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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 22.08.00 4 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.
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SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be effective on the thirty -first day after the date of its adoption.
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PASSED:
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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
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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
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PARCEL 1
WELL SITE
UNIVERSITY PARK
A.P,No.
CITY OF PALD ALTO, CALIFORNIA
EXHIBIT A (2 of 2)
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SCALE: l" =
P.L.S. 7158
APPROVED:
REVISION: (4) 4/18/96