Ordinance 1157ORDINANCE. NO. 1157
New Series
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AC-
QUISITION OF CERTAIN REAL
PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PUR-
POSES (NEW SUBSTATION)
WHEREAS, public interest and ne-
cessity require that the real property
hereinafter described be acquired by
the City of Alameda for and on behalf
of said City's Bureau. of Electricity for
the purpose of constructing thereon an
electrical substation; and
WHEREAS, J. J. Manning, Jr. is the
owner of said real . property and is
willing to sell same to the City of
Alameda for the sum of Seventeen
Thousand ($17,000.00) Dollars;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUN-
CIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA :
Section. 1. That the City of Alameda
purchase from J. J. Manning, Jr., for
the sum of Seventeen Thousand
($17,000.00) Dollars, that certain real
property situated in the City of Ala-
meda, County of Alameda, State of
California, particularly described as
follows:
LOTS 2, 3 and the rear 15 feet
of LOT 1, Block "F." Waterside
Terrace, shown on the Map en-
titled, "Waterside Terrace, Ala-
meda, Cal:," filed August 30, 1912,
in Boob 27 of Maps, page 12, in the
office of the County Recorder of
Alameda County,
on the following terms and conditions:
(a) That good and merchantable
title in fee sample in said real prop-
erty be conveyed to the City . of Ala-
meda, free .and clear of all objections,
liens and encumbrances.
(b) That the title to said real prop -
erty be evidenced by a policy of : title
insurance issued by Oakland Title In-
surance . Company, a corporation, in-
suring title in the City, as provided in
the preceding subdivision, said title
insurance to be at the expense of the
City of Alameda.
(c) That upon deposit with said title
company for delivery to the City of a
good and sufficient deed of grant con -
veying said property to the City and
conditioned upon the issuance of a
title insurance policy, as aforesaid to
be approved by the City. Attorney, a
warrant: of the Public Utilities Board
be drawn for $17,000.00, payable to the
order of and delivered to said Oak -
land 'Title Insurance Company, a cor-
poration, as escrow holder, for the
purpose of effecting the consumma-
tion of said purchase,
Section 2. The sum of $17,200.00 is
hereby appropriated from the Bureau
of Electricity fund to pay the purchase
price of .sand real property, cost of
title insurance, and other expenses.
Section 3. This ordinance is hereby
declared to be a measure of great
emergency and shall be in effect im-
mediately. The following is a state-
ment of the facts showing the urgency:
This property is being acquired
under an option which will expire
August 27, 1455. If this ordinance were
to take the course of a non-emergency
ordinance it would become effective
after expiration of the option to pur-
chase and the property might not then
be available.
R, P. KRANF`h,T,Y
Presiding Officer of the Council
Attest:
S"TTRT, ,V H. TFNNIER
City Clerk
I 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 2nd
day of August, 1955, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Haag, Hove, Me-
CaII, Mores! and President Kranelly,
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NOES: None.
ABSENT: None,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto: set my hand and atMed the
official seal of said City this 3rd day
of August, 1955.
SHIRL H. TENNIER
City Clerk of the City of Alameda
(SEAL)
Publish August e4, 1955.