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RESOLUTION NO. 4690
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
ADOPTING AND AMENDING THE STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS
OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
WHEREAS, on :.fay 11, 1964, the Council of the City of Palo Alto
did adopt by motion the Standard Specifications of the City of Palo
Alto; and
WHEREAS, on March 18, 1968, the Council of the City of Palo
Alto did introduce for first reading Ordinance No. 2420 "Amending the
Palo Alto Municipal Code to Add Provisions Regarding Nondiscrimination
in the performance of ~ity Contracts" and by unanimous motion adopted
the proposed amendments and directed that they be -incorporated in the
City Standard Specifications as stated in the ordinance which was
later adopted on April 1, 1968. in acc~rdance with said motion the
ordinance provisions were included in the Standard Specifications
as Section 7.03; and
WHEREAS, Section 21.24.010 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code pro-
vides as follows:
"21.24.010 Standards adopted. All improvements hereinafter
mentioned shall not be less than those set forth in the
"Standard Specifications of the City of Palo Alto", adopted
by resolution of the city council, copies of which are on
file in the office of the city engineer. 11
WHEREAS, the City Engineer wishes to make additional changes to
the Standard Specifications as stated in the following sections;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE
as follows:
SECTION l. The Council of the City of Palo Alto does hereby
adopt the Standard $pecifications pr~pared by the Office of the City
Engineer, Second Edition 1970, together with the amendments and
additions set forth in Section 2, 3, 4, and 5 herein.
SECTION 2. Section 1.18 of the Standard Specifications is
amended to designate the California Specifications as "Standard Speci-
fications, State of California, Department cf Public Works, Division
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of Highways 11 deleting January, 1969, so that the most. recent State
standard ~pecifications will be used.
SECTION 3. Section 9.01 of the Standard Specificaticns is here-
-.by._amended to specify the most recent California specifications and
deleting the reference to January, 1~69, as set forth in EXHIBIT A,
attached hereto anJ by ~eference made a part hereof.
SECTION 4. Drawings No. 15139, 15140, 15141, 14086, 15142,
15149 and 15144 are hereby amended as set forth on EXHIBITS B, c, D,
E, F, F, and H are hereby incorpo~ated in the Standard Specifications
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all of which eliminate the one-inch lip above street surface at drive-
way locations.
SECTION 5. Section 30 entitled "Traffic Signals", containing
Sections 30.01 through 30.10, together with Drawings Nos. K-1184,
"Detector Loops," K-1185 "Traffic Signal Service Arrangements", and
K-1186 "Traffic Signal Grounding Provisions" and Table No. 30.08-1
consisting of two pages entitled "Signal Code" _are hereby added to the
Standard Specifications as ~et forth in EXHIBIT I consisting of eleven
,pages and are attached hereto and by reference made a part hereof.
,INTRODUCED AND PASSED: December-18) 1972.
AYES: UNANIMOUS
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
.ATTEST: • .. ~ ~~J i;t}Pf~;'ED: UJ~ ceJC~-;f;h
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO COMTENT: . a«~ Departme~ic Works
and Engineering
APPROVED:
~ Ci tyManaije
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