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Home My WebLink AboutRESO 853~~26 • RESCLUT!Ol{ OF IN'rENTION NO. 853 DETEffiGNlNG TH..\T THE PUBLIC !Nl'Eli.EST AND THE PUBLIC NECESSI~Y I>!.!:MAl-li; CE.RTAn; PUBLIC Mf.HiiCIPAL IMPROV~:M:Sl-'~'.3 Il~ A1J; FOR T!i:.: CX'!"' CF PAW ALTO TC .. WITs (a) THE ACQUISITION BY COliDEMNATICN C'F THE :JA~. :i.;!STRID:JTION SYSTEM vF 'l'tiE PACIFIC GAS Alm EL:c'I':nc COMf'AJ;y Dl. THE FtlRMER ro·;,1~ Or' MAYFIELD. ('b) THE ... ~ ~~ .... ~ AC:j.UTSITION B"f COH'.JEMNATION Ol'' 7hE ELECTRIC P0\"1~R AND LIGHT ~~ DIS':"RIBU':'ION SYS':-~7.! OF THE PAC!F'!C CAS AN.!) ELl.':C':'RIC COMPANY . lN THE FCRMER 'l'Oi'iN 01'' MAYl',IE. LD. ... The Council of the C1ty of Palo AltO DO RESOLVE aa follows: Section 1. VlHERSAS, the public interest and the public neoe~a1ty dome.nd certain public municipal improve- ments 1n and for the C1 ty of Palo Alto a3 follows: (a) The ac~plis'!.tion by condemnation or the gas distr1'but1on system of the Pacific Gas and. Electric Company 11~ the rormer towr. of V:a~;f:l.old, now 1n t:ae City of Pale Alto.. (b) The acqub1 tion by condemnation or the electric power and li~)lt d1atriout1.on systsm or the Pacit1.c Gas and Electric .:ompany in t:r.~.e former town of Mayfield, now in tha City of Palo Alto. The cost of each of said acquisitions will be too groat to be paid out of th•3 ord1nar:r income n.nd r·evcnue of said c1 ty, whlch pub11c interest appea:r1:J nnd whicr. :.-.ec-;;lni t~, ar1~:H:ls from tile to ... lowing fnets: 'l'hat t!1~ said gas distribu.tion nyster.1 and said eloctr1c power e.nd light d:tstribution s:;8tem is lccated in t:ae former town of :.~a.yf1ald; that about July_, 1925 said town became consol:td.a.t,)d with L~:J City of Palo Alto; That the C1 ty of Palo Alto owns \ts gas dis~ribution system and its electric power and light distribution 3yster~ nr:d f<J.rn13h~s said commod1tiea to said city ana 1ta inhabitants; that upon said consolidation of the fox·mer towc. r;!' :!l~ayf1old with said city. it became and ls neea3sary to extend t:~ se:rvi ces of ,: 1 • .!3 and electric power a.r"d ::.1ght to said .forr::: ... • town of Mayfield ant! 1 ts 1nhab1 tants; ths.t at the tir.:o of said consolidation tbe electors of the former town of Mayf.'ield voted to consolldate with the city of Palo Alto and the property of its blhabitants be subject to tax t.o ~ay tne bonded indebtedness flr said e1 ty for 1t!-l gas a::.cl electrtc powur and light distribution systems: Theroforo~ t~e inhabitants of said former town are enti tl6d to l'C'C'L ~ ·:'"l said services from the C1 ty of Palo Alto. Section 2. \';"1-!EREAS, the Council of the City of Palo Alto, being the legislative or~nch of said City, contemplates the acquisition of sa.ld F&s distribution system ·md said electric power and light d1atr:1 bu tion systam. The coot o.f sn:td acquis~. tiona and each of them will be too great to be :paid. out of the o:rd1.na.ry income and revenue of sl.lid city, and for this purpose the Board of Public Vlorks of the City of.' Palo Alto te.s had p:..ans and estimates of the oost thereof made by compet..:>nt enginoers v!hO heve had succe~;sful e:--~rience in said work '=lnd whioh plans. (1nd estimates have been exam5.ned and approvec by this CO\.tncil s.nd v.HERE.A.S, said City council, for the purpose of said acquisitions and each of tr.er:1, on Ft~bNary 1, 1SJ28 filed with the Railrotid COll"'.mission of the State of California its application for the "\ti..uat1on or said gas distribution ayatem and said electric po·~,er and 11tr)lt d1atr1but1.on system, each baing the properties of the Pacific Gas t:.r:ri ~:lectrlc Company and being public: ·.Jt1l1 ties of: said company, l ' -1 1 f ~ < ~ 1 l 1 ~ ' l ( I I ! ~ -~ . .. . "t -.~ '1 1 ~ ! ,, .._ : ! ~ " ··~ ,. :J ·!~ l' ' '.>( .~ f ~ :'( j • . • .. ·> ., ~ ~ j :f. " }i 1 l l '·'! ,.. " ·~ :~ i 'i. ~ :l .:~ "•' 'J. ~ ··~ ~ I • ~ . ' .> • ~-:}"! ' ~~' t ~ ~~ ~ ~: I !' ~: ; ~- y~'t~-~i':!'~¥N-'*.f.'l-~?i(~~/:"!;'"!•'Ut~,i%Hot~"~AHr•..-__. ... ..,...,....,..,.,,.,..~ol':0011"'fl1....,_. . ..,~,f"'\'\'?'H•."'i"·.,~_."lf:~~fN1.,'{~',-::t'lf1'>#1~)t"!'""•'~f!'f''H~·.'.~~~~~._,\~~~.~·r~~"~·'\•~~~~~~;:1~~"""'' [ I " vniER::;..s, the said Ra.il:road co::l.':lisslon d1.~. on ths 2nd day of January, 1930, on the city's application };o. 14~92, fi.x and det;ern'l1ne the just compenSL,~1on to be paid by the city to the l'ac1f.1c Gas fmd Electric Company fo1· its said gas distribution syst:em, which compenoation is the SJW!1 of Sixt~---..,.:-: Thousand Nine Ru.ndrad l!lnd Thirty-Six Dolla~s {$66,9~6.). WHEREAS, t:ne said R!iilroad Commission did o;t the 2nd day of J>muary, 1930, on the city's application No. 14393, fix and dat:ermtne the just compensatt0n to be paid by the city to the Pacific Gaa and Electric Company for 1 tts S!d.d electric power· and light dtstribution system, whic.t;. eom~ensation is the su.m of l''ifty-four Th.ouaanC1 Six Hundred and Threo Dolls:ra {$54,603) and 'lJ1IEREAS, .since the filing of said peti tiona the said Pacific G&s and Electric Cotnpnny h&ve made eerta:tr1 addlt1or<S to 1 ts said gaa diatr1b'..lt1on sy.atem and have also made certain additions to its electric power BUd light dtatribution system and 1''.r1iERBAS, according to the plans and estim&tcs of the eng1ne::~1~a of the city said connections and additions become neceasary for tne purpoae of the city connecting said d1str1but.1on flyetems and each of them with the respective d:ht.r'ibut1on sys~ems of the city, which additional cost above the valuatton of the Railroad Commission in the case of the gas d1str1button system ia eat1mated at Eight Thousand and Sixty-f'our ($8,064) and which additional cost above the valuation of the Rnilroad Commission for the power and light distribution system 1s estimated at Five Thousand Three Hundred and N1nety-eeven Dollars ($5.,397); and which s2id aum for 0&Ch of said distribution system$; to-wit: Seventy-five Thousand Dollars (~75,000) for the Gas Distribution system and Sixty Thousand Dollers ($60,000) for th<J~ electric· power and lj.ght distribution syatam, this Council finds to be s.n amount in eaeh case too e.roe.t to be paid out of the annual income and revenue or said city. Secticn 3. NOW THEREFORE, the Cowtcil ot' the City of Palo Alto, 'being the legislative branch of.said m\m1c1pal1 ty, doe.t by this .resoLJ.t1on determine th&t the public intlerest and public necessity demand the acquisition for the City of' Palo Alto: {a) rr:ne acquisition of the gas d1str1but1or.. systom or the Pacif1.c Gas and Electric Comp&ny in tht" former town of Mayfield. (b) The ac:luis1- tion of the electric power and 11e,ht d:tatribution system of the Po.c1f1c G~o~.~ nnd Electric Comps,ny in the former town of Mayfield. The cost of each of such acquisitions will b~ too gres.t to be pa.id out of the ordinary income and re\•t:mue of said city; and said Council does hereby 'urther determine that all necessury and proper proceed.ings be and the :.Hu:1e shall be tnkun and had for t11e creatio-:1 of a bonded ~"'d~btedness in the sura of Seventy-five Thousand Dollars {$75,000) for tho acquisition of said gas distribution system and the sum of Sixty Thousand Dollaro ($60,000) for tne ac;u1sit1on of ~aid electric power and light distribution system. Said ?roceedings to be tRken under the act of February 25, 1901, Statutos of the .3tate of California 1901, page 27 as amended to date for tho purpose and to the end of t.11G said two acquisi t1ons. The above and foregoing resolution was duly passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Palo Alto, at a 227 .J ! f \ ) ~ ~ i .~ i t j I ! ·~ 1 ~ t ~' .... '>20 .... 0 ( mooting held on the 17th day of Fffb:rua:ry, 1930, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: V1e8 Bau~, Bert~che, Cathcart~ HobartR Johnson, Kelly, L!usten, ,lfosho:r·~ Rey11olo.a 11 Tho1 ~s, Earl ~·homaa, Mrs. M. Tnomas, woou. None. ABSENTl Christensen, Whisler. Appl'"OVf.ld:£•/~ ~~/ Attest: /~ L 4~./~ .!L7uv Mayor City Clerk STA':'E OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY 0 F SANTA CLARA CITY OF PALO ALTO ) ) ss ) I, E. L. BEACH, City Clerk of the City of Palo Alto and ex officio Clerk of the Council of said City, horeby certify that the above and foregoing resolution was duly passed and adopted by 'the COUl''l.Cil of tne City of Palo Alto on the 17th day of February, 1930, and duly approved on said date by the Mayor of said City of Palo Alto; that the legislative branch of the City of Palo Alto consists o.f fifteen members, and that 13 members were present and voted for said resolution. y; / . ~~ City C~City of Palo Xlto ..... 'JJ :-r, I ;;I ._J .._