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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DOWNEY DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO IMPROVE
BARLIN AVENUE AND GARDENDALE STREET IN THE
CITY OF DOWNEY, DETERMINING THAT BONDS SHALL
BE ISSUED TO REPRESENT THE COST THEREFOR,
DECLARING THE WORK TO BE OF MORE THAN LOCAL
•■ OR ORDINARY PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND THAT THE
EXPENSE THEREOF SHALL BE ASSESSED UPON A
DISTRICT (AD 85)
WHEREAS, all of the owners of more than 60 per cent in
area of the property subject to assessment for the proposed
improvements hereinafter set forth have signed and filed with
the Clerk of the City Council a written petition for said
improvements and waiver of the Special Assessment Investigation,
Limitation and Majority Protest Act of 1931;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the public interest and convenience require,
and it is the intention of the City Council of the City of Downey
to order the following work to be done, to wit:
The acquisition of right of way for the opening and
improvement of Barlin Avenue as shown on that certain
drawing designated AD 85R approved and adopted by
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of the City Resolution N y Council of the City
of Downey on January 13, 1964.
The clearing and grading, excavation, construction
of Portland cement concrete curbs and gutters,
cross- gutter, residential driveway aprons and
criveway transitions, asphaltic concrete pavement
and cap with aggregate base and preparation of sub-
grade, adjustment of manhole frames and covers and
all incidental and appurtenant work thereto, in and
along Berlin Avenue between Gardendale Street and
Golden Avenue and in and along the southerly one-
half of Gardendale Street between a p oint 220 + _
feet westerly and a point 220 + feet easterly of
the centerline of Barlin Avenue as shown on
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Document No. 3 , 8'`u 23, 1963, in Book
4, Pages 71 and 72, of Official Maps of the County
of Los Angeles, and in and along the southerly one -
half of Gardendale Street between a point 220
feet westerly and a point 135 + feet westerly of the
centerline of Blodgett Avenue as shown on Document
No. 2720, filed December 26, 1961, in Book 1, Pages
53 and 54, of Official Maps of the County of Los
Angeles, in the City of Downey, County of Los Angeles,
State of California, in and along those certain rights
of way, heretofore acquired by the City of Downey.
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That all of the foregoing work shall be done in accordance
with the profile and improvement plan, No. i- 16 -22, and any
supplemental drawings mentioned therein, which said profile
and improvement plan was adopted by Resolution No. /2/4Z of
the City Council on January 13, 1964, and is on file in the
office of the City Engineer of the City of Downey, and in
accordance with specification entitled "Assessment District No.
85 -- Barlin Avenue & Gardendale Street" which was adopted by
Resolution No. 1/ ,, of the City Council on January 13, 1964.
The work and improvement herein described shall be con -
structed to the grades, subgrades, and elevations severally
shown upon said profile and improvement plan, No. 1- 16 -22, and
detailed drawings thereon, in the respective locations thereof.
Reference hereby is made to the profile and improvement plan,
No. 1- 16 -22, for a description of the grades to which all the
work and improvements under this Resolution of Intention shall
be done, which said grades hereby are adopted and established as
the official grades therefor, for all purposes in connection with
the proceedings pursuant to this Resolution of Intention. Notice
hereby is given that said grades are or may be, in part, new and
different from those heretofore established or existing, or may
be, and in some cases are, different from existing ground levels.
SECTION 2. The estimated cost of this improvement is
$34,093.07.
There shall be contributed to the cost of doing said work
in an amount not to exceed $7,000.00 the cost of construction
of all improvements on Gardendale Street within the limits herein-
above set forth except driveway aprons. Any portion of the cost
of said work in excess of $7,000.00 shall be assessed upon the
district. Contribution by said City shall be paid out of the
treasury of said City and from the General Fund thereof.
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That said proposed work or improvement, in the opinion of
the City Council of the City of Downey, is of more than local
or ordinary public benefit, and the Council hereby proposes that
the district in the City of Downey to be benefited by said work
or improvement and to be assessed to pay the cost and expenses
thereof is shown on that certain plan or map, No. 85B, indicating
the exterior boundary thereof, approved by Resolution No. /9 ,
of the City Council on January 13, 1964, and on file in the
office of the City Engineer. Said plan or map hereby is referred
to and shall govern for all details as to the extent of the
assessment district. The assessment district includes, in general,
the lots and parcels of land abutting upon or contiguous to the
hereinabove described streets, but reference hereby is made to
said plan or map for all details as to the extent of said assess-
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ment district and for any variation between the last mentioned
general description and the extent of the assessment district as
shown on the plan or map. All public streets or alleys, or
portions thereof, hereby are excepted from said district.
SECTION 3. That serial bonds, bearing interest at the rate of
6 per cent per annum, shall be issued to represent each assessment
of $50.00 or more remaining unpaid for thirty days after the mailing
of the notice by the contractor as provided in Section 5390 of the
Streets and Highways Code. Said serial bonds shall extend over a
period ending nine years from the second day of January next suc-
ceeding the next September 1st following their date. Payments on
the principal of unpaid assessments and interest shall be made by
property owners to the City Treasurer, and the sums shall be
or provided in the Imp
disbursed by him o as p Improvement Act of 1911 p
hereinafter referred to.
SECTION 4. Notice hereby is given that on February 10, 1964,
at 8:00 p. m., in the Council Chamber of said City in the City Hall
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located at 8425 Second Street, Downey, California, any and all
persons having any objection to the proposed work or improvement,
to the extent of the assessment district, or both, may appear
before the City Council and show cause why the proposed work or
improvement should not be carried out in accordance with this
Resolution of Intention. Protests must be in writing, must contain
a description of the property sufficient to identify it, and must
be delivered to the City Clerk not later than the hour set for
hearing.
SECTION 5. The Superintendent of Streets immediately shall
cause notice of the passage of this Resolution of Intention to be
posted conspicuously along the line of the contemplated work or
improvement and along all the open streets within said district,
in the manner and form prescribed by law.
The City Clerk hereby is directed to mail notices, in the
manner and form prescribed by law, of the adoption of this
resolution to all persons owning real property in the hereinbefore
described assessment district, whose names and addresses appear
on the last equalized assessment roll for City taxes or as
known to the City Clerk.
SECTION 6. The City Council of the City of Downey, in making
the improvement and in doing the work prescribed herein elects to
proceed under and in accordance with the provisions of the
Improvement Act of 1911, being Division 7 of the Streets and High-
ways Code of the State of California.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolution of Intention and shall cause the same to be
published twice in the "Downey Live Wire," a newspaper published
and circulated in the City of Downey, the first of which
publications shall be not leas than ten days prior to February
64 the date of said hearing, and which hearing shall be not
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less than fifteen, nor more than sixty days after the date of
adoption of this resolution.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same
shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of January, 1964.
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Mayor
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1 HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Downey
held on the 13th day of January, 1964, by the affirmative vote
of at least ,5" councilmen, to wit: I ,
AYES:5 Councilmen:4 ,/ /
NOES: Councilmen:
ABSENT: Councilmen:
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