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DE'l'ERIIIIIIG THAT !HE EXPEIDITUD OP lORY HEtmTO~U RAISED
BY SALE OP BOlDS POR mE COIM'RUC'l'IOJ O.P A SUBWAY AT PAID
.lL!O AVEitJI IS IJIPRAC'l'ICABLE AID tlii'ISE, .AliD THAT A SPIDIA.L
ELiCTIOI TO OBTAIJI THE COISlUft. OP 'l'U PJDPLI 'm USE SAID
MOD:Y FOR OTHER SPICIPIBD )IUJfiCIPU. PURPOSBS SHALL Im DLD:
The Couna1l ot the C1 t·y ot Palo Alto DO R!SOLVB
•• follows:
'l'BA'l' llmRIAS, an election waa duly called and
held in the City of Palo Alto on the 14th day ot Kay, 1914,
for the ~·· o t autbor1a1ras tha 1aauance ot bonda in the awa ot 19600.00 to oonatruot a aubvay un;;ler the track• ot the Southern Pacific comp&ftJ, at or near Palo Alto
AYenue in aa1d ~1tJJ and
wDREAS, at aaid election,. nllh bonds were
author:J.zed to t:?• ~.asued, and thareatter, the council ot
the Cit7 ot Palo Alto b7 ordinance aold aaid bonda and
rec•1•ed said SW8 ot mon-.r tor aa14 purpoa•; aDd,
WHEREAS, after aa.id bonds were aold and before
a~ld eubway could be oonatructed, the te!t4'a War made
it iapoaaible to oonatruct th~ aubway at the eetl .. ted cost
ot aald conatruction, aDd for tbia reaaon, b7 orders or
the Railroad Commiaaion, the time limit tor the conatruction
ot aald aubway ••• continued froa 1•ar to ,.ear, and during
1uch interYal, a grade croasins waa permitted bJ 01~er ot
aaid Railroad Commission ot tbe State of Calitor.bia; and
WHEREAS, on the CitJ'S application Jlo. 3708,
Decision wo. 20591 ot the Railroad Comaiaaion of the State
ot Cal1torn1a, w:a• made, b7 which dec talon the aa1d
Commiaaion removed all t1~e liaita tor tbe construction ot
laid aubway and approved the continuance or the present
grade oroa•ing; ad,
WHEREAS, it haa become impossible for aa1d aubw&'J
ever to be oonatructed at &n7 t1me, under the plana and
apec1t1oationt~ adopted ther~for, the Railroad Coedit alon
ordered a 1eparatloD or grade a at this po1:ut; that new
plea and apeo1f1cat1ona and another order ot the Railroad
Comm1ae1on must be had 1t a aubway is ever aonatrueted
under the traoka of the SOuthern Pac:U'1c company at or
near Palo Alto Avenuee
NOW THEREFORE, thia Council deema that the expendi•
tu.re ot money raised by the aale ot bonds under the
prov1e10Da or tbe Statute of February 25, 1901, tor the
purpose tor which aa1d bonds were voted, 11 unpracticable
and uu.iae, and-
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that a apeclal municipal
election ahall be consolidated with and held at the tame
t1me aa the general municipal election, to ... w1t z Ma,. 13th,
1989, tor the purpos• ot obtaining th• aonaent ot the
people ot Palo Alto to u.a• 1aid 110ney Yoted tor the
conat.ruot1on ot a subway und<tr the tracks of the Southern
Pao1t1c compan7, at or uar Palo Alto Avenue, and that
tb4~ aame be tranaterred to the general tund, and •uch
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awa or •um• therefrom •• ma7 be neoeaaa.ey, used. tor
the pu:rpoH of aiding financially in the improvement ot
a aubwa1 &t Bmbarcadero Road crosa1ng ADd tbe
1mproyement of Embarcadero Road and Alita Street,
one or the other, any b&lanoe ot the aua to remain in
the general fund to bo used tor municipal purpoaea:
and that tor these purpoaes, an ord1nano• be pasa•d bJ thla council, calling •uch special election.
The above and toregping resolution ••• paeaed
by the Co\Ulcil ot the City of Palo Alto at an
adjourned regular meeting held on Friday, Ma1 3, 1929, b1 the tollow!Ds vo·t•:
AYES:
IOES:
BertscheA Cathcart, Chr1atsnaent Cottrell, Hob~t • .a.o-1 Johnson, Jordan, ell;y, Lauaten, Tho1ts, Th~m a, Whisl~r, Wing.
.None.
ABSElfl': wood.
&~~ Attest:. ~(/:
Approved:~
City Clerk
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