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OP IN'l'ENTIOH '1'0 MUI ACQUISITIOJIS OD
IMPROVDID"rS
HOMER AVBNUB, l'r AL
ACQUISITIOJf A.MD IMPROVD1D!'5
PROJECT NO. 51-16
STORM SEWERS
R...,OLVED, by the Council or the C1ty ot Palo Alto, Cal1i-
orn1a, that 1n its opinion the public 1ntereat, convenience, and
necessity require, and that it 1a the intention of said Council
to order the following work to be done and improvements to be
made 1n said City, to-wit:
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l(a) The eonatruct1on or storm water catch basins, man-
holes, drain pipe, and appurtenances in Urban Lane rrom Homer
Avenue northerly 350 feet more or leae, Wells Avenue from Bl Ca•-
ino Real to Ur"'6.n Lane, and Homer Avenue rrom Bl C&a1no Real to
Urban Lane, thence easterly and southeasterly in an eaaeaent or
the City or Palo Alto to the northweaterly terminua or Lucas Lane,
thence along Lucas Lane to ita aoutheaaterly terminus, thence
eoutheaaterly in an easement to be acquired 1n the southeasterly
prolongation or Lucas Lane to a point in the southwesterly pro-
longa t1on ot Addison Avenue, thence northeasterly along G&id
southwesterly prolongation across the Southern Pac1t1c Railroad
Right of Vay and along A.ddison Avenue to an existing manhole at
the intersection or Addison Avenue and Emerson Street.
(b) The construction or all work auxiliary to the above.-
and which may be required to ea.rry out same.
2. Whenever any public way 1a herein referred to as
running between tvo public ways, or from or to ali.y public way,
the intersections or the public waye referred to are included
to the extent that work shall be shown on the plana to be done thereon.
3. Said streets, avenues, roads, courts and rights of
way are more particularly shown in the record.a or the office or
the County Recorder or Santa Clara County, California, and are
ahown upon the plans herein referred to and filed w1th the City Clerk or said City.
4. All or said work and improvements are to be construct-
ed at the places and in the particular locations, or the
forms, sizes ana d1mens1ona and materials, ana to ~he lines and
grades, and at the e!evat1ons _, aa ah.own and delineated upon
the plane, pror1les and apec1f1oat1ona made therefor and
preliminarily approved by the City Council or said City or Palo
Alto at a regular meeting thereof duly held on the 11th aay
or February, 1952, and on r11e 1n the office or the Clerk or
said City, rererence to whicn 1a hereby made ror a rull and
C1eta1led deecr1pt1on 01· aa1<1 proposed work and ror rurtner particulars.
5. There 18 hereby excepted rrom the wo~k above deeer1b-ea any or aucn work already done to 11ne and grad•, and marked
.. excepted" or shown not to De done on the plans .. pror1J.ea1 anct spec1n.ca lil.Qna •
o. ~1d City Council does hereby adopt. and es~ao~ien
as the ott1c1a.1 gr1&a.ru l'or ea1C1 vork tne gr•a•tt ana e.Levatione
snuwn upun ua1d plans ana prun.1vu, i;o which rererence J.~
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nereby made f<>r a uesc.i·.1.:pc1on thereo1·. All 1h1.~n gi.·actea ana
., ..1.ev~ "•vno et..1.-e in 1 eet-~no cutc.1.~.1.• l.nereo1· in .NJ.1 ~.1:uu~\'t ""'
i..i..e on. ic .. uu U~I$_., '1111.uu o.atum Ol' auu.u CJ. .:,y. J.n many eases tu:1..u1
g.1.·ci.utta are new vr a ... .1..&.tH'lllni.. 1roa tr.oae iv1•mtt1'..&..Y t.t&tab.u.snea
by the Council, and rrom th~ surrace or the ground.
7. All of •aid work and improvements shall be done under
the superv1s1on of the City Bngineer ot the City of Palo Alto,
and all aaid work and materials ehall be done and furnished to
his satiaract1on.
8. A map or plat or the lands and improvements necessary
or convenient to be taken ror such proposed improvement has been
filed w:1.th the City Clerk and approved by the City Council,, to
which reference is hereby made ror turthe~ particulars.
9. Not1ce 1s hereby given that, pursuant to Section 2 ot
Article V or Ordinance No. 8~4 of Baid City, commonly designated
"Palo Alto Improvement Procedure Code", adopted January 13, 19-1,
the City Bng1neer or said City haa tiled with the City Clerk ot
ea1d City, accompanying the plans and apec1t1c&t1one above re-
ferred to, a statement ot the total and itemized estimated coat or
said acqu1e1tiona and improvements, inclusive or incidental coats
a.nd expenses or th1a proceeding, stating therein separately the
estimated cost of each class or construction proposed, and or
each parcel of land or improvement proposed to be acquired, the
1nc1dental expenses such aa eng1neer1ngp inspection and the coat or preparing proceedings, the total eet1mated cost or which is
stated as $23,113.97, which ia open to public inspection.
10. Said contemplated acqu1s1t1ona and improvements, in
the opinion or this Council, are of more than local or ordinary
public benefit, and the coat and expense or doing said work ahd
the expeneee incidental thereto, shall be ma.de chargeable upon
the district benefited thereby, the exterior boundaries of which
.1re described as follows;
All that terr1.tory bounded northeaaterly by the Southern
Pacific Railroad R16ht or Way, southeaeterly by Embarcadero Road,
5outhwester1y by Bl Camino Real, and northwesterly by a line
described as tollowa: Beginning at a point on the easterly 11ne
or El Camino Real Distant 300.78 feet northwesterly from the
northerly line or Wells Avenue, th~nce northeasterly parallel to
Wells Avenue 495 feet, thence southeasterly parallel to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Right of Way 170 feet, thence north-
easterly parallel to the northeasterly extension of Wells Avenue
to the southwesterly line or said Southern Pacific Railroad Right or Way.
The properties so benefited, and the boundaries thereof, are
more particularly shown on the. 1nap of said assessment district
on file in the office or the C1ty Clerk, to which reference ie
hereby made tor a more detailed description thereof.
11. Property leased by the City from Leland Stanford Jr.
University shall be assessed tor its share of the coat ot ea1d
benefits and the amount thereof paid in cash by the City. All
public streets, alleys and ways in use j,n the pEltormance or the
public function shall be omitted rrom the assessment hereinafter
to be made to cover the coat or said improvement.
12. Notiee is further given that there is on file w1th
the City Clerk a diagram or the assessment d1etr1ct showing each
lot or subdivision ot land to be assessed and the dimensions
thereof, and an assessment or the e3t1mated cost of said ~ork,
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acqu1s1t1on and improvement upon aa1d lota and parcels according
to benefits to be received trom said work, acqu1a1t1on and im-
provements, each ot which have correapond1ng numbers tor each
such lot or parcel.
13. Notice 11 hereby given that aer1al bonds to represent
the unpaid assessments and bear interest at the rate ~r not to
exceed tour per cent <••> per annum, will be 1eaued pursuant to
Part 4, Bond :Plan C of Ar·t1ele IV or the Palo Alto Improvement
Procedure Code, the last installment or which shall mature nine (9) years rrom the second day or July next succeeding ten montha
rrom their date.
14. Except ats herein otherwise provided for the issuance.
or bonds, all or the above proposed work ahall be done in pur-
suance or the prov1a1one of Article V or said Palo Alto Improve-
ment Procedure Code.
15. Proceedings have been had and taken b7 said Council
1n full compliance With the provia1one or Article I ot ea1d
Palo Alto Improvement Procedure Code.
16. Notice 1a hereby given that Monday, the 25th day of
February, 1952, at the hour ot 7:30 o'clock P.M. at the Council
Chamber or the City Council of ea1d City, in the ·city Hall of
said City or Palo Alto, is hereby r1xed as the time and place
when and where any and all p11rsone having aftJ" objections to the
proposed acquisitions and improvements or against the district
to be assessed tor the oosts and expenses ther~or, or to the City
Engineer's estimate or the coats and expenses thereof, or against
the grades at w"11ch said work shall be done, or against the
d1agr,am or aseeeament, may appear before said Council and show
cause why said proposed acqu1s1t1ons a~d improvements ·should not be carried out in accordance with this resolution or intention.
17. The ,Clerk or ea1.d City shall cau.se this reso.lut1on er
1n1;ent1on to be published twice in the Palo Alto Times, a daily
newspaper, pub11ehed and circulated in the Ctty or Palo Alto,
which said paper 1e hereby designated tor that purpose, and which
is h~eby designated as the newspaper in which all further
notices required to be made herein shall be published.
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I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy or resolu-
tion adopted by the City Council or the City or Palo Alto,
California, at a regular meeting thereor held,on the 11th day
or February+ 1952, by the following vote or the members thereof:
AYES, and in favor thereof, Councilmen:
Bishop, Blois, Cashel, Cathcart, Gaspar, Hill, Marshall,
Miller, Mitchell, Montrouil, Simpson.
NOBS, Councilmen: None.
ABSENT, Councilmen: Bowden, Bower, Drysdale, Wickett.
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APPROVED:' Cl~y-Clerk of,he City or Palo Alto
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