1953-2237RESOLUTION NO. 2237
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 DE-
SCRIBED TERRITORY THE QUESTION OF ANNEXATION
OF SAID TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF ANAHEIM.
WHEREAS, on the 26th day of May
19 53 LP.Nichols. Albert L.Fechter, Q.L.Lyons Luella u.Y,Aason Jes,
Y. Oanright, Leslie L. Parker, Frank Krogman, J. A. Baler, Henry 4
Ramm, Ross Rader and Tim Wallace,
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 26th day of
May 19 53 refer said request and applicat-
ion to the City Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, on the 9th day of June
19 53 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
`,WHEREAS, said City Council did, on the 9th day of
June 19 53 adopt Resolution No. 2167
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 17th day of July
1 953 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 dicl 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
IHEREAS, 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
28th day of July 1953 adopt Resolution
No, finding and determining that it would be to the advan-
tage an 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
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annexation of said territory to the City of Anaheim and did there-
upon approve the circulation of said petition; and
WHEREAS, on the 8th day of Septern r 1955
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 description 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 GILP.JRT STRPJET ANi1EXATION; 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:
All that territory situated in the County of Orange, State of
California, the boundaries of which are more particularly de-
scribed as follows, to wit:
A tract of land lying within Fractional Sections .5 and 6 of
Township 4 South, Range 10 West, San Bernardino Base and Meridian
and Sections 7, 8, and 18 of Township 4 South, Range 10 West,
San Bernardino Base and Meridian Fractional Sections 1 of Town-
ship 4 South, Range 11 West, San Bernardino Base and Meridian
and Section 12 Township 4 South, Range 11 West and more particu-
larly described as follows:
Beginning at an angle point on the existing City Limits Line as
described in the Houston Avenue Annexation to the City of
Anaheim annexed by Ordinance No. 830 adopted January 13, 1953,
said point being at the intersection of the South right -of -way
line of La Palma Avenue and the Southerly prolongation of the
West property line of that parcel described as the West 10 acres
of the Nast of the Southwest 4 of Section 5, T4S, RlOW, SBB
and M, thence along the existing City Limits Line as follows:
Northerly 2445 feet more or less, to an angle point; thence
westerly 1300 feet more or less to an angle point; thealce
southerly 40 feet more or less to an angle point; thence wester-
ly 4760 feet more or less to an angle point, said point being
on the Northeast right -of -way line of the Santa Ana Freeway;
thence southwesterly 225 feet more or less to an angle point;
thence northwesterly 260 feet along a line parallel to the
Santa Ana Freeway; thence southerly to the North right -of -way
line of La Palma Avenue; thence westerly along the North right
of -way line of said La Palma Avenue 210 feet to a point on the
east right -of -way line of Magnolia Avenue, said point also being
the most southwesterly corner of the Houston Avenue Annexation;
thence
Westerly along the North right --of -way line of said La Palma Ave-
nue to a point; said point being the intersection of the North
right -of -way line of said La Palma Avenue and the northerly pro-
longation of the west property line of that parcel of land de-
scribed as the northeasterly 9.23 acres of the Northeast 4 of
the Northeast 4 of Section 12, T4S, R11W, SBB and M; thence,
Southerly along said West property line and its northerly pro-
longation 732 feet more or less to the South property line of
said parcel; thence,
Easterly along said South property line and its easterly pro-
longation to the East right -of -way line of Magnolia Avenue; then(
Southerly along said East right- of-way line of Magnolia Avenue
to the North right -of -way line of Crescent Avenue; thence,
Easterly along the northerly right -of -way line of said Crescent
Avenue a distance of 1171.2 feet, more or loss, to a point,
said point being on the northerly prolongation of the west lie
of E of SW i of Section 7, T4S, R10W, SBB and M, thence,
Southerly along said west line and its northerly prolongation
2708.34 feet, more or lass to the southerly right -of -way line
of Lincoln Avenue; thence,
westerly along the southerly right -of -way line of said Lincoln
Avenue, a distance of 651.85 feet, more or less, to a point on
the west line of the Ei of the NU t of the NW y Section 18, T46
R10W SBB and M; thence,
Southerly along said west line and its southerly prolongation
a distance of 1322.84 feet, more or less, to the south right
of -way line of Broadway; thence,
Westerly along the south right -of -way line of said Broadway to
the NE corner of Tract No. 25 as shown on a map thereof recorded
in Book 9, page 28 M.M. Records of Orange County, thence,
Southerly along the easterly line of said Tract No. 25 a distance
of 581.80 feet to a point; thence,
Easterly a distance of 596.36 feet, more or less, to a point on
the west line of SE 4 of NW 4 of Section 18 T4S, R1OW, SBB and
M, said point also being 581.80 feet, southerly from the south
right -cf -way line of Broadway; thence,
Southerly along the said west line a distance of 74.40 feet,
more or less, to the SW corner of the northwesterly 10.31 acres
of the SE* of the NW* of Section 18, T4S, R1OW, SBB and M; thence,
Easterly along the south line of said 10.31 acre parcel a dis-
tance of 662.81 feet more or less, to a point on the west line
of the E a of SE 4 of NW of Section 18 T4S, R1OW, SBB and M;
thence,
Southerly along said west line a distance of 701.83 feet, more
or less, to the north right -of -way line of Orange Avenue; thence,
Easterly along the north right -of -way line of said Orange Avenue
to the northwest corner of the intersection of the north line
of said Orange Avenue and the west line of Gilbert Street; thence,
Northerly along the westerly right -of -way line of said Gilbert
Street a distance of 5357.00 feet more or less to the northwest
corner of the intersection of the west line of said Gilbert
Street and the north line of Crescent Avenue; thence,
Easterly along the north right -of -way line of said Crescent
Avenue a distance of 2000 feet, more or less, to a point of
intersection with the easterly line of W of SE g of NE of
Section 7 T4S RlOW, SBB and Ni; thence,
Northerly along said easterly line a distance of 1305.94 feet
more or less, to a point of intersection with the north line
of S of NE of Section 7, T4S, RlOW, SBB and M, thence,
Westerly along said north line and its westerly prolongation a
distance of 2000 feet, more or less, to the west right -of -way
line of said Gilbert Street; thence,
Northerly along the westerly right -of -way line of said Gilbert
Street a distance of 1351.96 feet, more or less, to the north
west corner of La Palma Avenue and Gilbert Street, thence,
Easterly along said North right -of -way line of La Palma Avenue
to a point of intersection with the southwesterly right -of -way
line of the Southern Pacific Railway Company; thence,
Southeasterly along the said southwesterly right -of -way line
of the Southern Pacific Railway Company to a point; which point
is the intersection of the southwesterly right -of -way lino of
the Southern Pacific Railway Company and the westerly prolongation
of the South line of the Allison Honer Annexation annexed to the
City of Anaheim by Ordinance 837 adopted February 24, 1953;
thence,
Easterly along the westerly prolongation of the southerly lino
of said Allison -Honer Annexation to a point, said point being
tho extreme southwesterly corner of the said Allison -Honer
Annexation, said point also being on the Northwesterly right
of -way ling; of the Santa Ana Freeway; thence,
Northwesterly along tho northwesterly right -of -way line of said
Santa Ana Freeway and the southwesterly lino of the said Allison
1Woner Annexation to a point on the easterly right -of -way line
of Brookhurst Street; thence,
Continuing along the southwesterly line of the Allison -Honer
Annexation a distance of 3').94 feet more or less to an angle
point, thence,
541 feet, more or less, northerly along said easterly right-of-
way line of Brookhurst Street and the westerly line of the
Allison -Honer Annexation to a point on the Southerly right-of-
way line of La Palma Avenue, said point also being the northwest
corner of the said Allison -Honer Annexation; thence,
Easterly along the South right -of -way line of said La Palma
Avenue and the North line of the Allison -Honer Annexation to
the point of beginning.
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 3oth day of October
19 5a, 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 Rth day of Sente ber
19 53 or theretofore authorized; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the territory so proposed
to be annexed shall be designated as GILRJIRT STR ET
ANNEXATION and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the 28thday of
September 19 53 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 8th day of September 19 53
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY
NAHEIM
MAY R OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
7%
(SEAL)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE SS
CITY OF ANAHEIM
Cit
I, CHARLES E. GRIFFITH, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim held
on the 8th day of September, 1953, by the following vote of the members
thereof:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Pearson, Wisser, Boney and Van Wagoner.
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None.
ABSENT: COUNCILMAN: Heying.
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim
signed and approved said Resolution on the 8th day of September, 1953.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of the City of Anaheim this 8th day of September, 1953.
rk of the of Anaheim