HomeMy WebLinkAbout08161915City Hall, Palo Alto, Cal.
August 16+,.h,- 151'5 .
Their, Co:?ncil of the City of Palo Alto net on this date at
C p.a:1. pureu tnt to the following call, mailed by the City Clete- to
each :.'ember of the Council:
"Palo Alto, Cal., August 11, ;G1'
"1 hereby call an adjourned r e;;.u^ar nee tin; of the Cou: =
'oi:. of the City of Palo Alto pur �uFnt to adjoummnent of August
ff at
"5th, 1915. to be h;�ld on i.'GT•i(:2�' , �.�?.;"c:..v,'`�ii. 16th, t::, 1915,
i 7 5, S
" .. �,. E1 pin, Mayor"
In 1 City
.j y
the absence �f "�.:r�r Swain, the 'v:., �j Clerk C.'3.��.e1.. �:f:@
meeting "'te order and, r^ea. the� 0-.111 of the Mayor. On notion of
Miller and Mosher, unc ii» an Thoits elected '_^.air :": _r
The Clerk stated that 7:rank Cramer had tarts the oath o.
office as Councilman.
Roll .call ass follows=
Present: Con on, Cooley, Cra:re_r, Henry, J orda:,
Rolier,- Snyder, Thoits,
Absent: Ackley, Peterson, . , ai ..
Miller, Mosher,
The .City. C?e < read resolution entitled: "Re;oluticn o`
the ' f h e C Palo l ,. Accepting a Gift
.t?11Y5Ci3. o '%nc. City of Alto to said C? tj'
•
i rom ''i.ily S.' darns. to Certain Prop ,. y."
Mosher ar.,(1 Vail novefa vA:n u the resolution be adopted.
`.L'7'd5sn.'end Sny3 :r onoe in opposition to the notion, in-
sis ting .'Gk:a`..'.the deed should ::::',rovide that all moneys expended by
the - c'i ty 4`ra i': ';i% interest should _ ro paid to the city in 'the eceAt
that,the deed. -s hcul.c, be rrvoi:eo. J arc:: n stated that he desired to
accept'.she gift.,- bu; could not vote for the A{i� resolution as presenter..
osher and Van v .,,'. .1' :1 .!. ..'!•' the notion on to adopt the r esol "
tio`1»
i' jor,drar7, and Congdon moved h the resolution be reIerre
to Cvrc•mittee tf4 to r >port at he nee .reeds
no :Mosher made a su.C'S';. ute motion that a co :-
mxttee or the be. anno nteo to confer with Mrs. Karns. The sub-
s•' e� The :air coed Snyder, Mosher and
��.i,.�.i L`E'. motion - was passed. ;. chair' i,. ,y
Wing as' such. committee.
CC onci i i;x. c? S -
'..s ' 1arns « s present ..
d addressed to Council. Shesaid:sheha
' g .des i.red to give this valuable property to the -
• city 'as.a rne:sor al:'to her ".au -titer. She wished now to elimi ate.:`.
txam tare: deed the ..prc,.r s';.aria relating to the pipe,line and fire
pr the
revocation cl .uoe.
catec u�oxa; �ci ' retain .
and Mc She r moved the adoption of -the r esoa ution 8 .
:Jordan.and CvYa.lfion an a. erC:teT:t that the re fl:
tiiony'e • re 'errec." to Committee !4 to report at the next .s.ectsrg.
'The ::2oti.o : t+•3 ai,'en`d. 17,,a,:j lent by the L'c.J.ovi.:z vote on roll cia4:,
AyeS:- :Congdon, 'Coy."' e r, crda - w , Snyder
T4it
I�oe,1: Cramer,- 'a:Henry, ,3_�ae..��:'r , .�:1__.t.�, s..s, Vail,
..,
original ,lotion to aopt the resolution was lost
till?'foflo±'1ng tote on roll call:
Ayes' Cramr„ Henry,„Yom y ��:1 W<:,� ^,C1' -t.;:. 'rail,
v. q
a water
box, be
•,
solu".or
Vail
pipe, an
stricken
deed as
Resolu
ce ti. a. Hirt
c_'t;.
a lows:
11
n
5,
"tee C
That J i
t,4nin=7 ten (10
subject c the
a .o`"'3' which
M s
between Emily
State of Ca1 i °
s« "alo Alto,
nia, the party
That
the covenants- •
and ..hick shall
by w,e accept:
'the oecon_d par
County of San*.
cula_~ly descri
Comme
� adx : ^ a.;; seven
easterly line •
east seventeen
original ✓o1.7.th
ti on of :'re Ras
to Mrs. A. A.
apart to j. Ise
last mentioned
thence at.a
line of a lane•
feet more or 1-
veycd to j.P.W
10, l$51, taad • •
of Santa Clara
erly directiotl,
and forty -sit
ly line of sari
line of said 1 •.
inures =ore o
ten (IC) -acres.
and recreation
cep. ions„ . retie'
'The
the exclusive
r`Sht of the
and during th
2. The
during he:
any part ther
all or any of
in her own in
full, perfect
this,date.
;'the City C:.i. .aC,t
use. l,i X91 f.
.ting of the Cou:,-
er t of A.ugus t
5, -a4 8- pprn.
Clerk cal e d the.
On motion .of
chairman.
taken the
d: sBer,`rolut or -'4;:
Gt t to said City
a.on be adopted..
r. the motion, iS
eys ;expended by.
city iii the event
that he deaalred to .
lu ti or as _';ar eser td.
adopt the c9 a
lu ti or be referred
on that .a- cod"'
,rns. The ksuo-.
y Mosher ,a.,c
.e.0 c•i Soe
property to the
now to elimine:e
e line and fire.
the resolution ,as
nt that the res
e next . .e -kin,
o: roll .call:.
ui.io:4 was 1.0t.'
Wing.
,1, hi3"tg.
Si
aguaption , ; TrZ:eed) 512p.red..
Vaal and: Jordan moved that ;Set .on '4 m e3'' tin,-; to laying
a water . pipe, and Section '#'5 rela.tina, to ins tailing' a fire alarm
box, be stricken out of .,the deed, and that the resolution accept-
ing the deed as corrected be passed, an follows:
Resolution of the Council .if the City of 2alo Alto Ac-
cepting a Gift to said City from:Emi.ly S. -z:arns to Certain prop-
erty..
The Council 'of The City o -f Palo Alto d' Resolve a:: i'ol.-
ICfSYS3
That is does hereby -accept from Emily S. .' _rr s her deed
conveying to. the City -of: Palo Alto a certain tract of land con-
taining ten (10), acres,. more,, or lees, upon the conditions and
subject to the exceptions. and reservations therein mentioned,
n. copy of which deed is as follows:
mi n 1.nde:^itzar,,�.,,,..ms e this. 1; 1 day e August1915,
`nf y qtr single, of County
_ of
�Ii�' a �i� Emily � � • Maras, � a/ �,'. �'r'1 � y. the 1! 1t x..11 a� Y M.- �NVr Clara,
State of California:,- the Party of the first part and the City
of Salo :alto, a municipal corporation, in the State of Califor-
nia, the party of the second part,
W I ': T N d S S. E T :-
ih.t the partyof the first part in consideration of
the covenants of the -. party ;Of the second part herein contained
and which shall become binding upon the party of the second part
\ythe acceptance of'
this .deed, hereby grants to the party of
the second part' that certain parcel o'f, land situated in the
County of -Santa Clara, State. ,of 'California, bounded and parti-
cularly described- as' , follows:: - .
Coy iencin -at a- point in the east line of a lane or
roadway seventeen .;' 7) feet' wide leading north and along the
rY Pitman t, d port being
easterly line Of:
lands c;�; the ��:�.�.:�r :�,.a�.e, ,� -.�.
U east seventeen - i 1 ') - f e at from a peas a . marked "A.5" ae t at the
original southeast .corner`. of the land set apart in the parti-
tion
�of the 'Rancho
�R)inc'.yonada upon the
de San .G`rancisgev;4,3]`Coy
to ..:Zrs. e A A. -Pi Vr+V'.V�d- (and 4pon he north h line of the land Ld set
apart to . 'i+ercitr) thence -running easterly along the said
last mentioned northerly 'Line five hundred and ter ( 51C) feet:
" thence at a right tingle, northerly' and parallel with said east
line of a lane or road: seven hundred a::.i fa.x uti seq.*en (?57.)
feet more or less to the southwesterly line of the land. con-.
veyed_ to 3.F.L Pluns by `deer ,from Vilna= She. p dated Au ;ust
10, 1891, and recorded , in ;Li ber ' 1.33 of Deeds. Page 605. Records
of Santa Clara Covnty, California and thence in ^ nor theTwest-
erly direction aloe ; ,i:d lin of said wlean'"s lo.Zd f_ve. :.undred
said easterly
» arc forty-s x (546) feet, more or less to a point in e .eastern'
d thence southerly along
ly line, of said lane,;- e�� f � f
a'• 'line of said l .nine" aundred and fifty-six (956) feet six (6)
inches more or less' to 'the pointof commencement; containing
tea (IC) sores of land 1.',. re or less.
,To 4iav�_, �,r.cl .4,o - g the sac forever as a public olic park
and 7 recreationground, subject, however, to the following ex-
cep1ion y .rase tioyS's and conditions subsequent:
1. . The ar of the- first: part hereby i ece vas , to herself
the exclusive :pC1sse"saion .0nd the use and + ? t in her own
.
rrg4t of the r.'ent..0 iseueS And prof i is of the said p operty for
and during .the ter of Zoar natural life.
2. The party o.` the f '�/ ors+ a.:v �t reserves ht
y
during her life' -to -revoke this deed as to the caid property or.
any part thereof,- and, leo the ri"h,t due inn her life to sell
ell or any of the said 'property and to execute deeds therefor
e- in her own 'individual d to convey by any such deed. a
name and
u�'` perfect and' absolute 'title thereto; too o the purchaser
d, £,.yip.
•
:9•Zaereeof and the right to .
Il thee or ' o use the proceeds arisingr
to her own use without 1, s xr'1 rrCh
"her estate to account therefor. i. arane of
r forc ter or made .'.1 ease f1,: S`;:7.C_. revocation bQ-
1r �n� 1 t L'.2.i.s. be
•
91 shall
':ade and cs:;, ;.�e ,:ade only in
acknowledged and recorded. writins g du3y
3. The party of the second part hereby agrees to e
.such amounts of money l� expend
the may be necessary for the proper upkee
"and care of said property at all t„ -;es after It t':e said property has passed to i � �� ✓t'x• possession of
the party f the :.a second part.
rr 4. During
theoccupancy
/, of the of the said property by the
first part the party of + party
Hand fire , insurance .+ rt, �'�� first part will pay r�.21 +
rates thereon; all fire r tfo$
Iru'wr�,�pe to or destruction +• '' .'":ii insurance r2riCc''� due s`
tt 07- agey part thereof of the i:-Tro v t .ean^, is on the said for
Ir ' shall be paya7_e to t e y, r first
part in case' of loss. 'tl ty _ the : Irgt
11 7. In the event
w
Or of
T! of ec1C�J y" ,,,'•'�f�• party r the
any the conditions imposed upon •, by v. , s second part
hest ofthe ., . �,, of .. t
y pax the second part deed the is
".revert to the party of the a Part inthe `yaro property shall
heirs.
t1 ',+ 1 i ^ �'�++ arty" r' the r
i,Xi1 �'.� set her handandseal .."S t •v<'3,r � has here -
"unto
the ... - '. z. a first above
19 written.
"Signed in the presence of
11
' And be it further resolved t
F 3fn ;Nn as „E' ,C�12^.ora ?argue" and the City
t said property ty ibe
s
'thereby
y V.L �i Attorney ' i
Aereb instructed to record the o7 ice he s
',County Recorder o`" t � County,.� o� � � :�' of�'�ce �' +,.o
.t Sen a Cla r State of �.�
California.
And be it further resolved that • ft.
said property has passed - �- .` _ after poti'we ?Nio:1 of
"City t°J:�opertZiC-' ivn{,7, as., V4• the City of Palo Alto, that the id
d the
"recreation ground andbe s .G ' `J F "t�:l` ,...^. a pu..^..l .^,, park u�•AG�,
forever known ., '„ ,
uau3. ILuSO?':ct.s, t0 the grantor's C;.n ,,, V v. ,. .✓+.e^� orF�.Parque" as
memorial
Oakland, California, g 18S1,
c h '. C Pardee, Who was b^r....M.
ia it r J, , and '. ,. ' there in 1^96.
19 And be it further
resolved
City
“of Palo Alto, •'�lCO that te Council
of G, as the ieg lativ` 'Ood Ci �:e hereby
71„n
��cep Z'.iG. �:2="t for and behalf � _ ° said �, � 4�r, cic.•es Y�ereby
n aecep to the gift
'- ' ] full e± said City, and does hereby
x 7 gift. ' s and i.;.1-� 91s. id ".O'_::> ,,ploreciation for
And be
t:�:�eciit duplicate.,
further resol,,ye,`.. t t resolution l
ed in duy licate, one copyof � shall
of said. City, , :, a, ; , »e
',the files s shall p.. served :=ic•"•
and spread
zna,p and the other copy shall be del e:, of triteiv d. the .wee
41
"and directedTe .ayor of the City of Palo Alto is �
to sign this resolution,
hereby authorized ty
hereby authorized aXALj. � .�,., :�iO..p :,: a.'�a^. �i,.'t.f' :.'�' ofsaid ".i.',,;j
ilww• :L ef the City z e himself d e as `r o I' J this s resolution the
� a!1 the City hereto, vQ and
{.'� I I. Olen-, and tr'a1 ti V. I.0 a�i+�'. the seal
t/ V i F shall ~ 7�
Nu.nd effect. ,w c;.��. .i C immedi.,te force
rl
The above and fo'_egoi," ra
rOspeCiwl.l .::.eetx':}' of the Council .,a. c _.;, .%::': �G, duly ".'•^cC',', 2t
ti f 9 .. 5' , by the. f of 1 ow i ng v o �e : t .: C. .. " day of August,
'Ea: Congdon, Cooley, C raw
f1 Roller, . + r'a ,.:. , Henry, . Jordan, 11..ier gip,.
',Noes: Snyder Oi a •s Vail, Wing.
,'Absent Ackler, Peterso Swain.
Approved by me this
s
The City of Palo Alto
By ;Signed) Prank 1Ka:sson,
Clerk of said .City
o... oay of Auust, 1915
City of Palo- Alto.
,Yes:
The motion
C ong.do:1,
o1 :'
Noes: Snyder.
hoi
$400 for : i Le Al
mittee
-;4OO to provide for n
motion was adopted by
Ayes: `'0o: t y , Cramer,
$6.40Q.orrow
:;onz,don and
the L.eetin of , u;.- .5 t
the o `_.e r a loan f
be reconsidered, and
C n,7don and .
the SU'owsy'. unanimous F Fund ,W..
//�a the
vote on roll
Ad o ..rn._e_,. to Ar
.,.i, a
• a ,;ourn to meet or : Au",..•
the ot4 owas
^s """`
IG
t �L ojJ
yam . u =led.
City Clerk
s to expend
proper upkeep
possession of
second part,
y by the party
11 pay all taxes
surance due for
e said property
of the first
t
V+aG .� .L� V V
Karns (SEAL)
;:ldged)
property be
oe and he is
office of the
if ox-r_ia.
session of
that the. said.
tic park and
ra P rquen as
e, vino ^.'az born
1396.
oautior. U'r..aIs.
treserved
of this
bra ntor.
re'r:y authorized
re. of said City
solution in the
ntta; hA seal
-edirte force
anion.
meet -
The motion was carried by the ^ ollcwi. vc to on roll
c aii:
ves: Corg,don, Cooley, Cramer, Henry, jordon,
:•oiler, Tihc i ts, Vail, Wing.
.;oes: Snyder.
$400 for Fire Alarm Box Rer9, . c;nded;„
'tiling and ocher moved that the Council instr6.ct Com-
mittee. }':o. 4 to include in the Budset for the current year
' ,00 T for .ry fire
r 1. A. • Karns
The
.,o provide _ o_ a � Ae .:�1a,_ ,: box on tnF, .;a � -_a� o � �;; . __ e
moti
on was adopted by the'following vote on roll call:
Ayes: oo."..e y , Cramer, Henry, ...ocher, of Ems , ThoL. t , Vail, /i.
es Congdon, Jordan, filer, Snyder.
Congdon and Zang
the meeting of August 9th,
the other a loan of l'3,0.00
be reconsidered, and the
moved that the two i~!.o tf ens passed at
191 J, one making a loan of COnv5 and
from the Subway r to the " Fund,
motion was carried.
Congdon and Mosher moved
� 1
the Subway Fund the sum o.. a6,400,
unaajmous vote on roil call. -
that ,
�: �4 L the 1��i ?At: �I�i. �. Pun:: .%'J r ry T from
11. i
and t?.1.e. motion was r Wised by
Wing and _.11i.e7 moved that when' the Council
adjourn to meet on August 26, 1915, at p.m., in the
and the motion was adopted.
Ad„ ourned.