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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 4215i ww ML:KJmh 3-5-69-30 ORIGINAL RESOLUTION NO. 4215 A RESOLUTION OF PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION AND OF INTENTION TO ACQUIRE AND CONSTRUCT IMPROVEMENTS OLD TRACE ROAD, ET AL. PROJECT NO. 64-4 1969 PROCEEDINGS RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Palo Alto, California, as follows: 1. That it does hereby preliminarily determine that the public interest, convenience and necessity require and that it intends to order the following work to be done and acquisitions and improvements to be made, to wit: a) The widening and improving of all of that portion of Manuela Avenue within the boundaries of the'City limits of the City of Palo Alto from the Foothill Expressway to the northerly City limits of the Town of Los Altos Hills, by the acquisition of easements necessary to achieve uniform right of way widths of 50 f aet and by grading and the construction therein of base pavement and wearing surface together with Portland cement concrete curbs and gutters to a width of 32 feet from curb to curb, together with such storm sewerage and drainage facilities as may be required for adequate drainage, and street lighting facilities. b) The widening and improving of Oak Hill Avenue from Arastradero Road to Mesa Avenue by the acquisition of easements necessary to achieve uniform right of way widths of 34 feet and by grading and the construction therein of base pavement and wearing sur- face together with Portland cement concrete curbs and gutters to a width of 24 feet from curb to curb, together with such storm sewerage and drainage facilities as may be required for adequate drainage, and street lighting facilities. c) The widening and improving of Mesa Avenue from Manuela Avenue westerly about 700 feet by the acquisition of easements neces- sary to achieve uniform righ-t; of way widths of 40 feet together with Portland cement concrete curbs and gutters to a width of 30 feet from curb to curb, together with such storm sewerage and drainage facilities as may be required for adequate drainage, and street lighting facilities. d) The improving of Robb Road from Manuela Avenue westerly to its westerly terminus by the construction of street lighting facilities. e) The opening and improving of an unnamed cul-de-sac between Manuela Court and Robb Road from Manuela Avenue westerly about 550 feet, by the acquisition of easements necessary to achieve uniform right of way widths of 25 feet and by grading and the construction therein of base pavement and wearing surface to- gether with Portland cement concrete curbs and gutters to a width of 20 feet from curb to curb, together with such storm sewerage and drainage facilities as may be required for ade- quate drainage, and street lighting facilities. • • f) The opening and improving of Old Trace Road from Arastradero Road southeasterly and southwesterly about 1350 feet by the acquisition of easements necessary to achieve uniform right of way widths of 40 feet except for a cul-de-sac turnaround area at the southwesterly terminus thereof, and by grading and the con- struction therein of base pavement and wearing surface together with Portland cement concrete curbs and gutters to a width of 30 feet from curb to curb, together with such storm sewerage and drainage facilities as may be required for adequate drainage, and street lighting facilities. g) The opening ana improving of Clark Drive from Arastradero Road southeasterly to the northwesterly corner of the proposed park property of the City of Palo Alto, by the acquisition of easements necessary to achieve substantially uniform right of way widths of 40 feet except for a cul-de-sac turnaround area at the south- westerly terminus thereof and by grading and the construction therein of base pavement and wearing surface together with Port- land cement concrete curbs and gutters to a width of 30 feet from curb to curb, together with such storm sewerage and drainage facilities as may be required for adequate drainage, and street lighting facilities. h) The opening and improving of Manuela Court from Manuela Avenue westerly about 850 feet by the acquisition of easements necessary to achieve uniform right of way widths of 34 feet and by grading and the construction therein of base pavement and wearing surface together with Portland cement concrete curbs and gutters to a width of 24 feet from curb to curb, together with such storm sewerage and drainage facilities as may be required for adequate drainage, and street lighting facilities. i) The opening and improving of Old Trace Court from near the south- westerly terminus of Old Trace Road southeasterly about 350 feet by the acquisition of easements necessary to achieve uniform right of way widths of 34 feet except for a cul-de-sac turna- round area at the southeasterly terminus of Old Trace Court, and by grading and the construction therein of base pavement and wearing surface together with Portland cement concrete curbs and gutters to a width of 24 feet from curb to curb, together with such storm sewerage and drainage facilities as may be re- quired for adequate drainage, and street lighting facilities. The opening and improving of emergency fire protection roads from Clark Drive to Old Trace Road and from Old Trace Court to the westerly end of Manuela Court by the acquisition of'easements necessary to achieve uniform right of way widths of 23 feet and by grading and the construction therein of base pavement improvements to a 15 -foot width. k) The construction of water mains, valves, hydrants, services and appurtenances within streets and public easements to be acquired herein as is necessary to provide a complete domestic and fire protection water system to serve all properties within the boundaries of the assessment district which are not already served by a permanent connection to a permanent standard -size water system of the City of Palo Alto. j) 2 • • 1) The construction of sanitary sewer mains, wye branches, laterals, manholes and appurtenances in such streets and public easements as are necessary to provide a complete system of sanitary sewer- age facilities to provide service to all properties within the assessment district which are not now connected by a permanent connection to a permanent tandard-size sewer system of the City of Palo Alto. m) The construction of a new gas distribution system within the streets and public easements within the assessment district in order to provide adequate facilities for extension of gas service to properties not now served in said district. n) The acquisition of all lands and easements necessary to accom- plish any of the foregoing work. o) The conversion of existing overhead electric power facilities of the City of Palo Alto and the existing overhead telephone facili- ties of The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company to underground locations to serve all of the properties within the proposed assessment district, by the construction of primary and secondary facilities, splice boxes, transformer vaults and appurtenances. p) The acquisition of all lands and easements and the construction of all work auxiliary to any of the above and necessary to com- plete the same, including the removal and disposal of all overhead electric and telephone poles and facilities. 2. It is intended by the Council of this City to enter into an agreement with The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, which agreement will provide for the ownersh=p by said Company of under- ground telephone facilities in said City to be installed by said Company, and for the providing of service to the properties in said area by said Company in accordance with its rates, rules and regula- tions, and that said agreement shall become effective after proceed- °.ngs have been taken for the levy of the assessments and sale of bonds and funds are available to carry out its terms. 3. All of the blocks, streets and alleys herein mentioned are or will be shown on maps of record in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Santa Clara, State of California, and shall be shown on the plans herein referred to and to be filed with the City Clerk of said City. 4. Whenever any public way is herein referred to as running between two public ways, or from or to any public way, the intersec- tions of the public ways referred to are included to the extent that work shall be shown on the plans to be done therein. 3 • • 5. All of said work and improvements are to be constructed at the places and in the particular locations, of the forms, sizes, dimensions and materials, and at the lines, grades and elevations as shown and delineated upon the plans, profiles and specifications to be made therefor, as hereinafter provided. 6. There is to be excepted from the work above described any of such work already done to line and grade and marked excepted or shown not to be done on said plans, profiles and specifications. 7. Said Council does hereby adopt and establish as the official grades for said work the grades and elevations to be shown upon said plans, profiles and specifications. All such grades and elevations are to be in feet and decimals thereof with reference to the datum plane of the City of Palo Alto. 8. Notice is hereby given of the fact that in many cases said work and improvement will bring the finished work to a grade different from that formerly existing, and that to said extent said grades are hereby changed and that said work will be done to said changed grades. 9. The descriptions of the acquisitions and improvements and the termini of the work contained in this Resolution are general. in Mature. All items of work do not necessarily extend for the full Length of the description thereof. The plans and profiles of the •ork and maps and descriptions, as contained in the Engineer's report, 'hall be controlling as to the correct and detailed description thereof. 10. Said contemplated acquisitions and improvements, in the opinion of this Council, are of more than local or ordnary nubl_c benefit, and said Council does hereby make the costs and expenses thereof chargeable upon an assessment district, which district said Council declares to be the district benefited by said acquisitions and improvements, the exterior boundaries of which are described as the area bounded northerly by Arastradero Road, easterly by the Foot -- hill Expressway and the city limits of the City of Palo Alto, and 4 southerly and westerly by the City limits, all as more particularly shown on a map thereof on file in the office of the City Clerk, entitled "Proposed Boundaries of Old Trace Road, et al., Project No. 64-4 Assessment District", which indicates by a boundary line the extent of the territory included in the proposed district ant.: which shall govern for all details as to the extent of the assessment district. 11. Said Council further declares that all public streets, high- ways, lanes and alleys within said assessment district in use in the performance of a public function as such shall be omitted from the assessment hereafter to be made to cover the costs and expenses of said acquisitions and improvements. 12. Notice is hereby given that serial bonds to represent unpaid assessments and bear interest at the rate of not to exceed seven per cent (7%) per annum, will be issued hereunder in the manner provided in Bond Plan B, Section 13.16.110 of Chapter 13.16 of Title 13 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, the last installment of which bonds shall mature not to exceed twenty-four (24) years from the second day of July next succeeding ten months from their date. 13. Except as herein otherwise provided for the issuance of bonds, all of said work and acquisitions shall be done as provided in Section 13.12.040 of said Code, being analagous to the Municipal improvement Act of 1913, Division 12 of the Streets and Highways Code, and Section 13.12.010 of said Code providing a procedure for compli- ance with Section 17 of Article XIII of the Constitution of the State of California. 14. Said acquisitions and improvements are hereby referred to the City Engineer of this City, as the officer having charge and control of the acquisition and construction of public improvements in and for said City of the kind described herein, and being a compe- tent person employed by said City for that purpose; and said Engineer is hereby directed to make and file with the City Clerk a report in 5 • • writing, presenting the following: a) Maps and descriptions of the lands and easements to be acquired; b) Plans and specifications of the proposed improvements to be made pursuant to this Resolution; c) Engineer's estimate of the total costs and expenses of said acquisitions and improvements and of the incidental expenses in connection therewith; d) Diagram showing the assessment district above referred to, and also the boundaries and dimensions of the respective subdivi- sions of land within said district as the same existed at the time of the passage of this Resolution, each of which subdivisions shall be given a separate number upon said diagram; e) A proposed assessment of the total amount of the costs and expenses of the proposed acquisitions and improvements upon the several subdivisions of land in said district in proportion to the estimated benefits to be received by such subdivisions, respectively, from said acquisitions and improvements and of the expenses incidental thereto. When any portion or percentage of the cost and expenses of the acquisitions and improvements is to be paid from sources other than assessments, the amount of such portion or percentage shall first be deducted from the total estimated cost and expenses of said acqui- sitions and improvements, and said assessment shall include only the remainder of the estimated cost and expenses. Said assessment shall refer to said subdivisions by their respective numbers as assigned pursuant to subdivision (d) of this section. 15. If any excess shall be realized from the assessment it shall be spent for the maintenance of said acquisitions and improve- ments. 6 • s 16. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Resolution No. 1+077, A Resolution of Preliminary Determination and of Intention to Acquire and Construct Improvements, Old Trace Road, Et al. Project No. 64-4, adopted by said Council on February 5, 1968, and all proceedings con- ducted and resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, are hereby rescinded; provided, however, that Resolution No. 3777, A Resolution of Prelimi- nary Determination and of Intention, and Resolution No. 3778, A Reso- lution Requesting Consent of the City Council of the City of Los Altos Hills, adopted October 5, 1964, shall remain rescinded. * * * * * I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of a resolution duly passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Palo Alto, California, at a meeting thereof held on the 10th day of March , 1969, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES, and in favor thereof, Councilmen: Comstock, Dias, Gallagher, Gullixson, Pearson, Wheatley NOES, Councilmen: None ABSENT, Councilmen: Beahr Spaeth APPROVED: yor APPROVED: 7 Arnold, Berwa.ld, Clark, o the ?;i y o 'Palo Alto