HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 2403-2719CITY OF PALO ALTO
CITY COUNCIL
Special Meeting
Monday, March 18, 2024
Council Chambers & Hybrid
5:30 PM
Agenda Item
11.SECOND READING: Adopt a Park Dedication Ordinance for the Tower Well site, 0.19
acres of land (8,437 square feet) at 201 Alma Street and approve the proposed name
“Tower Well Park” as Recommended by the Parks and Recreation Commission. CEQA
status ‐ not a project. (FIRST READING: March 4, 2024 PASSED 7‐0)
City Council
Staff Report
Report Type: CONSENT CALENDAR
Lead Department: City Clerk
Meeting Date: March 18, 2024
Report #:2403-2719
TITLE
SECOND READING: Adopt a Park Dedication Ordinance for the Tower Well site, 0.19 acres of
land (8,437 square feet) at 201 Alma Street and approve the proposed name “Tower Well Park”
as Recommended by the Parks and Recreation Commission. CEQA status ‐ not a project. (FIRST
READING: March 4, 2024 PASSED 7-0)
BACKGROUND
This was heard by the City Council on March 4, 2024 for a first reading and was approved 7-0.
No changes were made to the ordinance; it is now before you for a second reading.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: Park Dedication Ordinance for Tower Well Site at 201 Alma Street
APPROVED BY:
Mahealani Ah Yun, City Clerk
NOT YET ADOPTED
1
100_20231113_ts24
ORDINANCE NO.
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Dedicating the
Area to Become the Tower Well Park
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings and Improvements. The City Council finds and declares that:
(a) Article VIII of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto and section 22.08.004 of the
Palo Alto Municipal Code specify that land intended to be used for park purposes can be
dedicated for such use by ordinance.
(b) The Tower Well Park site (“site”) is defined as the area described in Exhibit A-31
to this ordinance. Generally, the site is at the corner of Alma Street and Hawthorne Avenue, and
contains a water tower constructed in 1910. The Palo Alto Historical Association remarks that
“[w]hen constructed in 1910, the water tower was the first major visible infrastructure of the
City’s utilities and is a symbol of the City’s successful beginnings and forward thinking leaders.”
(c) The City intends to dedicate the Tower Well Park as parkland through this
ordinance.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby dedicates the site pursuant to Article VIII of the
Charter of the City of Palo Alto and section 22.08.004 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code.
SECTION 3. Section 22.08.440 is hereby added to Chapter 22.08 (Park dedications) to
read as follows:
22.08.440 Tower Well Park
That certain parcel of land known as the Tower Well Park, as delineated and described in Exhibit
A-31, is hereby reserved for park, playground, recreation or conservation purposes.
SECTION 4. Exhibit A-31 of this ordinance shall be codified as Exhibit A-31 to the Exhibits
of Title 22.
SECTION 5. The City Council finds that this ordinance is not a project within the meaning
of CEQA.
//
//
//
//
NOT YET ADOPTED
2
100_20231113_ts24
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be effective on the thirty-first day after the date of its
adoption.
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
Assistant City Attorney City Manager
Director of Community Services
A.P.NO. 120-25-060 APRIL 15, 1996
REQUESTED BY: JANET FREELAND
APPROVED BY: JAMES D. KIEHL ,~.K.
CREATED BY: JAMES T. BOURQUIN -'-'~
CHECKED BY: JAY E. REMLEY, SR. ffZ"
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
PARCEL 1
All that real property situated in the City of Palo Alto, County of Santa Clara, State of California ¯
described as follows.
Being a portion of Lot 1, Block 2, as shown upon that certain map of the re-subdivision of Block
2, recorded on September 6, 1902 in Volume F-3 of Maps, Page 4, said re-subdivision being a
portion of that certain map entitled "UNIVERSITY PARK", recorded on February 27, 1889 in
Book D of Maps, Page 69;
Beginning at the intersection of the northeasterly line of Alma Street with the southeasterly line of
Hawthorne Avenue;
THENCE, northeasterly 112.50 feet along.the southeasterly line of Hawthorne Avenue;
THENCE, southeasterly 75.00 feet and parallel with Alma Street;
THENCE, southwesterly 112.50 feet and parallel with Hawthorne Avenue;
THENCE, northwesterly 75.00 feet along the northeasterly line of Alma Street to the POINT
OF BEGINNING,
Said Parcel 1 contains 8,437.50 square feet more or~ less,
Said Parcel 1 is shown on attached map Exhibit "B" .and made a part hereof,
LEGAL: 12025060.wpd
PLAT: 12025060.DWG
End of Legal Description
Exhibit "A"
EXHIBIT A ( 1 of 2)
(to Deed)
Exhibit A-31
35'
I,i
i,I
Z
HAWTHORNE AVENUE
-- P.D.B. PARCEL
=:-XHIBTT_
35'
IIBSO ¯
PARCEL
A.P.No, ]80-85-060
DRAWN BY: J. KIEHL
CHECKED BY: J. BI:]URQUIN..~rB
CHECKED BY: J. REMLEY/#'~:
LEGAL F]LENAME: 18085060
DRAWING F]LENAME: 12025060
112.50'
s°°& A,P.No ,
77.13'
PARCEL 1
WELL SITE
UNIVERSITY PARK
A.P,No.
CITY OF PALD ALTO, CALIFORNIA
EXHIBIT A (2 of 2)
35.37"
d
Z
O_
<£
180-85-053
SCALE: l" =
P.L.S. 7158
APPROVED:
REVISION: (4) 4/18/96