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1955-2841RESOLUTION NO. 2841 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION ON THE 23RD DAY OF AUGUST 19 55 IN CERTAIN TERRITORY IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY OF ANAHEIM PROPOSED TO BE ANNEXED TO AID CITY OF ANAHEIM PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF SUCH ELECTION AND SUB- MITTING TO TFE ELECTORS RESIDING 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 EUALLY ?'TITH 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 THE 22ND DAY OF JUNE 19 55 OR THERETOFORE AUTHORIZED: DESCRIBING SAID TERRITORY AND DESIGNATING IT BY THE NAME OF "EAST SYCAMORE ANNEXATION" ESTABLISHING AN ELECTION PRECINCT AND POLL- ING PLACE IN SAID TERRITORY, APPOINTING THE OFFICERS OF ELECTION FOR SAID SPECIAL ELECT- ION AND PROVIDING FOR T PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF SUCH ELECTION. JHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim did on the 22nd day of June 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 %JHEREA'S, 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 22nd day of June 1955, the City Council of the City of Anaheim did adopt its Resolution No. 2815 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 EAST SYCAMORE AiNEXATION, by which it should 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 -1- 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. 2815 hold a public meeting and hearing on the 12th day of July 19 55 at the hour of 7::00 o'clock 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 said public hearing held on the 12th day of July 19 55 the City Council of the City of Anaheim did hold a hearing to 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 tnereby 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 speoial 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 -2- 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 June 22, 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, aa13ed to be held on Tuesday the 23rd day of Alagaist 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 new 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 rata share, based upon assessed valuation, of all of the bonded indebtedness of said City of Anaheim outstanding on the 22nd day of June 19 55 or theretofore authorized. The new territory in which such special election is hereby called and shall be held, is situated in the County of Orange, State of California, the boundaries of which are described as follows: EAST SYCAMORE ANNEXATION A parcel of land being a portion of Fractional Sections 1 and 2 and Section 11 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 Acacia Street Annexation to the City of Anaheim, Annexation No. 35 as passed by Ordinance No. 841 on April 14, 1953 and filed with the Secretary of State on May 18, 1953, said point being the intersection of a line parallel to and 30.00 feet northerly, as measured at right angles of southerly line of said Fractional Section 2 (said southerly line also being the centerline of La Palma Avenue) and the westerly line of SE4 of SW- of SE e of said Fractional Section 29 thence, 1. Northerly 630 feet, more or less, along said existing Anaheim City Limits line and said westerly line of SEe of SWe of SEe of Fractional Section 2 to the most southwesterly corner of Lot 21 of Golden State Tract No. 2 as shown on a map thereof in Book 4 at Page 68 of Miscellaneous Maps, Records of Orange Co.; thence, 2. Continuing northerly 640 feet, more or less, along said existing Anaheim City Limits Line and also along westerly line of said Lot 21, to a point in a line 20.00 feet southerly as measured at right angles, from the north line of said Lot 21 (said north line also being the centerline of Romneya Drive) and said point also being in the south line of the East Romneya Drive Annexation to the City of Anaheim, Annexation No. 41 as passed by Ordinance No. 889 on April 2, 1954 and filed with the Secretary of State on May 10, 1954; thence, 3. Easterly 680 feet, more or less, along said parallel line and its easter- ly prolongation, and also along said existing Anaheim City Limits line to a point in a line parallel to and 20.00 feet easterly, as measured at right angles from the easterly line of said Lot 21 (said easterly line also being the center- line of Baxter Street); thence, 4. Northerly 679 feet, more or less, along a line parallel to and 20.00 feet easterly, as measured at right angles, from the westerly line and its southerly prolongation of Lot 16, and also along said existing Anaheim City Limits Line to a point in the north line of said Lot 16; thence, 5. Westerly 680 feet, more or less, along said existing Anaheim City Limits Line and also along the north line of Lots 16 and 17 of said Golden State Tract No. 2 to the northwest corner of said Lot 17, said point also being located in the east line of said Acacia Street Annexation; thence, 6. Northerly 660 feet, more or less, along said existing Anaheim City Limits line and also along easterly line of Lot 14 of said Tract to the north- east corner of said Lot 14; thence, 7. Westerly 640 feet, more or less, along said existing Anaheim City Limits line and also along north line of said Lot 14 to a line parallel to and 20.00 feet easterly, as measured at right angles of the easterly line of NW of said Fractional Section 2 (said easterly line also being the centerline of Acacia Street); thence, 8. Northerly 583.04 feet, along said parallel line and also zlong said existing Anaheim City Limits line to a point; thence, 9. Northeasterly in a direct line to a point in the south line of Lot 6 of said Golden State Tract No. 2 and said point being distant easterly 231 feet, more or less, from the centerline of said Acacia Street as measured at right angles; thence, 10. Easterly 1089 feet, more or less, a14ng south line of Lots 6, 5 and 4 of said Golden State Tract No. 2 to a point in a line parallel to and 20.00 feet easterly, as measured at right angles from westerly line of said Lot 4 (said westerly line also being the centerline of Baxter Street); thence, 11. Northerly 551.19 feet, more or less, along said parallel line to the northerly line of said Lot 4; thence, 12. Easterly 1328.68 feet, more or less, along the north line of said Lot 4 and Lot 3 of said Golden State Tract No. 2 and its easterly prolongation to a point in a line parallel to and 30.00 feet easterly, as measured at right angles from westerly Section line of said Fractional Section 1 (said westerly Section line also being the centerline of Cypress Avenue); thence, 13. Northerly 628.68 feet, more or less, along said parallel line to :a point in a line parallel to and 30.00 feet southerly as measured at right angles from the northerly line of said Fractional Section 1, (said northerly line also being the centerline of 0rangOthorpe Ave.); thence, 14. Easterly 1841 feet, more or less, along said line parallel to north Section line of Fractional Section 1 to a point in a line parallel to and 30.00 feet northwesterly, as measured at right angles, from the centerline of Placentia Avenue; thence, 15. Southwesterly along said line parallel to centerline of Placentia Avenue to the northwesterly prolongation of a line parallel to and 71.00 feet southwesterly as measured at right angles, from the centerline of proposed State of California Freeway to be known as Route 175 Section B; said parallel line also being the southwesterly right of way line of said freeway; thence, 16. Southeasterly 1570 feet, more or less along said line parallel to centerline of Route 175 Section B to a point in a line parallel to and 20.00 feet easterly, as measured at right angles from the westerly line of E4 of said Fractional Section 1 (said westerly line also being the centerline of Sunkist Street); thence, 17. Southerly 1550 feet, more or less, along said line parallel to westerly line of E_2 of Fractional Section 1 to a point in a line parallel to and 30.00 feat northerly, as measured at right angles, from the south Section line of said Fractional Section 1 (said south section line also being the centerline of La Palma Avenue); thence, 18. Westerly 1340 feet, more or less, along said line parallel to south Section line of Fractional Section 1 to an angle point in the existing Anaheim City Limits line as established by the Roberts Annexation to the City of Anaheim Annexation No. 18 as passed by Ordinance No.. 761 on August 22, 1950 and filed with the Secretary of State on September 21, 1950:: thence, 19. Continuing westerly 990 feet, more or less, along said parallel line and also along said existing Anaheim City Limits line to a point in a line parallel to and 330.00 feet easterly as measured at right angles, from the west Section line of said Fractional Section 1 (said west Section line also being the centerline of Placentia Avenue) and said parallel line being the east line of the East Anaheim Annexation, Annexation No. 8 to the City of Anaheim, as passed by Ordinance No. 700 on April 9, 1946 and filed with the Secretary of State on May 13, 1946; thence, 20. Northerly 395 feet, more or less, along said line parallel to west Section line of Fractional Section 1 and also along said existing Anaheim City Limits line to a point in a line parallel to and 425.00 feet northerly as measured at right angles from said south section line of Fractional Section 1; thence, 21. Westerly 300 feet, more er less, along said line parallel to south Section line of Fractional Section 1 and also along said existing Anaheim City Limits line to a point in a line parallel to and 30.00 feet easterly as measured at right angles from said west Section line of Fractional Section 1; thence, 22. Southerly 95.00 feet, more or less, along said line parallel to west S line of Fractional Section 1 and also along said existing Anaheim City Limits line to the easterly prolongation of a line parallel to and 330.00 feet northerly, as measured at right angles, from the south Section line of Fractional Section 2; thence, _5_ 23. Westerly 360 feet, more or less, along said parallel line and its easterly prolongation and also along said existing Anaheim City Limits line to a point in the westerly line of the east 5.25 acres of SE of SE of SE1 of said Fractional Section 2; thence, 24. Southerly 920 feet, more or less, along said westerly line and its southerly prolongation and also along said existing Anaheim City Limits line to a point in the centerline of Sycamore Street; thence, 25. Southwesterly 2710 feet, more or less, along said centerline of Syca- more Street and also along said existing Anaheim City Limits line to the most southwesterly corner of Lot 4 of the Monroe E. Wallace Subdivision as shown on a map thereof receded in Book 11 at Page 46 of Miscellaneous Maps, Records of Orange County,said point also being the most southeasterly corner of the Monroe E. Wallace Annexation to the City of Anaheim, Annexation No. 23, as passed by Ordinance No. 798, on March 11, 1952 and filed with the Secretary of State on April 10, 1952; thence, 26. Northwesterly 1340 feet, more or less, along said existing Anaheim City Limits line and also along westerly line of Lots 4 and 2 of said Monroe E. Wallace Subdivision to a point located 30.00 feet southerly, as measured at right angles from said southerly Section Line of Fractional Section 2, said point also being located at an angle point in said Acacia Street Annexation; thence, 27. Northerly 60 feet, more or less, along said existing Anaheim City Limits line and crossing said southerly section line of Fractional Section 2 at right angles to a point in a line parallel to and 30.00 feet northerly, as measured at right angles, from said southerly Section Line of Fractional Section 2; thence, 28. Easterly 1340 feet, more or less, along said line parallel to southerly Section Line of Fractional Section 2 and also along said existing Anaheim City Limits Line 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.M. of the day of said election and shall remain open continuously from said time until 7:00 o'clock P.M, 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 election the question whether said new territory shall be annexed to, in- corporated in, and made a part of 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 valuat- ion, of all of the bonded indebtedness of said City of Anaheim outstanding on the 22nd day of June 19 55 or theretofore authorized, shall be submitted to the electors re- siding in said new territory so proposed to be annexed to said City of Anaheim. That said new territory hereinbefore and in said peti- tion for annexation described is hereby designated as "EAST SYCAMORE ANNEXATION" and said territory shall be indicated and referred to by the name of EAST SYCAMORE ANNEXATION upon the ballots to be used at said special election, at which the question of such annexation of said territory to the City of Anaheim is submitted to the electors of said territory, and the name "EAST SYCAMORE 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 construed 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 STAMP: 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 (-F), 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 voter's ballots mark a cross with pen or pencil. MEASURE SUBMITTED TO VOTE OF VOTERS :Shall EAST SYCAMORE ANNEXATION ':be annexed to the City of Anaheim, Califor :nia, and the property in said EAST YES SYCAMORE ANNEATION 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- NO :ing on June 22 19 55 or :theretofore authorized? A cross 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 cross (4') placed in the voting square after the word "NO" 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 June 22 19 55 or theretofore author- ized, by stamping a cross (f) 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 "'NO" on such balj.ofs. If an elector shall stamp a cross (f) in the voting square after the printed word "YES the vote of such 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 June 22 19 55 or theretofore authorized; and if an elector shall stamp a cross (f) 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 named, 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. EAST SYCAMORE ANNEXATION voting prev cinct 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: Wanda.L. Stankey residence PATIO, 77.1 Placentia Ave., Orange County, Calif. Zula B, Riehl Cecilia R. Morton Wanda L. Stankey 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, andshe 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 23rd day of August 19 55 in the Cypreg;, Enterpr se 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 22nd day of June 19 55 or theretofore authorized. Such notice shall distinctly designate said terri- tory proposed to be annexed to said City of Anaheim as EAST SYCAMORE 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. 4. 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. JcD 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 tiaereof and supplementary thereto, hereinabove referred to. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and signed by me this 12th day of July 19 55 ATTEST: t ye CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM I, 20,P1110.11. WILLIAM City Clerk of the City of Ana- heim, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was intro- duced and adopted at a re ular meeting provided by law, of the City Council cf the City of Anaheim, held on the 12th day of July 19 55 by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN: Pearson, Fry, Schutte Van Wagoner. NOES: COUNCILMEN`: None. ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Wisser. AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim approved and signed said resolution on the 12th day of July 19 55 IN WITNESS T°THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this L2th day of July 19 55 (S y MAYOR OF THE `CITY OF ANAHEIM ,e1 GC L CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM