1955-2936RESOLUTION NO. 29,
A R.EOLLTT;)N OF T:E CITY COUNCIL OF TnE CITY
OF ANAHEIM CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION ON THE
6TH DAY OF DECEMBER 19 55
IN CERTAIN TERRITORY IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE
CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY OF ANAHEIM PROPOSED TO
BE ANNEXED TO ?AILS CITY OF ANAHEIM PROVIDING
FOR THE HOLDING OF :"UCH ELCTION AND SUB-
MITTING TO 1TE ELECTORS R= SIDING IN SUCH
TERRITORY THE QUESTION ?WHETHER SUCH TERRITORY
SHALL BE ANNEXED TO, INCORPORATED IN, AND
MADE A PART OF SAID CITY OF ANAHEIM, AND THE
PROPERTY IN SUCH TERRITORY BE, AFTER SUCH
ANNEXATION, SUBJECT TO TAXATION EC WITH
PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF ANAHEIM TO PAY
ITS PRO RATA PORTION, BASED UPON ASSESSED
VALUATION, OF ALL THE BONDED INDEBTEDNESS OF
SAID CITY OF ANAHEIM OUTSTANDING ON TEE 26TH
DAY OF JULY 19 c5 OR
THERETOFORE AUTHORIZED: DESCRIBING SAID
TERRITORY AND DESIGNATING IT BY THE NAME OF
SOU'LE AMHEIM ANNEXA IQ
'ESTABLISHING AN ELECTION PRECINCT AND POLL-
ING GLACE IN SAID TERRITORY, APPOINTING THE
OFFICERS OF ELECTION FOR SAID SPECIAL ELECT-
ION AND PROVIDING FOR T PUBLICATION OF
OF SUCH ELECTION.
qHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim did on
the 26th day of July 19 55 receive a written
petition asking that certain new territory described in said
petition be annexed to the City of Anaheim; and
WHEREAS, said territory so proposed to be annexed to
said City of Anaheim is situated in the County of Orange, State
of California, and is contiguous to the City of Anaheim, and said
petition contains a description of said territory in words and
figures as hereinafter in this resolution described; and
WHEREAS, said petition is signed by not less than one-
fourth of the qualified electors residing within the territory
hereinafter described, as shown by the County Registration of
Voters; and
/HEREAS, said new territory proposed to be annexed to
said City of Anaheim does not form a part of any municipal corpor-
ation, and more than twelve (12) qualified electors resided within
the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed at the
time of the filing of said petition for said annexation, and said
electors are bona fide residents of said new territory and said
territory is inhabited; and
WHEREAS, on the 26th day of July 19 55,
the City Council of the City of Anaheim did adopt its Resolution
No. 2870 declaring its intention to call a special election and
fixing a date thereof, and giving at least fifty (50) days notice
Thereof, and of its intention to submit the question of annexation
to the electors residing in the territory described in said
written petition, which resolution did specifically describe the
boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed, and designate
the territory by the name of __mum Aliaarazi ANNP. 'Ap TQ
by which it hould be referred to
upon the ballots used at the election, and did contain a notice
of the day, hour and place where any person owning real property
within said territory could appear before the legislative body of
the City of Anaheim and show cause why such territory should not
be annexed to the City, and the City Council did find and deter-
mine that the proponents who filed said petition for annexation
had done and performed all of the things required to be done and
performed by the Annexation Act of 1913 (Title IV, Division 2,
Part 2, Chapter 1, Articles 1 to 4, inclusive, of the Government
Code of the State of California) and did further find that all
of the provisions of said Annexation Act of 1913, as amended, re-
quired to be complied with before the adoption of said resolution
had been complied with prior to the adoption thereof, which re-
solution was duly published once a week for two weeks prior to the
hearing in a newspaper of general circulation published in the
City of Anaheim, there being no newspaper of general circulation
published in the territory proposed to be annexed.
WHEREAS, said City Council did, pursuant to its Reso-
lution No. 2870 hold a public meeting and hearing on the 13th
day of September 19 55 at the hour of 7:00 ofclock
P.M. in the City Council Chamber of the City Hall of the City of
Anaheim, the date fixed in said resolution as the day, hour and
place when and where any and all persons owning real property
within the boundaries of the territory so proposed to be annexed
and having any objections to the proposed annexation, might appear
before the City Council of the City of Anaheim and show cause
why such territory should not be so annexed, which said Resolution
did notify all persons having any objections to such proposed
annexation to appear on said date at said hour and place to show
cause, if any they had, why such territory should not be annexed,
and further notifying such persons that any protests against the
calling of an election to submit to the electors residing within
said territory the question of annexation to the City of Anaheim,
and any protests against the annexation of said territory to the
City of Anaheim must be in writing and filed with the City Clerk
of the City of Anaheim not later than the hour and date set forth
in such resolution for the hearing of objections to said election
and the annexation of said territory to the City of Anaheim,
which said resolution was duly published once a week for two
successive weeks prior to the date fixed for the hearing of pro-
tests and objections to said election and annexation of said
territory to the City of Anaheim, in the Anaheim Bulletin, a news-
paper of general circulation published and circulated in the City
of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California; and
WHEREAS, at e.aiod public hearings held on the 13th and, 27th
days of September 19 55 the City Council of the City of
Anaheim did hold A hearingsto hear all written protests thereto-
fore filed objecting to the calling of said special election or
the annexation of said territory hereinafter described to the City
of Anaheim, and the City Council does hereby find that written
protests were not made by the owners of a majority of the separate
parcels of property within the territory proposed to be annexed;
and
WHEREAS, said petition contains a request that the City
Council of the City of Anaheim call a special election to be held
in said territory trereby proposed'to be annexed to said City of
Anaheim and giving notice thereof as required by law, and to sub-
mit to the electors residing within said territory the question
whether said new territory shall be annexed to, incorporated in,
and made a part of the City of Anaheim, and said petition also
contains a request that the question to be submitted at such
special election to the electors residing within said new terri-
tory shall be whether said new territory shall be annexed to, in-
corporated in, and made a part of said City of Anaheim, and the
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property therein be, after such annexation, subject to taxation
equally with the property within the City of Anaheim, to pay its
pro rata share, based upon assessed valuation, of all bonded in-
debtedness of the City of Anaheim outstanding or authorized at the:
date of the filing of said petition, to wit July 26,
19 55
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Anaheim that a special election be and the same is
hereby, called to be held on Tuesday the 6th day of
December 19 55 in said new territory mentioned
in the petition aforesaid and hereinafter more particularly de-
scribed, and proposed to be annexed to the City of Anaheim, for
the purpose of submitting to the electors residing in said now
territory the question whether the said new territory shall be
annexed to, incorporated in, and made a part of the City of Ana-
heim and the property therein be, after such annexation, subject
to taxation equally with the property within said City of Anaheim,
to pay its pro ..ta share, based upon aeses ed Valuation, of all
of tho 'Gora. t nd.btedness of said Cit7 of .c- aheim outstanding
on th e 26th da y of July 19 55 or theretofore
authorize..
The new territory in which such special election is
hereby called and stall be held, is situated in the County of
Orange, State of California, the boundaries of which are described
as follows:
A parcel of land being a portion of Sections 21, 22, 27 and 28
Township 4 South, Range 10 West, San Bernardino Base and Meridian and more
particularly described as follows:
Beginning at an angle point in the existing Anaheim City Limits line
as established by the Disneyland Annexation to the City of Anaheim, Annexation
No. 48 as passed by Ordinance No. 932 on Oct. 13, 1954 and filed with the
Secretary of State on December 30, 1954, said point also being the point of
intersection of a line parallel to and 40.00 feet northerly as measured
at right angles, from the south line of said Section 21 (said south line
also being the centerline of Katella Avenue), and a line parallel to and
30.00 feet easterly, as measured at right angles from the west line of said
Section 21 (said west line also being the centerline of Euclid Avenue); thence,
1. Southerly 40 feet, more or less, along said line parallel to
west line of Section 21 to a point in the south line of said Section 21, thence,
2. Continuing southerly 990 feet, more or less, along a line parallel
to and 30.00 feet easterly, as measured at right angles from west line of
said Section 28 to a point on the westerly extension of the north line of
Tract 1475 as shown on a map thereof, recorded in Book 68 at Pages 30, 31,
and 32 of Miscellaneous Maps, Records of Orange County; thence,
3. Easterly 1290 feet, more or less, along said north line of Tract
1475 and its westerly extension to the East line of said Tract 1475; thence,
4. Southerly 660 feet, more or less, along said east line to the
south line of said Tract 1475; thence,
5. Vesterly 1290 feet, more or less, along said south line and its
westerly extension to a point in a line parallel to and 30 feet easterly,
as measured at right angles from the west line of said Section 28; thence,
6. Southerly 2310 feet, more or less, along said line parallel to
the west line of Section 28 to a point in the south line of the NI of the
S1 of said Section 28 thence,
7. Easterly 1950 feet, more or less, along said south line to a
point in the east line of the SW1- of the NE'. of the Std"-- of said Section 28,
thence,
8. Northerly 660 feet, more or less, along said east line to a point
in the south line of the Ply of the NE'; of the S1 of Section 28; thence,
9. Easterly 640 feet, more or less, along said south line to the
west right of way line of Ninth Street (40 feet wide); thence,
10. Northerly 66Q feet more or less, along said west right of way line
to a point in the south line of the N-j of Section 28; thence,
11. Easterly 1345 feet, more or less, along said south line to a point
in the southerly prolongation of the west line of Tract 2255 as shown on
a map thereof recorded in Book 61 at Pages 28 and 29 of Miscellaneous
Maps, Records of Orange County; thence,
12. Northerly 990 feet, more or less, along said west line and its
southerly prolongation to a point on the north line of said Tract No. 2255;
thence,
13. Easterly 1354 feet, more or less, along the north line of said
Tract No. 2255 and its easterly prolongation to a point in a line parallel
to and 30.00 feet easterly as measured at right angles from east line of
said Section 28, (said east line also being the centerline of !'Jest Street).
thence,
SOUTH ANAHEIM ANNEXATION
14. Southerly 970 feet, more or less, along said line parallel to
east line of Section 28 to a line parallel to and 30.00 feet northerly as
measured at right angles from the north line of Stet of said Section 27,
(said north line also being the centerline of Orangewood Avenue); thence,
15. Easterly 1950 feet, more or less, along said line parallel to
north line of SW-4 of Section 27 to a point in the west line of E-.- of NE-1.
of S4- of Section 27; thence,
16. Southerly 1340 feet, more or less, along said west line of Ez
of NEB of S{:-- of Section 27 to a point in the south line of NI of S of
said Section 27; thence,
17. Easterly 1980 feet, more or less, along said south line of
NI of Sz of said Section 27 to a point in the east line of yz of E of
Section 27; thence,
18. Northerly 3300 feet, more or less, along the said east line of
the of the E2 of Section 27 to a point in the south line of the NI of
the N-- of the NE of Section 27; thence,
19. Easterly 1290 feet, more or less, along the said south line of the
NI of the N-- of the NE+ of Section 27 to a point in a line parallel to and
30 feet westerly as measured at right angles from the east line of Section 27;
thence,
20. Northerly 660 feet, more or less, along said parallel line to
a point in the south line of Section 22,(said south line also being the
centerline of Katella Avenue), thence,
21. Continuing northerly 40 feet, more or less, along a line parallel
to and 30 feet, westerly as measured at right angles from the east line of
Section 22 to a point on the south City Limits line of the City of Anaheim
as established in the previously described Disneyland Annexation; thence,
22. Westerly 9550 feet, more or less, along said existing Aaaheim
City Limits line and also along a line parallel to and 40.00 feet northerly
as measured at right angles from said centerline of Katella Avenue, to a
point in the westerly line of Lot 8 of Block 17 of the Fairview Colony
Tract as shown on a map thereof in Book 1 at Page 33 of Miscellaneous
Record Maps, Records of Orange County; thence,
23. Northerly 620 feet., more or less, along said existing Anaheim
City Lirnits line and also along said westerly line of Lot 8 to the most
northwesterly corner of said Lot 8; thence,
24. Westerly 1320 feet, more or less, along said existing Anaheim
City Limits ane and also along northerly line of Lots 6 and 7 of said
Block 17 to the molt northeasterly corner of Lot 5 of said Block 17 thence,
25. Southe :.ly 620 feet, more or less, along said existing Anaheim
City Limits line and also along easterly line of said Lot 5 to a point in
a line parallel to and 40.00 feet northerly, as measured at right angles,
from said center'ine of Katella Avenue; thence,
26. fester?y 630 feet, more or less, along said existing Anaheim
City Limits line and also along said line parallel to centerline of Katella
Avenue to the point of beginning.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the polls of said
election shall be opened at 7:00 o'clock A.i4. of the day of said
election and shall remain open continuously from said time until
7 :00 o'clock P.I. of the same day, when said polls shall be
closed, except as provided in Section 5734 of the Elections Code
of the State of California.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that at said special elec-
tion the question whether said new territory shall be annexed
to, incorporated in, and made a part �f the City of Anaheim, and
the property in said new territory be, after such annexation sub
ject to taxation equally with the property within the City of
Anaheim, to pay its pro rata portion, based upon assessed valu-
ation, of all of the bonded indebtedness of said City of Anaheim
outstanding on the 26th day of July 19 5_5, or there-
tofore authorized, shall be submitted to the electors residing
in said new territory so proposed to be annexed to said City of
Anaheim.
That said new territory hereinbefore and in said
petition for annexation described is hereby designated as
SOUTH _ANAHEIM ANNEXATION" and
said territory shall be indicated and referred to by the name of
SOUTH ANAEZIM_ANNEXATION upon the
ballots to be used at said special election, at which the ques-
tion of such annexation of said territory to the City of Anaheim
is submitted to the electors of said territory, and the name
"SQUTH ANQ1T TM ANNEXATION," whenever
used in the notice of said special election hereby called in said
territory, and any and all proceedings for the annexation of said
territory to the City of Anaheim shall mean and shall be con-
strued to mean the territory hereinbefore and in said petition
described, and so proposed by said petition to be annexed to said
City of Anaheim.
That on the ballots to be used at said special election
in addition to any other matters required by law, there shall be
printed substantially the following:
MARK CROSS ON BALLOT ONLY WITH RUBBER STATE:
NEVER WITH PEN OR PENCIL.
(ABSENTEE BALLOTS MAY BE MARKED WITH PEN AND INK
OR PENCIL.)
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS
To vote on any measure, stamp a cross (-4-) in
the voting square after the word "YES" or after
the word NO" All marks, except the cross (-11-):
are forbidden. All distinguishing marks or
erasures are forbidden and make the ballot void.
If you wrongly stamp, tear or deface this ballot,
return it to the inspector of election and ob-
tain another.
On absent voterts ballots mark a cross (f) with
pen or pencil,
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i'iEASURZ SUBMITTED TO VOTE OF VOTERS
:Shall SOUTH ANAHEIM ANNEXATION
:be annexed to the City of Inaheim, Califor
:nia, and the property in said SOUTH
ANAHEIM. ANNEXATION be, after
:such annexation, subject to taxation equal
:ly with the property within said City of
:Anaheim, to pay its pro rata portion, based:
:upon assessed valuation, of all bonded in-
:debtedness of said City of Anaheim outstand-
:ing on July 26 19 55 or
:theretofore authorized?
YES
NO•
A cress placed in the voting square after the word
"YES" in the manner hereinbefore provided shall be counted in
favor of the adoption of the proposition or measure. A cress (4)
placed in the voting square after the word "Nn" in the manner
hereinbefore provided shall be counted against the adoption of the
proposition.
The qualified electors residing in said new territory so
proposed to be annexed to said City of Anaheim are hereby directed
to vote upon the question of the annexation of said territory to
the City of Anaheim and the subjection of said territory, after
annexation, to taxation equally with the property within said City
of Anaheim, to pay its pro rata portion, based upon assessed
valuation, of all bonded indebtedness of said City of Anaheim out-
standing on July 26 19 55 or theretofore author-
ized, by stamping a cross in the voting square after the word
"YES" on the ballots to be used in said election, or by stamping
a cross in the voting square after the word "60" on such ballots.
If an elector shall stamp a cross (4) in the voting square after
the printed word "YES the vote of elector shall be counted
in favor of said territory being annexed to, incorporated in, and
made a part of the City of Anaheim and the property in said terri-
tory be, after such annexation, subject to taxation, to pay its
pro rata portion, based upon assessed valuation, of all bonded
indebtedness of said City of Anaheim outstanding on July 26
1955 or theretofore authorized; and if an
elector shall stamp a cross in the voting square after the
?printed word "NO the vote of such elector shall be counted
against such annexation.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that for the purpose of hold-
ing said election there shall be, and here is established, one
election precinct designated as hereinafter stated. The polling
place for said precinct shall be the place hereinafter designated
and the persons hereinafter nallaed, being competent and qualified
electors and residents of said territory and of said election
precinct, are hereby appointed officers of election and they shall
hold said election and make return thereof in the manner provided
by law.
SOUTH ANAH.g ANNEKATION voting pre
cinet shall consist of all of said above described territory pro-
posed to be annexed to the City of Anaheim for the purpose of
holding said election.
Polling Place:
Inspector:
Judge:
Judge:
Katella School, 11952 Katella Road,
Orange County, Anaheim, California.
Beatrice E. Craddock
Ruth B. Hall
Elizabeth J. Syperda
Except as otherwise provided in this resolution, said
election hereby called shall be conducted as provided by law for
municipal elections in the City of Anaheim and the Annexation Act
of 1913 (Statutes 1913, Chapter 312, Title IV, Division 2, Part 2,
Chapter 1, Articles 1 to 4 inclusive, of the Government Code of
the State of California) and all acts amendatory thereof and
supplementary thereto.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the
City of Anaheim be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to
give notice of said special election by causing a notice thereof
to be published once a week for four (4) successive weeks prior
to the 6th day of December 19 55 in the
Placentia Courier a newspaper of general circulat-
ion printed and published outside of the City of Anaheim, but in
the County of Orange, in which the territory so proposed to be
annexed to the City of Anaheim is situated. Such notice shall
distinctly state the date of such special election, the measure
or proposition to be submitted at such special election, to wit:
That it is proposed to annex to, incorporate in, and make a part
of said City of Anaheim the aforesaid territory sought to be
annexed and shall specifically describe the boundaries thereof,
and that after such annexation, such territory shall be subject
to taxation equally with the property within said City of Anaheim,
to pay its pro rata portion, based upon assessed valuation, of
all bonded indebtedness of said City of Anaheim outstanding on
the 26th day of July 19 55 or theretofore
authorized. Such notice shall distinctly designate said terri-
tory proposed to be annexed to said City of Anaheim as "SOUTH
ANAHEIM ANNEXATION," as the name by which such terri-
tory shall be indicated upon the election ballots; that such
notice shall instruct the electors how to vote at said special
election; that with respect to the assumption of bonded indebted-
ness said notice shall:
1. State distinctly the proposition to be submitted.
2. Specify the improvement or improvements for which
the indebtedness was incurred or authorized.
3. State the amount or amounts of such indebtedness
outstanding at the date of the first publicat-
ion of the notice.
State the amount authorized to be represented
by bonds to be issued.
5. State the maximum rate of interest payable or to
be payable on the indebtedness.
Such notice shall designate the election precinct, the place at
which the polls will be open, and the hours at which such polls
will be open for such election in said new territory as establish-
ed by this resolution. In such notice, the qualified electors
residing in said new territory so proposed to be annexed shall be
directed to vote upon the question of annexation as hereinabove
provided.
AA) BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that immediately upon the
closing of the polls, the election officers for said election
precinct hereinabove designated shall count the ballots, make
up, certify, and seal the ballots and tally sheets of the ballots
cast, and deliver them, with the returns, to the City Clerk of
the City of Anaheim; that, at its next regular meeting held at
least three days after the election, the City Council shall can-
vass the returns. The canvass shall be completed at the meeting
if practicable, or as soon as possible, avoiding adjournments.
Immediately upon completion of the canvass, the legislative body
shall cause a record to be entered upon its minutes stating the
proposition submitted, the number of votes cast, and the number
of votes cast for and against annexation and that thereafter the
City Council shall take and conduct such further proceedings
as are provided for in the Annexation Act of 1913 and acts amend-
atory thereof and supplementary thereto, hereinabove referred to.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and signed by me
this 27th day of September 19 55
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF TFE CITY OF ANAHEIM
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM
Dene M. Williams,
I, ECKEZDOCIDOMOMME, City Clerk of the City of Ana-
heim, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was intro-
duced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by
law, of the City Council cf the City of Anaheim, held on the 27th
day of September 19 55 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Pearson, Fry, Schutte, Wisser and Van Wagoner.
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None.
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None.
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of
Anaheim approved and signed said resolution on the 27th day of
September 19 55
IN WITNESS `^THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 27th day
of September 19 55
(SEAL)
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM