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R E S 0 L U T I O N N O. 652
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RELA'l'IllG TO SU'BW•Y AT THE CROSSING OF EMBARCADERO
ROAD WITH TH& SOUTHERN PACIF'.IC RIGHT OP WAY.
The Council of the Uity ot Palo Alto
DO RESOLVE aa toll.ow a:
WHEREAS, the 01ty F.ngino~r ot the C1ty
ot Palo Alto has pre9ared plans tor the separation
ot gradea and the ~oaatruction ot a subway at the
crossing or Embarcadero Road w1th the Southern
Pacific right-of-way, wh1oh plans contemplated
the use or the Embarcadero Road for aa1d purpose,
and prov1di.ag for a subway 38 feet wide, tor
vehioula:r travel, two a1dewal1ca, one on each aide,
6 feet wide. with four foot columns; and
WHEREAS, the engineers ot the Southern
Pae1f1c Company prepared plans for said •erk, uaing
only the aoutherl7 halt or the Embarcadero Road,
and 18 teet ot Blook l or the ~eale Addition to
the City of Palo Alto tor the oonetru.etion or A
subway under a plan providin8 for 22 feet tor
vehicular travel, two sidewalks, one on each side,
12 feet wide, with 4 rt. 6 inch columns; and,
WHEREAS, the Park Commission of the City
of Palo Alto has submitted a tentAtive plan9 endorsed by the trustees of the joint Union High
~chool of said City, for the con1truct1on ot a
highway providing for 37 feet tor veh1culait
travel, two sidewalk•, one on ~•ch side 9 feet
wide, with columns of 4 teet, and suggesting that
no part ot Embarcadero Hoad be used for se.1d work, but
that 1a1d aubwa1 be constructed by the uae ot the
central portion ot aa1d Blook 1, and by the
acquis1t1on ot the neceasar~anda to be taken from
the High School lands on the southerly aide ot
Em'bs.rcadero Road; a.nd
WHEP.EAS, at a joint meeting ot Committee
No. 1 of the City council, the Board of Pu~l1c
Works and the trueteea ot the Un1zm High ~chool
of the Cit7 ot Palo Alto, held on the 13th day
of April, 1928, 1t was recommended that the third
p'lan, to be known aa the High School plan, lastly
mention~d above, should be ueed for the oonatructlon
ot said subway, on account or the following tacts
brought out and conaidered at said joint meeting:
(a) 'l'hat the roadwa1 proposed for vehicular
travel by the plans or the engineers or the southel'll
Pacific Compan7 would shortly become inadequate to
oarl7 the traffic that would.pass through th1s
subway·. J.n this connection it is to be noted that
the population and ~s1neas upon the Peninsula
are 1A1.0reasing rapidly. The travel over the ~tate
Highway and through the Citf ot Palo Alto by wa1
of this 111bwa7 and to and trom Dumbarton bridge,
.ind the proposed connection ot the Embarcadero Road
with the Bay Shore Highway, will make 1Lcreaa1ng
demands from year to year for a wider subway than
proposed by the enginee·l'".a of the ~outhern Pac11'1c
Company: .~... ·
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\b) That the plan proposed by the h'ng1neer•s
office or the City ot Palo Alto would take all or
the ro&dway of the Embarcadero Road between High
~treet ond Alma St~eet, and all the Embarcadero Road
to the term1.nat1on of the subway on the Embarcadero
southwesterly of the ~outhern Eac1tio right ot way;
that the eonatruot1on of th1a subway would cauae
damages tor separation ot grades and loss of use ot
th~ roadway ot aaid Embarcadero Road, to tho property
ownera on the northerly aide of ea1d highway; that
there would al30 be large costs tor the rGMOYal ot
service pipes now lying 1n said roadwa7; and construction
ot a au'bway under the Cit~ Bng1neer1a proposal would
be more ooatly and fac111t1ea tor travel no better
than those ottered by the con•truotion ot a subway under the High School plan:
(o) That the construction ot a •ubway under
the High School plan would not neoeaaitate the
abandonment ot the Embaroadoro Road, except that
portion over the crossing ot tho ~uthern Pao1!1c
track; that there would be no property damages, and
that the greatest tac111tiea tor travel would be met
adeq,uatal7 not only tor the present, but t.or .a number
ot years to oome, thus providing tor the increased
travel Lut1cipated through this eubwa7; that the
oonatruct1on or this w.bw11.7 would be 1a.ne and safe,
especially so in relation to studenta attending the
Palo Alto Un1~n High ~chool.
!'lat the relative coats of the :respective
projects are aa tollowe:
Under the plan• of the engineers or the ~outhern
Pacific •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• fl13,000 •. 00
Under the Plana of the City
Engineer ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 165,000.00
Undor the plans proposed by the
Park Commission and the trustees ot the
Union High ~chool •••••••••••••••••••• !30,000.00
NOW THEREFORE, this Council 1'1nds that the
above recital or tacts, 1n its opinion, 1a true,
and this council does hereby endorse the third
tentative plan approved and submitted by the joint
committees above mentioned, tor the conatruction ot
a subwa7, using Blouk 1, and a portion ot the High
~ohool grounds therefor; and recommends ta the Railroad
Commission, ot the ~tate ot Ca11forn1a, that aaid
subway be constructed along said linea, under plans
and apeo1f1oations to be adopted therefor.
The above .and foregoing resolution was duly
passed at an adjou~ned regular meeting ot the Council
of the City of Pa.lo Alto held on the l•th day ot
April, 1928, by the tollowing vote:
AYES:
NOES:
atrtaehe .... _Cathcar~~ Christen,en, Hobart,Kelly, 'l'hoits, ~nomaa, Wzu.sler, woo4.
None.
ABSENT: Bonn, Cottrell, Hoge, Jordan, Lauaten, Wing.
477
Atte•t: ~d '1 ei:f
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