ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE SUBSTANTIAL CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, AND DEVELOPMENT AT WARBURTON PARK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WARBRTON PARK MASTER PLAN WHEREAS, the Warburton Park (“Park”), located at 555 Los Padres Blvd. was dedicated as 3.95 acres of parkland (APN 224-18-002) in 1954; WHEREAS, in 2018 the Facility Condition Index Report rated the Park site as “poor”, the building as “fair”, and the playground was given a rating of “D”; WHEREAS, the Park was prioritized for rehabilitation and funding for the Warburton Park Playground Rehabilitation Project #3137 (“Project”) was approved by Council in the City’s Biennial Capital Improvement Program (CIP) FY2022/23; WHEREAS, the Park Master Plan Update will include renovation, expansion, relocation, new construction, and preservation of existing park amenities; WHEREAS, the voters of the City of Santa Clara passed Measure R in 2016, which added section 714.1 to the City Charter, which prohibits substantial building, construction, reconstruction, or development of parks and recreation facilities except pursuant to ordinance subject to referendum; WHEREAS, the Park Project improvements qualify as substantial building, construction, reconstruction and/or development, and is subject to Measure R; and, WHEREAS, the City Council desires to authorize the Park Project improvements by ordinance in accordance with City Charter section 714.1.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The City Council hereby authorizes the substantial building, construction, reconstruction and/or development in accordance with the Warburton Park Master Plan Update and the Playground Schematic Design, attached hereto and incorporated by this reference.
SECTION 2: Savings clause. The changes provided for in this ordinance shall not affect any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any right established or accruing before the effective date of this ordinance; nor shall it affect any prosecution, suit or proceeding pending or any judgment rendered prior to the effective date of this ordinance. All fee schedules shall remain in force until superseded by the fee schedules adopted by the City Council.
SECTION 3: This Ordinance shall not be codified in the Santa Clara City Code.
SECTION 4: Effective date. This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its final adoption; however, prior to its final adoption it shall be published in accordance with the requirements of Section 808 and 812 of “The Charter of the City of Santa Clara, California.” PASSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUBLICATION this day of 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILORS:
NOES: COUNCILORS:
ABSENT: COUNCILORS: ABSTAINED: COUNCILORS:
ATTEST: ___________________________
Nora Pimentel, MMC
Assistant City Clerk
CITY OF SANTA CLARA
Attachments incorporated by reference:
Warburton Park Master Plan Update
Playground Schematic Design
Ordinance/City Charter Section 714.1 Page 1 of 3
Rev: 09/2019