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ORIGINAL
RESOLUTION NO. 4337
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNC/L OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST
AND NECESSITY REQUIRE THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN
LAND AND AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF EMINENT DOMAIN
PROCEEDINGS
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1. That the Council of the City of Palo Alto has
found and determined and hereby does find, determine and declare
that the public interest and necessity require the acquisition by
the City of Palo Alto of the real property described in Section 2
hereof for public purpose and use of providing dwellings, apart-
ments or other living accommodations for persons or families who
lack the amount of income which is necessary to enable them to
live in decent, safe and sanitary dwellings without overcrowding,
pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 1238(21), and that
the taking of the fee title is necessary therefor.
SECTION 2. That the taking of the fee title of the property
more particularly described in EXHIBIT A attached hereto and
by this reference made a part hereof, is necessary for such public
purposes.
SECTION 3. That the proposed acquisition and improvements
are planned and located in a manner which will be most compatible
with the greatest public good and the least private injury, and
all of said acquisitions are situate within the boundaries of
the County of Santa Clara, State of California.
SECTION 4. That the Council of the City of Palo Alto hereby
declares its intention to acquire the fee title to said land as
described in said EXHIBIT A under eminent domain proceedings
and the City Attorney of the City of Palo Alto and the law firm
of Wilson, Jones, Morton & Lynch, employed for that purpose, are
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hereby authorized to institute and conduct to conclusion an action
in eminent domain for the acquisition of the estates and interests
aforesaid and to take such action as is necessary therein.
SECTION 5. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed,
as an alternative to trial of any action in eminent domain initi-
ated hereunder, to purchase for such reasonable sums as he may
deem appropriate the land aforesaid and to cause to be drafted,
executed and delivered on behalf of the City all documents either
to be used within or without the condemnation proceeding afore-
said
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necessary or convenient to accomplish this purpose.
SECTION 6. The City Manager is further authorized to
general funds of the City heretofore appropriated for
spend
such
purposes such monies as are necessary and as, in his opinion,
may constitute the fair market value of said parcels based upon
appraisals of duly qualified and competent real estate appraisers.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: March 16, 1970
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT: None
ATTE T:
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Arnold, Berwald, Clark, Comstock, Gallagher, Norton,
Pearson, Spaeth, Wheatley
Beahrs, Dias
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D AS TO FORM:
r. Asst. City Attorney
APPROVED:
,4S4-r.City Man er
PROPERTY DESCVIPTION APPROVED:
1ril�
g neering Department \
APPROVED:
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DESCRIPTION OF LYTTON SCHOOL PROPERTY
BEGINNING at the most northerly corner of Lot 4, Block 43
University Park, a map of which was recorded February 27, 1889
in Book D of Maps at page 69, Records of Santa Clara County,
California, said corner being the point of intersection of the
southwesterly line of Middlefield Road (65 feet wide) with the
southeasterly line of. Lytton Avenue (60 feet wide); thence
southeasterly along the northeasterly line of Lot 4 and of Lot
3 of said Block 43, a distance of 400.00 feet, to the most
easterly corner of said Lot 3; thence southwesterly, along the
southeasterly line of said Lot 3, a distance of 200.00 feet;
thence northwesterly, parallel to said northeasterly lines of
Lots 3 and 4, a distance of 200.00 feet to a point on the
southeasterly line of said Lot 4; thence southwesterly along
said southeasterly line and along the southeasterly line .of
Lot 1 of said Block 43, a distance of 100.00 feet; thence
northwesterly, parallel to the northeasterly line of said Lot
1, a distance of 200.00 feet, to a point on the northwesterly
line of said Lot 1, spid line also being the southeasterly line
of said Lytton Avenu€. thence northeasterly along said last
named line, 300.00 feet, to the point of beginning, being all
of Lot 4 and a portion of Lots 1 and 3 of said Block 43 and
containing 2.296 acres of land, more or less.
EXHIBIT A
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