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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 565 WJML: KJmh 2-16-71- ~5 RESOLUTION NO. 565 A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO ACQUIRE AND CONSTRUCT IMPROVEMENTS SARATOGA CAMPUS RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ASSESSMENT DISTRICT RESOLVED, by the City Cotmcil of the City of Saratoga, California, that 1. In its opinion the public interest and convenience require and that it is the intention of said Council to order the acquisi- tions and improvements as hereinafter described. 2. Whenever any public way is heroin referred to as running between two public ways, or from or to any public way, the intersec- tions of the public ways referred to are included to the extent that work shall be shown on the plans to be done therein. 3. Said streets and highways arejmore particularly shown in the records in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Santa Clara, and shall be shown upon the plans herein referred to and to be filed with the City Clerk of said City. 4. All of said work and improvements are to be constructed at the places and in the particular locations, of the forms, sizes, dimensions and materials, and at the lines, grades and elevations as shown and delineated upon the plans, profiles and specifications to be made therefor, as hereinafter provided. 5. There is to be excepted from the work herein described any of such work already done to line and grade and marked excepted or shown not to be done on said plans, profiles and specifications. 6. Notice is hereby given of the fact that in many cases said work and improvement will bring the finished work to a grade differ- ent from that formerly existing and that to said extent said grades are hereby changed and that said work will be done to said changed grades. 7- Said acquisitions and improvements are more particularly described as follows: A. Parking Lots The improving of the following portions of the Saratoga Campus of the West Valley Community College District as offstreet parking lots by grading and the construction thereon of pavement~ curbs, gutters, storm drainage facilities, planting and landscaping facilities complete with automatic sprinkler irrigation systems, and lighting facilities: Lot No. 1 An area of land lying easterly of and near Fruitvale Avenue com- mencing approximately 600 feet southerly of Allendale Avenue and extending southerly about 820 feet, including the improving of an access road southerly and adjacent thereto, extending from Fruitvale Avenue easterly along said proposed parking lot, thence continuing northeasterly and northerly to the Campus Center. Lot No. 2 A parcel of land at the southeasterly intersection of Allendale Avenue and Fruitvale Avenue, including the construction of an identification sign. Lot No. 3 Two parcels of land lying southeasterly of the existing perimeter access road through the Campus lying between the proposed Field Game Area and the existing Library and Warehouse and Maintenance Center. Lot No. 4 A parcel of land at the southwesterly comer of the Campus adjacent to Fruitv~le Avenue. B. ~.~letic Recreation Field The construction of an athletic recreation field in the southeast- erly area of the Campus easterly of'the existing tennis courts, by grading and the installation and construction of turfing, auto- matic sprinkler irrigation system, erosion control facilities, storm drainage system, chain link fence, goal posts, equipment shed, bleachers, and appurtenances. C. R~ning Track The construction of a running track around the proposed athletic recreation field, including concrete curbing, track runways and track surfacing. D. Baseball Field The construction of a baseball field southerly of Parking Lot No. l, by grading and the construction of and installation of curb- ing, turfing, automatic sprinkler irrigation system, storm drainage system, retaining walls, chain link fence, back stop, dugout and storage areas~ guard rails, bleachers~ and appurtenances. E. Tennis Courts The construction of eight (8) tennis courts immediately easterly of Parking Lot No. ~, with synthetic surfacing on blacktop, fencing, lighting, and nets. F. Handball Courts The construction of handball courts northerly of the athletic recreation field and running track, by excavation and the con- struction of concrete floors and walls, and necessary drainage facilities. G. Challenge Course The construction of a challenge course immediately northerly of said handball courts, including grading and the construction of sand bed, concrete curbing, challenge course equipment, drainage system, and A.C. paving. H. Field Game Areas (Football Practice, Soccer and Hockey Fields) The construction of a field game area southerly of proposed Park- ing Lot No. B at the southeasterly corner of the Campus, by grading, turfing, sprinkler irrigation systems, erosion control facilities, storm drainage facilities, chain link fencing, goal posts (football, soccer and hockey), football tackling foundations, softball back stops, and portable bleachers. I. Golf Area The construction of a golf practice area westerly of the handball and challenge course areas, by the construction of a putting green, driving nets, golf tee areas, and appurtenances. J. AEhery Field The construction of an archery range area immediately southerly of the baseball field, by grading and the construction of turfing, sprinkler irrigation facilities, erosion control facilities, and storm drainage facilities. K. Swimming Pool Bleachers The construction of bleachers along the westerly side of the exist- ing swimming pool, consisting of concrete structure with plastic benches. L. Fencing The construction of a perimeter chain link fence along the east- erly line of the Campus from an angle point northerly of the existing warehouse and maintenance center and running in a generally southerly direction to the south boundary of the Campus, thence westerly about BOO feet. M. Pathway System The construction of a system of interconnecting pathways to pro- vide pedestrian access among the various foregoing facilities. N. Auxi.!.iar~ The acquisition of all lands and easements and the construction of all work auxiliary to any of the above and necessary to complete the same. 3 8. Notice is further given that the City Council proposes to enter into an agreement with the West Valley Joint Community College District pursuant to Sections 10109 and following of the Streets and Highways Code, which will provide for the ownership and responsibility for maintenance and operation of all of said recreational facilities proposed to be constructed pursuant to this Resolution of Intention will vest in said College District. 9. Said Council does hereby adopt and establish as the offi- cial grades for said work the grades and elevations to be shown upon said plans, profiles and specifications. All such grades and eleva- tions are to be in feet and decimals thereof with reference to the datum plane of the City of Saratoga. 10. The descriptions of the acquisitions and improvements and the termini of the work contained in this Resolution are general in nature. All items of work do not necessarily extend for the full length of the description thereof. The plans and profiles of the work and the maps and descriptions, as contained in the Engineer's report, shall be controlling as to the correct and detailed descrip- tion thereof. 11. Said contemplated acquisitions and improvements, in the opinion of said Council, are of more than local or ordinary public benefit, and the costs and expenses thereof are made chargeable upon an assessment district, the exterior boundaries of which dis- trict are the composite and consolidated area of the lands of the West Valley Joint Community College District at the southeasterly corner of Allendale Avenue and Fruitvale Avenue, more particularly shown on a map thereof on file in the office of the City Clerk, to which reference is hereby made for further particulars. Said map indicates by a boundary line the extent of the territory included in the proposed district and shall govern for all details as to the extent of the assessment district. 12. Said Council further declares that all public streets and highways within said assessment district in use in the performance of a public function as such shall be omitted from the assessment hereafter to be made to cover the costs and expenses of said acqui- sitions and improvements. 1B. Notice is hereby given that serial bonds to represent the unpaid assessments, and bear interest at the rate of not to exceed seven percent (7%) per annum, will be issued hereunder in the manner provided by Chapter 4.5, commencing with Section 6~68, of Part 5 of Division 7 of the Streets and Highways Code, the Improvement Act of 1911. The bonds shall be issued in ten (lO) even annual series, payable on the second day of June every year, beginning with the fiscal year next following the date of the bonds. 14. Except as herein otherwise provided for the issuance of bonds, all of said improvements shall be done pursuant to the pro- visions of the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913. 15. Reference is hereby made to proceedings had pursuant to Division ~ of the Streets and Highways Code on file in the office of the City Clerk. 16. Said proposed acquisitions and improvements are hereby referred to the Engineer of Work, being a competent person employed by said City for that purpose; and said Engineer is hereby directed to make and file with the City Clerk of said City a report in writing, presenting the following: a) Plans and specifications of the proposed improvements to be made pursuant to this Resolution of Intention; b) Engineer's statement of the itemized and total esti- mated costs and expenses of said acquisitions and improvements and of the incidental expenses in connection therewith; c) Diagram showing the assessment district above referred to, and also the boundaries and dimensions of the respective subdivisions of land within said district as the same existed at the time of the passage of this Resolution of Intention, each of which subdivisions shall be given a separate number upon said diagram; d) A proposed assessment of the total amount of the costs and expenses of the proposed acquisitions and improvements upon the several subdivisions of land in said district in proportion to the estimated benefits to be received by such subdivisions, respectively, from said acquisitions and improvements, and of the expenses incidental thereto; e) Maps and descriptions of the lands and easements to be acquired. When any portion or percentage of the cost and expenses of the acquisitions and improvements is to be paid from sources other than assessments, the amount of such portion or percentage shall first be deducted from the total estimated cost and expenses of said acquisitions and improvements, and said assessment shall include only the remainder of the estimated cost and expenses. Said assessment shall refer to said subdivisions by their respective numbers as assigned pursuant to subdivision (c) of this Section. 17. If any exce~s shall be realized from the assessment it shall be used, in such amounts as the Council may determine, in accordance with the provisions of law, for one or more of the fol- lowing purposes: a) Transfer to the general fund of the City, provided, that the amount of any such transfer shall not exceed the lesser of $1,000 or 5% of the total amount expended from the improvement fund; b) As a credit upon the assessment and any supplemental assessment; or c) For the maintenance of the improvements. 6 I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Resolution duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Saratoga, California, at a meeting thereof held on the ~7~h day of .... March 19?l, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES, and in favor thereof, Councilmen: Councilmen Robbins, Smith, Dwysr, Sanders, Bridges NOES~ Councilmen: None ABSENT, Councilmen: oga APPROVED: Mayor