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R E S 0 L U T I 0 N ----------N 0 • 1910
OF PRELI?i-..INARY DETERMINATION
CA.LIFORNIA AVENUE DISTRICT ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENTS
PROJECT NO. 48-9D
RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Palo Alto, Cal1forn1a,
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution or Intention No. 1721, adopted
by this Council on July 26, 1948, and subsequently modified, the
acqu1s1t1on or certain easements and the relocation of improvements
thereon has been ordered;
WHEREAS, on further cona1derat1on this Council does find and
determine that the public interest and necees1ty will be best
served by further modifying the af'oresa1d proceedings by consoli
dating improvements or the alley~ with their acquisition.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PRELIMINARILY DETERMINED that
th~: public convenience and necessity require and 1 t 1s the intcn
t11)n of this Council to order as follows:
1. That the following work be done and improvements be made
in and for said City, to-wit:
a. The improving of unnamed alleys proposed to be ac
quired within the 'block~ hounded by Cambridge Avenue,
Cnliforn1a·1 Avenue, Park Boulevnrd and El Camino Real, and
California Avenue, Sherman Avenue, Third Street and El
Camino Re~l, all as more particularly described in maps
and diagrams on file in these proceedings, by grading,
removal of' existing trees and structures, constructing
storm water ~atch basins and drain pipe, and constructing
crushed rock base pavement with asphalt1c concrete wearing
surface between property lines.
b. The improving of unnamed pedestrian lanes proposed
to be acquired within the blocks bounded by Cambridge
Avenue, Californ:l.a. Avi~nue, Second Street and El Camino
Real, and California Avenue, Sherman Avenue, Third Street
and El Camino Real, all as more part1cularly·descr1bed in
maps and diagrams on file in these proceedings, by grading,
removal or existing structures and constructing crushed rock
base pavement with asphaltic concrete wearing surface between
property lines.
2. All of said work and improvements are to be constructed
at the places and in the part~cular locations, of the forms, sizes,
a.nd dimensions and materials, and to the lines, grades, and eleva
tions as shown and delineated, upon the plans, profiles and speci
fications prepared therefor, and on file in the office of the
City Engineer in the City Hall of said City, re:rerence to which
is hereby made for full and detalled description of said proposed
work and for further particulars.
3. There is hereby excepted from the above work that which
is already done to line and grade, and marked excepted or shown
not to be done on the plans, profiles and specifications.
4. The City Council does hereby adopt and establ~sh as
official grades for said work and grades and elevations shown
upon said plans, profiles and specifications. All such grades
and elevations are in feet ar1d decimals thereof in reference to
the offical base and datum plane of said City.
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5. .Ul of sa~.d worl< shall be done under the supervision of
the City Engineer or the City of Palo Alto, and all or said work
and materials ahall be done and 1.'urnished to his satisfaction.
6. A map or plat of the land8 and improvements necessary
and conven1~r.t to be taken for such propoaed 1•provements has
been filed with the City Clerk and the acqu1s1t1ons ordered by
the City Council, to which reference is hereby made for further
particulars.
7. A statement of the total estimat~~d cost of said improve
ments, stating separately the estimated cost of each class of
construction proposed, and of the incidental expenses of said
proceed.ings and improvement hasl'.been filed w1 th the City Clerk
and approved by the City Council, to which reference is hereby
made for r~rther particulars.
8. Saij contemplated improvements, :'1.n the opinion of this
Council, are of more than local or ordinary public benefit, and the
costs and expenses of doing said work and expenses incidental
thereto, shall be made chargeable upon the district benefj. ted
thereby, which district 3hall consist of the consolidated and
composite areas of all of the parcels or property fronting on sa1d
work, and the exterior boundaries of said district are hereby de
clared to 'be the coterminous boundaries of said composite and
consolidated area. The property so benefited, and the boundaries
thereof, are more particularly shown on the map of said assessment
district on file in the office or the City Clerk or said City, to
which reference is made· for more detailed description thereof.
9, All publ.tc streets, alleys, and ways in use in the per
formance of public functions shall be omitted from the assessments
hereafter to be made to cover the cost of said improvemEmt.
10. Notice is hereby given that serial bonds to represent the
un~aid asses$menta to oear interest at the rate of not to exceed
four per cent (4%) per annum shall be issued pursuant to Part 4,
Bond Plan C of Article IV of the Palo Alto Improvement Procedure
Code, the last installment of which shall mature nine years (9)
from the second day of July next succeeding ten months from their
date.
11. ~xcept as herein otherwise provided for the issuance of
bonds, a:j of the above proposed work shall be done in pursuance
of" the pr·.>visions of Article V in said Palo Al to ImpI•ovement
Procedurt:. Code.
12. Said improvement proceedings are analogous ana similar
1n effect to those provided in California Statutes 1913 at page 421
et. seq., as amended, and said bond proc~edings are analogouG a~d
1n similar effect to those provided in Division 10 of the
Ca11f()rn1a Streets and Highways Code, and, excepting as herein
otherwise provided, these proceedings shall respectively be
deemed to be taken pureuant thereto.
13. Notice .1s hereby given that Monday 'che 14th day
of November, 1949, at the hour of 7:30 o'clock P.M., at the
Council Chambers of City Council of aaid City in the City Hall of
said City are hereby fixed the time, place when and where any
and all persons interested may appear and show cause, if any
they have, why the City Council should not find and determine th.:l.t
the p~blic convenience and necessity require the improvements
described and referred to in this Resolution, w:t. thout further
compliance with the Special Aasesament Investigation, Llm1tation
and Majority Protest Act of 1931, as provided in Article I of said
ordinance.
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14. The Clerl( or the City of Palo Al to shall give notice or
the adoption of this resolution by publ1sh1ng a notice of pro
posed local improvement once :tn the Palo Alto Times, a daily news
paper published and circulated in said City and by posting same
o:n or near the Council Chamber door of said Council, said posting
and publication to be had at least ten days before:iaid date of
hearing.
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I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of resolution
adopted by the City Council of the City of Palo Alto 1 California,
at an adjourned regular meeting thereof held on the 31st day of
October, 1949, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES, and in favor thereof, Councilmen; Bentrott, Blois,
Bolander, Bowden, Cashel, Cathcart, Freedman, Hill, Linder,
Merner, Mitchell, Montrouil, Morten, Wickett.
NOES, Councilmen: None.
ABSENT, Councilmen: Gaspar.
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