alto
Gaa Company, and for th1• pur~o1e 1u'bmitting the que1tion ot
incurring a bonded 1n4ebtedne.. tor the tua ot 1eTent7 thoueand
dollar• tor •aid purpcae and coata incident thereto to the
qualified Tot.era or ••14 city.
fhe aboTe and foregoing reaolution waa dul.7 paaatd
mid ad~pted by the Council of the City of Palo Al~ at ita
. l~/'f. ~A~ oall•'•••ting held on the •• rd.a;r of •• /'l'/ •••••••••• 1917, by
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