1955-2691WHEREAS, the alteration of an existing grade crossing of a public
road, highway or street with a railroad by widening the crossing or changing
the elevation or alignment of the tracks is governed by General Order No. 88
of the Railroad Commission of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, said General Order No. 88 provides that where public
authorities, having jurisdiction over the highway involved, and the railroad
corporation are in agreement as to public necessity for altering an existing
crossing at grade and as to a plan of such improvement, as well as apportion-
ment of cost of the same, said parties are a uthorized to make such changes
in the protection of an existing grade crossing after having given the
Commission notice thereof not less than 20 days in advance of the time it is
planned to commence the work of such improvement; and
WHEREAS, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporation of
the States of California, Arizona and New Mexico, and its lessee, Southern
Pacific Company, a corporation of the State of Delaware, have tendered to
the City of Anaheim and said City has accepted, a Street or Highway Indenture
granting to the City of Anaheim the right to construct, reconstruct, maintain
and use a street or highway upon and across the following described real
property, subject to the reservations, covenants and conditions in said
Street or Highway Indenture:
and,
RESOLUTION NO. 2691
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER
OF TEE CITY OF ANAHEIM TO GIVE NOTICE TO THE RAILROAD
COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OF INTENTION TO
WIDEN AND IMPROVE THE ELLSWORTH AVENUE CROSSING OVER
THE LINE OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.
A piece or parcel of land situated in the City of Anaheim,
County of Orange, State of California, being all that certain
portion of Vineyard Lot G as shown on a map recorded in
Book 4, Pages 629 and 630 of Deeds, Records of Los Angeles County,
California, more particularly described as follows, to -wit:
BEGINNING at the southeasterly corner of Lot 49, Mother
Colony Square, Tract No. 497, as shown on a Map thereof recorded
in Book 17, Page 38, Miscellaneous Maps, Records of said Orange
County; thence North 74° 24 East along the easterly prolongation
of the northerly line of Ellsworth Avenue (58 feet wide) a distance
of 140.15 feet to a point in the westerly line of South Olive Street
(69.5 feet wide); thence South 15° 30 East, along said westerly
line of South Olive Street, 58 feet to a point which bears South 74
24 West, 34.75 feet from a point on the monumented center line of
said South Olive Street, said latter point being distant Northerly
280.89 feet along said center line of South Olive Street from its
intersection with the monumented center line of East Water Street;
thence South 74 24' West along the easterly prolongation of the
southerly line of said Ellsworth Avenue, a distance of 140.12 feet
to the northeasterly corner of Lot 22 of said Mother Colony Square;
thence North 15 31 30" West along the easterly boundary of said
Mother Colony Square, a distance of 58 feet to the point of begin-
ning, containing an area of 0.187 of an acre, more or less.
WHEREAS, Ellsworth Avenue, a public street under the juris-
diction of the City of Anaheim, is an existing crossing at grade over the
Southern Pacific track as above described.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Anaheim that the City Engineer be, and he is hereby authorized and directed
to give notice to the Railroad Commission of the State of California of the
Cityts intention to widen and improve the Ellsworth Avenue crossing over the
line of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, as hereinabove described,
pursuant to General Order No. 88 of the said Railroad Commission, which
notice shall include the following required information and data:
(a) The assigned number of the crossing proposed to be altered.
(b) A statement showing the public benefit to be obtained by
the proposed alteration.
(c) A statement showing why a separation of grades is not
practicable under the circumstances.
(d) A statement indicating the existing and proposed signs,
signals or other protection provided or to be provided at the crossing
proposed to be widened.
(e) A map of the immediate vicinity of the crossing proposed
to be altered, on a scale of from 50 to 200 feet per inch, showing the
locations of streets and roads, property lines, tracks and buildings and
other obstructions to the view of the crossing proposed to be altered,
the present character of surface or pavement and width of same, on the
street or road adjacent to the crossing, and the nature of the proposed
improvement.
(f) A profile showing the ground line and the present and proposed
grade lines.
(g) Evidence of agreement between the parties relative to the
proposed alteration.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and signed by me this 29th
day of March 19 55
AT'EST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM L�
adjourned
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM
I, DENE M. WILLIAMS City Clerk of the City of Anaheim,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted at an
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the
29th day of March 1955 by the following vote of the
members thereof:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Pearson, Fry, Schutte, Wieser, and
Van Wagoner.
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None.
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: None.
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim
signed and approved said Resolution on the 29th day of March
19 55
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said City of Anaheim this 29th day of March 19 55
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY of ANAHEIM