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RESOLUTION NO. /mi
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DOWNEY DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO IMPROVE
PURITAN AVENUE AND OTHER STREETS 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 BENE-
FIT, AND THAT THE EXPENSE THEREOF SHALL BE ASSESSED
UPON A DISTRICT (AD -84)
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Downey pursuant
to the provisions of the Special Assessment Investigation,
Limitation and Majority Protest Act of 1931 being Division 4
of the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California
has held a hearing and adopted a resolution declaring the
feasibility of the proposed improvement hereinafter described;
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 improvement of Puritan Avenue between Paramount
Boulevard and Downey Avenue, Brock Avenue between a
point in Brock Avenue 145 feet t north of the center
line of Puritan Avenue and a point in Brock Avenue
145 feet south of the center line of Puritan Avenue;
Gneiss Street between a point in said street 145
feet north of the center line of Puritan Avenue and
a point in said street 145 feet south of the center
line of Puritan, Avenue; Downey Avenue (west side
only) between a point in said street 145 feet north
of the center line of Puritan Avenue and a point in
said street 145 feet f south of the center line of
Puritan Avenue, by the grading, preparation of sub-
grade, construction of cement concrete curbs and
gutters, cross- gutters, driveway aprons and alley
intersections and construction of asphaltic concrete
pavement on aggregate base, and appurtenant work
thereto.
That T a all of the foregoing work shall be done in accordance
with the profile and improvement plan, No. 1-17-6, and any
supplemental drawings mentioned thereon, which said profile and
improvement plan was adopted by Resolution No. /÷4/4'0 of the
City Council on August 10, 1964, and is on file in the office of
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the City Engineer of the City of Downey, and in accordance
with specification entitled "Assessment District No. 84 --
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Puritan Avenue," which was adopted by Resolution No. , /d'
of the City Council on August 10, 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. 1-17-6, and
detailed drawings thereon, in the respective locations thereof.
Reference hereby is made to the profile and improvement plan,
No. 1-17-6, 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
$26,070.51.
There shall be contributed to the cost of doing said work
the cost of paving Downey Avenue as described in said plan No.
1 -17 -6, the cost of the construction of three cross - gutters
designated on said plans, and the incidental expenses in
connection with doin g all of the work described herein. The
contribution by the City shall be paid out of the treasury of
said City and from the General Fund thereof.
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
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or improvement and to be assessed to pay the cost and expenses
thereof is shown on that certain plan or map, No. AD -84,
indicating the exterior boundary thereof, approved by Resolution
No. /q /7 of the City Council on August 10, 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
assessment 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
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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 succeed-
ing the next September 1st following their date. Payments on the
principal of unpaid assessments and interest shall be made by prop-
erty owners to the City Treasurer, and the sums shall be disbursed
by him or as provided in the Improvement Act of 1911 hereinafter
referred to.
SECTION 4. Notice hereby is given that on September 14, 1964,
at 8:00 P.M., in the Council Chamber of said City in the City Hall
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
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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.
rm•. 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
Highways 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 "Southeast News and Champion" a newspaper
published and circulated in the City of Downey, the first of
which publications shall be not less than ten (10) days prior to
September 14, 1964, the date of said hearing, and which hearing
shall be not less than fifteen (15), nor more than sixty (60) 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
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in full force and effect.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of August, 1964.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clqtk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted
at a meeting of the City Council of the City of
Downeflield on the 10th day of August, 1964, by the affirmative
vote of at least councilmen, to wit:
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AYES L-s Councilmen NOES: Councilmen:
ABSENT: Councilmen:
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