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RESOLUTION NO. 4810
A RF.sOLUTION OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION
UNDER DIVISI_ON 4 OF THE
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE
DOWNTOWN BEAUTIFICATION AND LIGHTING
PROJECT NO. 71-80
ORIGINAL·
RF.SOLVED, by the Council of the City of Palo Alto,
California, that
l. The public interest, convenience and necessity
require and that it is the intention or this Council to
underta~e certain improvements within said City and to assess
the cost thereof on lands benefited, said improvements being
hereinafter more particularly described.
2. Reference is hereby made to the map or plat showing
the general nature, location and extent of said improvements
tor a further description of aaid work and for all particulars
relating thereto, which map is on tile in the office of the
City Clerk and open to public inspection.
3. The costs thereof, after certain City contributions,
will be assessed upon a district benefited thereby, the exterior
boundaries of whi~h are as shown on a map thereof on file in
.the office ot the City Clerk, to which reference is hereby made
for further particulars.
4. That proceedings tor said improvements shall be con-
ducted pursuant to Division 4 of the Streets and Highways Code
(the Special Assessment Investigation, Limitation and Majority
Protest Act ot 1931), and Section l3.12.o4o of Chapter 13.12
ot Title 13 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, and bonds shall
be issued pursuant to Bond Plan B, Section 13.16.110 of Chapter
13 of Title 13 or said Code.
5. Said improvements are described as tollows:
a)
b)
c)
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The im}.roving of University Avenue from Alma
Street to Webster Street by the planting of
trees in tree islands in the parking area,
together with flowering shrubs, perennials and
annuals, with adjacent planting areas, and an
automatic clock-controlled irrigation system;
expansion of sidewalk areas at the four corners
of the cross-street intersections ot Emerson
Street, Bryant Street, Waverly Street and Cowper
Street, and the construction of walKs, ramps,
benches, trellises with concealed lighting,
newsracks, trash containers, newspaper and
bicycle racks; the construction of a brick
strip next to the curb along the -street front-
age between intersections; the construction of
concrete crosswalks with scored pattern at the
intersections ot Emerson Street, Bryant Street,
Waverly Street and Cowper.Street, with repaving
of the street areas bounded by the crosswalks
and relocation of storm drain catch basins and
piping; the construction of a new street light-
ing system, including new poles and
luminaires; relocation of traffic signals and
controls; and n~w street signs.
The improving or Lytton Avenue and Hamilton
Avenue from Alma Street to Tasso Street, High
Street, Emerson Street, Ramona Street, Bryant
Street, Waverly Street, a~d Cowper Street from
Lytton Avenue to Hamilton Avenue, Florence Street~
Kipling Street and Tasso Street from Lytton·
Avenue to University Avenue, by the planting of
trees within the sidewalk strip and the replace-
ment of existing luminaires to increase and improve
the lighting level.
The acquisition of all ri&~ts and the construction
and reconstruction of all improv~m~~ts auxiliary
to any or the above and necessary to complete the
same.
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I hereby certify that the roregoing 11 a tull, true and
correct copy or a resolution duly passed and adopted by the
Council o.f the City of Palo Alto, California, at a meeting
thereo.r held on the 20th day of -A~u~gu~st=--~--------, 1973,
by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES, and in favor thereof, Councilmen:
Baahrs, Clay, Henderson, Norton, Pearson, Rosenbaum
NOES,
ABSENT,
APPROVED:
vice Uayor.
APPROVED:
Councilmen: None
Councilmen: Berwald, Comstock, Sher