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RESOLUTION NO. 930
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 itsrame 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 that certain real property in the City of Downey,
County of Los Angeles, State of California 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,
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 con-
tinuing 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; thencemparallel with said Northwesterly line of Brooks�.ire Avenue,
North 32 ° 49'20" East 44.25 feet; to a point that is South 32 49'20" 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 Southwesterly 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 °46'23" East 16.49 feet to the point of beginning.
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Parcel 2 - That portion of Block 5 of the Tract of the Downey Land
Association in the County of Los 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 Northwesterly line of Brookshire Avenue
(formerly Church Street, 60 feet 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, fn 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 Brookshire
Avenue, 135 feet to the point of beginning.
Parcel 3 - 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 ° 49'20" West 116.91 feet to the Southwesterly line of the land de-
scribed in the deed to Elton L. Wallar and Dorothy L. Waller, 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
felt 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 4 - Area A: The southeasterly 20 feet of block 1 of Tract No. 9457,
in the City of Downey, County of Los Angeles, State of California, as per
map recorded in Book 171 page 7 of Maps, records of Los Angeles County,
said land is shown as a portion of Parcel 15, in said City of Downey,
County of Los Angeles, State of California, as shown on a Record of Survey
filed in Book 56 page 47 of Record of Surveys, in the office of the
County Recorder of said county.
Area B: That portion of Block 1 of Tract No. 9457 in the City of Downey,
County of Los Angeles, State of California, as per map recorded in Book 171,
page 7 of Maps, records of Los Angeles County, said land is shown as a
portion of Parcel 15, in said City of Downey, County of Los Angeles, State
of California, as shown on a Record of Survey filed in Book 56 page 47 of
Surveys, in the office of the county recorder of said county, described as
follows:
Beginning at the most westerly corner of the above - described Area A of
Parcel 4; thence along the northeasterly line of Iowa Street as shown on
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the map of said tract, North 57 42'30" West 14.86 feet to the
beginning of a tangent curve concave northerly and having a radius
of 15 feet, said curve being also tangent to the northwesterly line
of said area A; thence easterly along said curve 23.42 feet through
a central angle of 89 to said northwesterly line;thence thereon
South 32 ° 49'30" West 14.86 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.
Said attorneys hereby are authorized and empowered to take such procedure
as may necessary to secure an order of immediate possession for the use and
occupancy of said property.
SECTION 5. Resolution No. 888 of the City Council of the City of Downey
hereby is rescinded.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of January, 1962.
Mayor /
ATTEST:
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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 8th day of January,
1962, by the following vote:
AYES: 5 Councilmen: Corbin, Giddings, Peavey, Skinner, Temple
NOES: 0 Councilmen: None
ABSENT: 0 Councilmen: None
City lerk