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WHZR!lS, the Council ot the Cit7 ot Palo Alto haa approyed
th~ Third 3uPPleaental Memorandum ot Agreement tor the expeDd1-
ture ot One-Quarter ~ent G&l Tax tor Streett ot Major Importance~
vhieh includes the v1den1ng and surtactng ot lmeraon·Street fro.
Hamilton Avenue to Forest Avenue under the heading or Project #12; and
VHERB.AS, aaid work has co•e:o.ced; and
WHEREAS, 1n ea1d a~eement under the he&dtng or Project #13 the v1den1ng and paving ot Lyttan Avenue from Alma Street to Emerson Street ia eet torth; and
WHEREAS, the Council believe3 that the widening and sur-
racing ot Emerson Street betveen Hamilton Avenue and Forest
Avenue should be deleted from Projec·t #12 and that there ahould
be aubat1tuted 1n ita place the widening and paving of Lytton
Avenue from Ala Street to Emerton S·treet tor the tolloving rea-
sons, to wit;
(a) The tratt1o on Lytton Avenue :rrom Alma Street
to Emerson Street haa been greatly congested reault~g
from the es tabliahment of the parld..ng areas around the
new Southern Pao1tio Station and the new Greyhound Bus
Terminal;
(b) Leas critical materials vill be ueed on the
widening and paving ot LJtton Avenue from Alma Street
to !lleraon Street than 1n th•' widening and surfacing
of Bmeraon Street between Hamilton Avenue and Poreat
Avenue;
( o) IQtton Avenue from J\llla Street 1a badly 1n
need ot repair and should be videned to take care ot
the traffic referred to 1n (41.} above; and.,
WHEREAS, in order to accomplish said change 1n said agree-
ment and secure the necessary permianion trom the War PrOduction
Board Ott1ce ot Production Management, Division ot.Induatry Oper-
ations, it 1a necessary to have an application tor a project rating
approved by said Board and the Federal Rousing Administration;
NOW. THEREPORE.. the Council ot the City of Palo Alto DO
RESOLVE &s .tollova:
That L. Harold Anderson, the Clty Engineer, be &nd he 1s
hereb7 authorized to execute and present an application for a Pr)-
ject rating to the War Prcduction Board, Otfice ot Production
Management, Division ot Induatr7 Operations and to negotiate vith
said Board an6 the Pederal Housing Admin1etration and the Division
or Highways of the State or C&litornta.. to eeaure the approval or
all or said parties tor the aubat1tut1on above referred to, and to
secure the approval by the Var Production Board of said application
tor a project rating.
The above and foregoing resolution vas duly and regularly
intrOduced and passed by the Cit~ Council ot the City or Palo
Alto at a~ecial meeting ot said Couno~l held on the 27th day or April, 19~2, by the tollovinS vote:
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AYES:
lfOES:
AB3DT:
Bentrott 1 Bl oia 1 CJ'pb.er, H07 1 Jlerner, .Mi t,chell, Morten,
Reed, Richal"da, 5outhvooc11 !hoaaa, VoOd..
None.
Radford, Thoits.
NOT VOTING: Caahel.
(J~ ··-APPROVED: 0:.s:~
ATTESTz t.d~~r~
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