Resolution 02331RESOLUTION NO. 2331
SUBMITTING TO TEE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED:" AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AND
CONVEYING TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMRICA, FOR
PUBLIC PURPOSES, AND FOR A NOMINAL CONSIDERATION
OF ONE DOLLAR, ALL THE RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST
OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA IN AND TO CERTAIN TIDE AND
SUBMERGED LANDS SITUATED ON GOVERNMEN7 ISLAND IN
BROOKLYN BASIN, SOMETIMES KNOUT AND DESIGNATED AS
THE ESTUARY OF SAN ANTONIO; SAVING AND RESERVING
TO SAID CITY CERTAIN EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS OF WAY
THEREIN AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A DEED
OF GRANT CONVEYING :SAID LANDS", TO BE VOTED UPON
AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO RE HELD IN
SAID CITY CN TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1939; AND PRESCRIB-
ING THE STATEMENT OF THE PROPOSITION FOR THE
ADOPTION OF SAID ORDINANCE AS INC SAME SHALL APPEAR
ON THE BALLOT
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Article XIX of the Charter of
the City of Alameda and of Resolution No. 2328, heretofore adopted by this Council,
a General Municipal Election is called and ordered to be held in the City of Alameda,
State of California, on Tuesday, March 14, 1939, and
WHEREAS, the United States of America, through the Secretary of Agriculture,
has requested the City of Alameda to convey to the United States of America certain
tide and submerged lands cn Government Island in Brooklyn Basin, sometimes known and
designated as the Estuary of San Antonio; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA that the said Council,
on its own motion and without a petition therefor, submit, and there is hereby sub-
mitted, to the electors of said City at said General Municipal Election, an ordinance
which shall be in words and figures as follows, to-wit:
"ORDINANCE NO. 681 New Series
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AND CONVEYING TO THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES, AND FOR A
NOMINAL CONSIDERATION OF ONE DOLLAR, ALL THE RIGHT,
TITLE AND INTEREST OF INC CITY OF ALAMEDA IN AND TO
CERTAIN TIDE AND SUBMERGED LANDS SITUATED ON GOVERN-
MENT ISLAND IN BROOKLYN BASIN, SOMETIMES KNOWN AND DESIGNATED
AS 122 ESTUARY OF SAN ANTONIO; SAVING AND RESERVING TO SAID CITY
CERTAIN EASEMENTS MID RIGHTS OF TAY THEREIN; AND AUTHORIZING
THE EXECUTION OF A DEED OF GRANT CONVEYING SAID LANDS
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda, under the rovisions of an Act of the
Legislature of the State of California approved May 24, 1917, (Ch. 594 Stets. 1917,
p. 907) entitled:
"An act to amend section one and to repeal section two
of an act entitled TAn act granting to the City of Alameda
the salt marsh, tide and submerged lands of the State of
California, including the right to wharf out therefrom to the
City of Alameda, and regulating the management, use and control
thereof,' approved June 11, 1913,"
did acquire all the right, title and interest of the State of California, held by
said state by virtue of its sovereignty, in and to all the salt marsh, tide and
submerged lands, whether filled or unfilled within the present boundaries of said
City; and
CSIEREAS, it is provided in said act, among other things, that said City
of Alameda :may grant, give, convey and alien such lands, or any portion thereof,
forever to the United States for public purposes; now, therefore,
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA DO ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. The City of Alameda shall grant and convey to the United
States of America, for a nominal consideration of One Dollar, all of said City's
right, title and interest in and to those certain tide and submerged lands situated
in the City of Alameda, County of Alameda, State of California, more particularly
described as folio s:
CONNENCING at a point on the center line of Dennison
Street produced Southwesterly, said point being distant
thereon South 82° 07' West 1703.55 feet from the point
of intersection of the center line of Dennison Street
with the center line of King Street in the City of
Oakland; thence North 85° 58' West a distance of 283.01
feet to a point which is the Southeast corner of the
U.S. Government 15-acre tract; thence North 54° 21' 28"
West a distance of 1847.36 feet to the true POINT OF
BEGINNING: thence North 35° 38° 32* East a distance of
1159.63 feet to a point; thence South 77° 55' 40" East
a distance of 163.15 feet to a point; thence South 520
45' 10" East a distance of 279.64 feet to a point; thence
South 38° 04' 20" East a distance of 761.35 feet to a
point; thence South 57° 21' 40" East a distance of
275.52 feet to a point; thence South 50 14' East a
distance of 927.94 feet to a point; thence South 20°11'
West a distance of 166.75 feet to a point; thence South
60 53' East a distance of 193.60 feet to e point; thence
South 550 53' 10" West a distance of 86.15 feet to a
point; thence North 54° 21' 28" West a distance of
2106.32feet to e point; thence North 330 12' 30* West
106.87 feet to a point; thenoe North 350 38' 32" East
21.44 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning;
being lands situated on Government Island in Brooklyn
Basin, sometic_es known and designated as the Estuary of
San Antonio, but excepting therefrom that certain
fifteen-acre tract heretofore conveyed by the City of
Alameda to the United. States of America by deed dated
November 20, 1930 and recorded in the office of the
County Recorder of said County in Liber 2643 of Official
Records at page 296, and
SAVING, EXCEPTING AND RESERVING to the City of Alameda an easement and
right of way to construct, reconstruct, repair and maintain underground conduits
and manholes and appurtenances thereof, and in and through said conduits to oarry,
conduct and use wires and cables of all kinds, for conveying and supplying electric
current of all kinds and for all purposes, under, along or across the following
described strip of land, to-alt:
CONNENCING at the true point of beginning of the parcel
of land first hereinbefore described and running thence
South 54° 21' 28" East along the Southwesterly boundary
line of the aforementioned United States Government
fifteen-acre tract and the Northerly extension thereof,
866.36 feet; thence Southwesterly at a right angle to
the line last aforementioned 60 feet, more or less, to
the Southwesterly line of the paroel of land first
herein described; thence along said last mentioned line
North 54° 21' 28" West 10 feet; thence at a right angle
Northeasterly 50 feet; thence Northwesterly at a right
angle and parallel to the aforesaid Southwesterly line
of said fifteee-acre tract 856.36 feet, more or less, to
a point, which point bears South 35° 38' 32" West from
the point of commencement; thence North 350 38' 32" East
10 feet to the point of commencement,
together with the right of egressand ingress for such purposes.
TO HAVE MD TO HOLD all and singular the said lands, together with the
appurtenances and privileges thereto appertaining, unto said United States of America
for public purposes forever, subject, however, to all rights and interests of third
parties in said lands under t70 certain decrees duly made and rendered in the Superior
Court of the State of California in and for the County of Alameda, dated June 5, 1931,
and June 9, 1931, respectively, and recorded in the office of the County Recorder of
said Alameda County in Liber 2633 of Official Records, at pages 143 and 146, respectively,
and subject to any and all other easements, rights or interests of third parties in or
to said lands as may be evidenced by any instrument recorded prior to the conveyance
herein authorized.
Section 2. The Mayor of the City of Alameda is hereby authorized and directed
to execute, and the City Clerk to attest, as the act and deed of the City of Alameda,
a good and sufficient deed of grant, granting and conveying to the United States of
America the aforesaid lands upon the terms hereinbefore specified, and to deliver said
deed upon payment to the City of Alameda of the nominal consideration of One Dollar..
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the statement of the proposition for the adoption
of the aforesaid ordinance, as the same shall appear and be printed on the ballot
to be used at said General Municipal Election, be and the same is hereby, prescribed
to read substantially as follows:
PROPOSITION NO. 1
SHALL THE ORDINANCE No. 691, New Series;
entitled and being: "An ordinance
granting and conveying to the United
States of America; for public purposes,
and for a nominal consideration of One
Dollar, all the right, title and inter-
est of the City of Alameda in and to certain
tide and submerged lands situated on Gov-
ernment Island in Brooklyn Basin, sometimes
known and designated as the Estuary of San
Antonio; saving and reserving to said City
certain easements and rights of way therein;
and authorizing the execution of a deed of
grant conveying said lands", BE ADOPTED9
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was
duly and regularly introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of Alameda
in adjourned regular meeting assembled on the 14th day of February, 1939, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Carrington, Godfrey, Maurer and President geichhart, (4).
NOES: Councilman Morris, (1). APOENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of said City this 15th day of February, 1939.
D. ELITR DYER
City Clerk of the City of Alameda.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy
of "Resolution No. 2331, SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA AN
ORDINANCE ENTITLED: 'AN ORDINANCE GRAATING AND CONVEYING TO THE UNITED STATES
OE A1TRICA, FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES,. AND FOP A NOMINAL CONSIDERATION OF ONE DOLLAR,
ALL THE RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA IN AND TO CERTAIN TIDE
AND SUBMERGED LANDS SITUATED ON GOVERNMENT ISLAND IN BROOKLYN BAsza, SOMETIMES
KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS THE ESTUARY OF SAN ANTONIO; SAVING AND RESERVING TO SAID
CITY CERTAIN EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS OF WAY THEREIN AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION
OF A DEED OF GRANT CONVEYING SAID LANDS", TO BE VOTED UPON AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TO BF HELD IN SAID CITY ON fUEEDAY, MARCH 14, 1939; AND PRESCRIBING THE
STATEMENT OF TEE PROPOSITION FOR THE ADOPTION OF SAID ORDINANCE AS THE SANE SHALL
APPEAR ON TEE BALLOT", introduced and adopted by the Council on the 14th day of
February, 1939.
City Clerk of—the City of Alameda.