Ordinance 1143ORDINANCE NO. 1143
New Series
AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF DEED
OF GRANT CONVEYING TO ALA-
MEDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, 'A PUBLIC CORPORA-
TION, CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY
IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA (WASH -
INGTON SCHOOL; SITE).
WHEREAS, Alameda' Unified School
District has for many years past occu-
pied and used and is now occupying
and using the hereinafter described
City owned property for public school
purposes by and with the permission
and consent of the City and Alameda;
and
WHEREAS, said Alameda Unified
School District has conducted negotia-
tions with 'the Federal' Government for
the reservation of certain moneys
($561,744:00) to be used by said Dis-
trict for the construction of a new
school building on the said property,
to replace Washington School present-
ly located thereon; and
WHEREAS, transfer of said moneys
by the Federal Government to the Dis-
trict is conditioned upon the District
furnishing to the Federal Government
a certificate of title evidencing the
vesting of a fee: simple 'estate in said
property in said District; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City
of Alameda, having duly considered
the matter, believes that the -best' in-
terests of the City of Alameda will be
served by a, transfer and conveyance
of the City's title to said property to
the Alameda Unified School District,
subject to a provision for reversion of
the title to said property to the 'City
of Alameda upon the cessation and
termination of the use and occupancy
of said property for public school pur-
p oses;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ALAMEDA
Section 1. That the Mayor of the City
of 'Alameda be, and he 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 Alameda
Unified School ' District of Alameda
County, State of California, a public
corporation, for the consideration of
Ten ($10.00) Dollars, all that certain
real property situate in the City of
Alameda, County of Alameda, State of
California, described as follows:
COMMENCING at the point of
intersection of the southern lute
of Santa Clara Avenue with c the
eastern line of Eighth (formerly
Prospect) Street, as said avenue
and street existed on February 8, ;
1909;' running thence easterly along
said line of Santa Clara Avenue 320
feet; thence at right angles south-
erly 270 -feet more or less to the
northern line of Taylor Avenue;
thence westerly along said line of
Taylor Avenue 320 feet to the east-
ern line of Eighth (formerly'Pros-
pect) Street; and thence northerly
along said last named line 270 feet
more or less to the point of com-
mencement.
BEING portion of the Aughin-
baugh 223 acre tract (so called).
Section 2. That said deed of grant
shall contain, among other things, the
provision that, in the event the use
and occupancy of said property for
public school purposes shall cease and
terminate, title in and to the herein
described property shall thereupon and
forthwith revert to and vest in the
City of Alameda.
Section 3. This ordinance is hereby
declared to be a measure of great
emergency and shall make effect im-
mediately. The following is a statement
of the emergency: The Alameda Uni-
fied School District' has represented
that a tight time schedule is involved
in obtaining transfer from the Federal
Government of the moneys hereinbe-
fore mentioned = and that, unless this
ordinance is made effective:immediate-
ly, the negotiations for such transfer
may be jeopardized.
S. CHESLEX ANDERSON /s/
Presiding Officer of the
Council
Attest: <
SHIRL H. 9`ENNIER /s/
City Clerk
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1, the undersigned, : hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance was duly
and regularly adopted and passed by
the Council of the City of Alameda
in regular meeting assembled on the
13th : day of January, 1955, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Haag, Jones, Mc-
Call, Moresi and President Anderson.
(5).
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 19th day
of January, 1955:
SHIRLEY H. TENNIEft /s/
(SEAL) City Clerk of the City
of Alameda
Publish Jan. 20, 1955.