1977-397RESOLUTION NO. 77R -397
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM ORDERING THE VACATION AND ABANDON
MENT OF WASSER ROAD AND TAFT AVENUE. (76 -14A)
WHEREAS, the City Council did, by resolution duly
posted and published, give notice of its intention to
vacate and abandon Wasser Road and Taft Avenue; and
WHEREAS, on the 24th day of May, 1977, a public
hearing was held to allow interested persons to submit
evidence concerning said proposed abandonment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anaheim
does find, from the evidence submitted, that Wasser Road
and Taft Avenue, hereinafter specifically described, is
unnecessary for present or prospective public street
purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council does determine that the
public convenience and necessity require the reservation
and exception of the easement(s) and right(s) of way also
hereinafter specifically described.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City
Council of the City of Anaheim does hereby order the
vacation and abandonment of Wasser Road and Taft Avenue
located generally between Cerritos Avenue and Ball Road
described as follows:
PARCEL 1:
That portion of Wasser Road and Taft Avenue, both
40 -foot wide streets, located in the City of
Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California,
lying within that portion of the North half of
Section 24, Township 4 South, Range 10 West, in
the Rancho San Juan Cajon de Santa Ana, as shown
on a map recorded in Book 2, pages 256 and 257 of
Patents, Records of Los Angeles County, California,
lying 20 feet of each side of the following described
centerlines:
Beginning at the intersection of the centerlines of
Wasser Road and Taft Avenue as described in deed
recorded in Book 852, page 82 of Official Records
and shown on Map attached thereto; thence Southerly
along the centerline of said Wasser Road S 15° 46'
31" E, 1463 feet, more or less, to an intersection
with the northerly right of way line of the Southern
Pacific Railroad, said point of intersection being
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the point of terminus of the centerline of Wasser
Road herein described.
The sidelines of said 40 -foot right of way of Wasser
Road to be extended as necessary to terminate in the
northerly right of way line of said Southern Pacific
Railroad; thence also beginning at the intersection
of said Wasser Road and Taft Avenue easterly along
the centerline of said Taft Avenue S 89° 32' 37" E,
178 feet, more or less, to the westerly right of way
line of State Highway 57, more commonly known as the
Orange Freeway, the sidelines shall be extended as
necessary to intersect said westerly right of way
line, said intersection being the point of terminus
of the centerline of Taft Avenue herein described.
PARCEL 2:
That portion of the cul -de -sac area of said Wasser
Road, described as follows:
Beginning at the centerline intersection of Wasser
Road, 40.00 feet wide, with the centerline of Taft
Avenue, 40.00 feet wide, as said centerlines are
described in deed recorded in Book 852, page 82,
Official Records, as shown on the map attached there-
to; thence along the centerline of said Wasser Road
S 16 23' 44" W, 113.01 feet; thence S 73° 36' 16" E,
20.00 feet to an intersection with a line parallel
with and 20.00 feet east of the centerline of said
Wasser Road, said point of intersection being the
beginning of a curve concave southeasterly having a
radius of 150.00 feet; thence Northeasterly along
said curve from a tangent which bears N 16 23' 44"
E through an angle of 41 11' 10" an arc distance of
107.83 feet to a tangent curve concave northwesterly
having a radius of 44.00 feet; thence Northeasterly
along said last mentioned curve through an angle of
47 12' 14" an arc distance of 36.25 feet to an
intersection with said centerline of Taft Avenue, a
radial line bearing S 80° 14' 26" W passes through
said point of intersection being the beginning of a
curve concave westerly and having a radius of 44 feet;
thence Northerly along said curve through a central
angle of 26° 19' 06" an arc distance of 20.21 feet
to an intersection with a line parallel with and
20.00 feet north of the centerline of said Taft
Avenue, said point of intersection being the begin-
ning of a curve concave southerly and having a
radius of 44 feet, a radial line bearing N 73 26' 28"
E passes through said point; thence Northerly, North-
westerly, Westerly and Southwesterly along said curve
through a central angle of 147° 12' 36" an arc distance
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of 113.05 feet to an intersection with a line parallel
with and 20.00 feet north of the centerline of said
Taft Avenue, said point of intersection being the
beginning of a curve concave southeasterly and having
a radius of 44 feet, a radial line bearing N 73 46'
08" W passes through said point; thence southerly
along said curve through a central angle of 00 27' 21"
an arc distance of 0.35 feet to a point, a radial line
bearing N 74 13' 29" W passes through said point;
thence S 15° 46' 31" W, 20.45 feet to an intersection
with the centerline of said Taft Avenue; thence N 89
50' 10" E, 20.80 feet to the point of beginning.
RESERVING THEREFROM said Parcels 1 and 2 unto the City
of Anaheim an easement for public utility purposes,
over, under and across the easterly 30 feet of the
South half of said Taft Avenue.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be,
and she is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a
certified copy of this Resolution and Order, attested by
her under the seal of the City of Anaheim to be recorded in
the Office of the County Recorder of Orange County,
California.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and signed by
me this 24th day of i4ay, 1977.
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM
I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 77R -397 was introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting provided by law, of the City Council of City of Anaheim held on
the 24th day of May, 1977, by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kaywood, Seymour, Kott,.Roth and Thom
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim approved and
signed said Resolution No. 77R -397 on the 24th day of May, 1977.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
City of Anaheim this 24th day of May, 1977.
(SEAL)
CITY CL OF THE CI OF ANAHEIM
I, LINDA D. ROBERTS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 77R -397 duly passed and adopted
by the Anaheim City Council on May 24, 1977.
CITY CLERK