1955-2629RESOLUTION NO. 2629
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE AND
ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY FOR
PUBLIC PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, John C. McNeill and Frances L. McNeill,
husband and wife, are the owners of the hereinafter de-
scribed real property situated in the County of Orange, State
of California; and
WHEREAS, the owners of said property have offered
to sell said property to the City of Anaheim for the sum of
*36,750.00; and
WHEREAS, the City Council does find and determine
that public convenience and necessity require the acquisition
of said parcel of real property; that said property is needed
for public use, and that the price which the owners thereof
are willing to accept is reasonable and not out of proportion
to the reasonable market value of said property.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of Anaheim that the offer of John C. McNeill and
Frances L. McNeill, husband and wife, to sell all that cer-
tain real property situated in the City of Anaheim, County of
Orange, State of California, described as follows, to wit:
All that certain land situated in the Rancho San Juan
Cajon de Santa Ana, County of Orange, State of Cali-
fornia, described as follows:
PARCEL 1:
That portion of the Northwest quarter of Section 8,
Township 4 South, Range 10 West, S.B.B. M., de-
scribed as follows:
Beginning at a point in the West line of said Northwest
quarter of said Section 8, 474.67 feet Northerly of the
Southwest corner of said Northwest quarter of said
Section; thence Easterly parallel with the South line
of the North 25 acres of the Southwest quarter of the
Northwest quarter of said Section 8, 238 feet; thence
Southerly parallel with the West line of the Northwest
quarter of said Section 8, 351.17 feet, more or less,
to a point 123.90 feet Northerly of the South line of
said Northwest quarter of Section 8; thence Easterly
parallel with the said South line of said Northwest
quarter of Section 8, 584 feet; thence Northerly
parallel with the said West line of the Northwest
quarter of said Section 8, 367.63 feet to said South
line of the North 25 acres of the Southwest quarter of
said Northwest quarter of Section 8; thence Westerly
along the said South line of said 25 acre tract, 822
feet to the West line of the Northwest quarter of said
Section 8; thence Southerly along said West line of the
Northwest quarter of said Section 8, 16 feet, more or
less, to the point of beginning.
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PARCEL 2.
That portion of the Northwest quarter of Section 8,
Township 4 South, Range 10 West, S.B.B. M., de-
scribed as follows:
Beginning at a point in the West line of the Northwest
quarter of said Section 8, distant thereon 123.90 feet
North of the Southwest corner of said Northwest quarter,
and running thence Northerly along said West line 183.02
feet; thence Easterly, parallel with the South line of
the Northwest quarter of said Section 8, 238 feet;
thence Southerly parallel with the West line of said
Northwest quarter 183.02 feet to a line which is parallel
with and distant 123.90 feet Northerly from the South
line of the Northwest quarter of said Section; thence
Westerly along said parallel line 238 feet to the point
of beginning.
for the sum of 36,750.00 cash, lawful money of the United
States, be, and the same is hereby accepted, and that the deed
tendered by said owners be accepted subject to the following
terms and conditions:
1. That said sale shall be free of all encumbrances
EXCEPT the second installment of taxes for the
fiscal year 1954 -55, which taxes are not yet due;
including special district levies, payment of
which is included therein and collected therewith;
also EXCEPT all covenants, conditions, restrictions,
reservations, rights, rights -of -way and easements
of record.
2. That possession of the dwelling on said premises
is to be retained by John C. McNeill and Frances L.
McNeill, the present owners, for a period of 90
days after the close of escrow without any rental
payment due the City of Anaheim.
3. That John C. McNeill and Frances L. McNeill, the
present owners of said property, reserve the wire
fence and posts that surround the 5 -acre corral
and will remove same from the said premises on or
before 90 days after the close of escrow.
4. That the consummation of this transaction is con-
tingent upon the completion of certain Escrows
Nos. A -3414 -3415 -3416 and 3418 at All Service
Corporation, Anaheim Office.
5. That said deed shall include 10070 of all oil, gas
and mineral rights.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor of the City of
Anaheim be, and he is hereby, authorized for and on behalf of
the City of Anaheim to sign escrow instructions for the pur-
chase of said real property and premises, and to enter into an
escrow with the owners of said property at All Service Corpora-
tion, Anaheim Office; and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Treasurer
be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay into
escrow at All Service Corporation, Anaheim Office, the
sum of 06,750.00, lawful money of the United States, to
be paid to John C. McNeill and Frances L. McNeill, husband
and wife, when a deed conveying said property to the City
of Anaheim, free and clear of all encumbrances, except as
hereinabove set forth, can be recorded and a policy of title
insurance issued showing said property vested in the City
of Anaheim as hereinabove specified; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the sellers shall pay
the usual and customary sellers' charges for furnishing a
policy of title insurance necessary to show title vested in
the City of Anaheim as herein provided, and that the City
of Anaheim shall pay the usual buyer's charges in the pur-
chase of said property.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is signed and approved
by me this 25th day of January, 1955.
ATTEST;
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CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE s s
CITY OF ANAHEIM
MAYOR OF CI':0 OF ANAHEIM.
I, DENE M. WILLIAMS, City Clerk of the City of
Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution
was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided
by law, of the City Council of the City of Anaheim, held
on the 25th day of January, 1955, 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
25th day of January, 1955.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the City of Anaheim this 25th day
of January, 1955.
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY 0 AN AHEIM.