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RESOLUTION NO. Y',sf 5
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST, CON-
VENIENCE AND NECESSITY REQUIRE THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN
PROPERTY FOR STREET PURPOSES (Brookshire Avenue)
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council hereby finds, determines and declares
that the public interest and necessity require the acquisition of rights of
way in, over and under the hereinafter described real property for public
street purposes and all uses appurtenant thereto.
That the location of the land for said street has been planned and lo-
cated in the manner which will be most compatible to the greatest public
good and the least private injury.
SECTION 2. That the City Council finds, determines and declares that,
in order to acquire said rights of way in, on, over and under said land for
said street purposes and use the same for said purposes, the public interest,
convenience and necessity require the acquisition of the rights of way by the
City of Downey in, on, over and under that certain real property hereinafter
described, and the City Council hereby declares it is the intention of the
City of Downey to acquire in its name said rights of way in, on, over and
under said hereinafter described real property by condemnation in accordance
with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure and the Constitution of
the State of California authorizing the exercise of the right of eminent domain.
SECTION 3. That said real property, the acquisition of which is required
by the public interest, convenience and necessity for the purpose set forth in
Sections 1 and 2 hereof, is described as follows:
Parcel 1 - That portion of Block 5 of the Tract of the Downey Land
Association, as per map recorded in Book 2, Page 434 of Miscellaneous
Records of Los Angeles County, described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the Northwesterly line of Brookshire Avenue,
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formerly Church Street, 60 feet wide, that is South 32 ° 49'20" West
thereon 36.11 feet from the Southwesterly line of First Street 60
feet wide, as shown on the map of Tract No. 2707 recorded in Book 33,
Page 75 of Maps, records of said county, said point of beginning being
the most Southerly corner of the land described in the deed recorded
in Book 14398, Page 78 of Official Records of said county; thence
continuing along said Northwesterly line of Brookshire Avenue, South
32 ° 49'20" West, 191.89 feet to the Southwesterly line of the land
described in the deed to L. Murphy and Selma Margaret Murphy, recorded
November 5, 1926, as Instrument No. 425 in Book 6379, Page 378 of said
Official Records; thence along said Southwesterly line North 57 ° 05'50"
West 10 feet; thence parallel with said North westerly line of Brookshire Avenue,
North 32 ° 49'20" East 143.97 feet; thence North 60 ° 22'06" West 2 feet• thence
parallel with said Northwesterly line of Brookshire Avenue, North 32
East 44.25 feet; to a point that is South 32 West 15.11 feet from the
existing Southwesterly line of Firestone Boulevard, per deed recorded in
Book 13814, Page 153; thence North 13 ° 46'23" West 20.61 feet to said South-
--- westerly line of Firestone Boulevard; thence thereon South 60 ° 22'06" East
15.01 feet to a point that is North 60 ° 22'06" West 12.00 feet from said
Northwesterly line of Brookshire Avenue; thence along the Westerly line of
the land described in Book 14398, Page 78 of Official Records, South
13 East 16.49 feet to the point of beginning.
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Parcel 2 - That portion of Block 6 of the Tract of the Downey Land
Association as per map recorded in Book 2, Page 434 of Miscellaneous
Records of Los Angeles County, described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the Southeasterly line of Brookshire Avenue,
formerly Church Street, 60 feet wide, distant Southwesterly thereon
38.00 feet from the existing Southwesterly line of Firestone Boulevard,
as described in the deed recorded in Book 13775, Page 253 of Official
Records of said county, said point of beginning being the most Westerly
corner of the land described in the deed to the County of Los Angeles,
recorded in Book 14279, Page 312 of said Official Records; thence con-
tinuing along said Southeasterly line of Brookshire Avenue, South
32 West 116.91 feet to the Southwesterly line of the land de-
scribed in the deed to Elton L. Wallar and Dorothy L. Wallar, recorded
September 22, 1954, as Instrument No. 2556 in Book 45648, Page 37 of
said Official Records; thence thereon South 57 ° 05'50" East 10 feet;
thence parallel with said Southeasterly line of Brookshire Avenue, North
32 49'20" East 138.48 feet to a point that is South 32 ° 49'20" West 17.00
feet from said Southwesterly line of Firestone Boulevard; thence North
76 ° 13'37" East 24.70 feet to said Southwesterly line; thence thereon
North 60 22'06" West 18 feet to the most Easterly corner of said land
deeded to the County of Los Angeles, in Book 14279, Page 312 of Official
Records; thence along the Southeasterly line of said land, South 32 ° 49'20"
West 38.50 feet to the most Southerly corner of said land; thence North
57 °10'40" West 9.00 feet to the point of beginning.
Parcel 3 - Area A: The Southeasterly 20 feet of Block 1 of Tract No. 9457
as per map recorded in Book 171, Page 7 of Maps, records of Los Angeles
County.
Area B: Beginning at the most Westerly corner of the above described
Parcel 1; thence along the Northeasterly line of Iowa Street as shown on
the map of said tract, North 57 ° 42'30" West 14.86 feet to the beginning
of a tangentourve concave Northerly and having a radius of 15 fett, said
curve being also tangent to the Northwesterly line of said Parcel 1; thence
Easterly along said curve 23.42 feet through a central angle of 89 ° 28'00"
to eaid Northwesterly line; thence thereon South 32 ° 49'30" Wett 14.86 feet
to the point of beginning.
Parcel 4 - That portion of Block 5 of the Tract of the Downey Land Associa-
tion in the County of IDs Angeles, State of California, as per map recorded
in Book 2, Page 434, of Miscellaneous Records of said county, described as
follows:
Beginning at the Southeast corner of Block 5 of said Tract of the Downey
Land Association; thence Northwesterly along the Southern Pacific Railway
right of way 10 feet; thence Northeasterly 135 feet along a line parallel
with and 10 feet Northwesterly, measured at right angles, from the North-
westerly line of Brookshire Avenue (formerly Church Street, 60 fett in
width), to the Southwesterly line of the land conveyed to L. Murphy and
Selma Margaret Murphy, by Document No. 425 recorded November 5, 1926, in
Book 6379, Page 378 of Official Records of Los Angeles County; thence
Southeasterly along said line of Murphy 10 feet to the Northwesterly line
of said Brookshire Avenue; thence Southwesterly along said line of Brook-
shire Avenue, 135 feet to the point of beginning.
SECTION 4. That the City Attorney of the City of Downey, and Burke,
Williams & Sorensen, hereby are authorized, empowered and directed to prepare,
institute and prosecute in the name of the City of Downey, such proceedings in
the proper court having jurisdiction thereof as are necessary for the condemna-
tion of said rights of way in said real property described in Section 3 of this
resolution.
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Said attorneys hereby are authorized and empowered to take such pro-
cedure as may be necessary to secure an order of immediate possession for
the use and occupancy of said property.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this C3/-1 day of 0 , 1961.
Mayor
ATTEST: •
Deputy City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Downey held on the day of
, 1961, by the following vote:
5 AYES: Councilmen: Corbin, Giddings, Peavey, Skinner, Temple
0 NOES: Councilmen: None
0 ABSENT: Councilmen: None
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Deputy City Clerk
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