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1954-2399RESOLUTION NO. 2399 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION TO SUBMIT TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS RESIDING IN THE HEREINAFTER DD- SCRIBED TERRITORY THE QUESTION OF ANNEXATION OF SAID TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF ANAHEIM. WHEREAS, on the 9th day of March 19 54 J. P. Lemons, A. B. Cox, W. F. Schimming, Crell Hildebrand, by T. L. Beatty, Herman H. Freese and Earl L, Miller filed a written request with the City Council of the City of Anaheim requesting the consent of the City Council to the commencement of proceedings for the annexation of certain in- habited territory, more particularly hereinafter described, to the City of Anaheim pursuant to the provisions of the Annexation Act of 1913 (Title IV, Division 2, Part 2, Chapter 1, Articles 1 to 4 inclusive, of the Government Code of California); and WHEREAS, the City Council did on the 9th day of March 19 54 refer said request and applicat- ion to the City Planning Commission; and 1THEREA5, on the 23rd day of March 1954 the City Council did receive from the City Planning Commission its recommendation approving the proposed annexation; and WHEREAS, the proposal for the annexation of said territory to the City of Anaheim has been submitted to the Boundary Commission of the County of Orange for its report to the proponents with respect to the definiteness and certainty of the proposed boundaries; that said Boundary Commission has (has not) reported upon the petition or proceedings within twenty (20) days after it was submitted to it; and WEREAS, said City Council did, on the 23rd day of March 1954 adopt Resolution No, 2360 giving its consent to the commencement of said annexation pro- ceedings and approving the circulation of a petition for the annexation of said territory to the City of Anaheim; and WHEREAS, on the 25th day of March 1954 said proponents did publish a notice of intention to circulate a petition for the annexation of the hereinafter de- scribed property to the City of Anaheim, and within ten (10) days thereafter did file with the City Clerk of the City of Anaheim.a copy of such notice of intention to circulate a petit- ion for the annexation to the City of Anaheim of said territory, which notice contained the names of the proponents intending to circulate the petition and the specific boundaries of the terr- itory proposed to be annexed, accompanied by a printed state- ment, not exceeding five hundred (500) words in length, contain- ing reasons for the petition, together with an affidavit of the publication of said notice of intention to circulate said petition; and JHEREAS, within fifteen (15) days after the filing of said notice of intention to circulate said petition, accompanied by said affidavit of publication, the City Council did, on the lath day of April 19 5 adopt Resolution No. 2379 finding and determining that it would be to the advan- tage and for the best interest of the City of Anaheim and the qualified electors residing within the hereinafter described territory, to approve the circulation of a petition for the -1- annexation of said territory to the City of Anaheim and did there- upon approve the circulation of said petition; and WHEREAS, on the 27th day of April 19 54, the City Council did receive a petition 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, containing a descrintion of the new territory proposed to be annexed to the City of Anaheim and asking that said territory be annexed to the City; and the City Council does find and de- termine that said proponents have done and performed the acts and things required to be done and performed by the Annexation Act of 1913, at the time and in the manner as required by the pro- visions of said Act; and that said petition was circulated more than twenty -one (21) days after the publication of notice of in- tention to circulate such petition and that it is signed by not less than one fourth of the qualified electors residing within the territory proposed to be annexed, as shown by the County Registration of Voters and as appears from the certificate of the City Clerk of the City of Anaheim presented to the City Council at the time of consideration of said petition and prior to the adoption of this resolution; and does further find that 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 does further find, from evidence and reports received and from said petition, that at the time of the filing and presentation of said petition, that said new territory proposed to be annexed to said City of Anaheim did not form a part of any other city or municipal corporation, and that said territory was, at the time of filing said petition inhabited territory and is contiguous to the City of Anaheim; and WHEREAS, the City Council does further find that it would be to the advantage and for the best interests of the City of Anaheim, and the residents thereof, and the qualified electors residing within the territory proposed to be annexed, as herein- after more particularly described, to submit the question of the annexation of said territory to the City of Anaheim to the elect- ors residing within said territory; and WHEREAS, the City Council does further find that said territory should be designated by some appropriate name by which it may be referred to upon the ballots used at the election at which the question of annexation of said territory to the City of Anaheim shall be submitted to the electors residing within said territory and that an appropriate designation for such territory is ORANGE AVENUE ANidEXATION; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds from said petition and evidence and reports received that the boundaries of the territory so proposed and sought to be annexed to the City of Anaheim are as follows, to -wit: Said territory is situated in the County of Orange, State of California, and the specific boundaries thereof are as follows: A parcel of land being all of Section 17 and portions of Sections 7, 8, 9, 16, 18, 19, 20 and 21, Township 4 South, Range 10 West, San Bernardino Base and Meridian, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the existing Anaheim City Boundary Line said point also being the most southeasterly right -of -way corner of Loara Street (40 feet wide) and Lincoln Avenue; thence, 1. Westerly 2,000 feet, more or less, along said existing Anaheim City Boundary line and the southerly right -of -way line of said Lincoln Avenue to an angle point; thence, 2. Northerly 690 feet, more or less, along the said exist- ing Anaheim City Boundary Line to an angle point; thence, 3. Westerly 660 feet, more or less, along the said exist- ing Anaheim City Boundary Line to an angle point; thence, 4. Continuing westerly 330 feet, more or less, along a line parallel to the northerly right -of -way line of said Lincoln Avenue and 629 feet, more or less northerly therefrom measured along a line bearing S. 0 08' 36" E. to the westerly line of that 14.25 acre parcel of land owned by Marjorie H. Cook, re- corded in Book 1120, Page 180 of Official Records of Orange County, California, Nov. 18, 1941; thence, 5. Southerly 629 feet, more or less, along said westerly line of 14,25 acre parcel to the said northerly right -of -way line of Lincoln Avenue; thence, 6, Westerly 3,670 feet, more or less, along the said northerly right -of -way line of Lincoln Avenue and its westerly prolongation across Brookhurst Street (60 feet wide) to the most northwesterly right -of -way corner of said Brookhurst Street and said Lincoln Avenue; thence, 7, Southerly 5,340 feet, more or less, along the westerly right -of -way line of said Brookhurst Street to the most south- westerly right -of -way corner of said Brookhurst Street and Ball Road (60 feet wide); thence, 8. Easterly 6,660 feet, more or less, along the southerly right -of -way line of said Ball Road to its intersection with the southerly prolongation of the easterly right -of -way line of said Loara Street; thence, 9. Northerly 5,280 feet, more or less, along the said easterly right -of -way line of Loara Street to the point of begin- ning, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Anaheim that it does hereby declare its intention to call a special election on or after the ,`.gthday of July 19 54, for the purpose of submitting to the electors residing in the hereinabove described new territory, the question whether said new territory shall be annexed to, incorporated in, and made a part of the City of Anaheim 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 27th day: of April 19 54 or theretofore authorized; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the territory so proposed to be annexed shall be designated as "ORANGE AVENUE ANNEXATION" and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the 25th day of May 1954 at the hour of 8:00 o'clock P.M. in the City Council Chamber of the City Hall of the City of Anaheim be, and the same is hereby, fixed as the day, hour and place when and where any person owning real property within the territory so proposed to be annexed and having any objections to the proposed annexation, may appear before the City Council of the City of Anaheim and show cause why such territory should not be so annexed; that all persons having any objections to such proposed annexation are hereby notified to appear on said day, at said hour and place, to show cause, if any they have, why such territory should not be so annexed, and all such persons are further notified that any protests against the calling of an election to submit to the electors residing within said territory the question of annexation of said territory to the City of Ana- heim, or any protests against the annexation of said territory to the City of Anaheim must be in writing and may be filed with the City Clerk of the City of Anaheim at any time not later than the hour and date set forth herein for the hearing of objections to said election. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of Anaheim be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a copy of this resolution to be published at least once a week for two weeks prior to the date hereinabove fixed for the hearing of protests and objections to said election and the annex- ation of said territory to the City of Anaheim, in the ANAHEIM BULLETIN, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circu- lated in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of Calif- ornia. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is signed and approved by me this 27th day of April 19 5. YOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ATTEST: CLERK OF THE CITY N CI T Y AHEIM SEAL) STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ss CITY OF ANAHEIM I, CHARLES E. GRIFFITH, 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 27th day of April, 1954, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN: Pearson, Fry, Schutte and Wieser. NOES: COUNCI is None. ABSENT: COUNCILMENT: Van Wagoner. AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim approved and signed said resolution on the 27th day of April, 1 95 4 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 27th day of April, 1954. CITY .!G OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM