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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY ORDERING
VACATION OF A PORTION OF LEXINGTON ROAD AND BROOKSHIRE AVENUE,
AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF LEXINGTON ROAD
AND BROOKSHIRE AVENUE
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 1937, the City Council of the City of Downey,
adopted the 27th day of June, 1967, declared its intention to vacate that portion
of Lexington Road and Brookshire Avenue, at the Northwest corner of the intersection
of Lexington Road and Brookshire Avenue, as shown on a map on file in the office of
the City Clerk, and setting a hearing thereon for the hour of 7:30 P.M., on July 10,
1967; and
WHEREAS, the public hearing on said intended vacation duly was held and a full
and fair hearing was held thereon;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Downey upon recommendation of the
Planning Commission hereby declares its intention to vacate that portion of Lexington
Road and Brookshire Avenue located at the northwesterly corner of the intersection of
said Road and Avenue as shown on map on file in the office of the City Clerk to which
reference is made for further particulars. The area to be vacated being described as:
That portion of the Rancho Santa Gertrudes in the City of Downey, County of Los
Angeles, State of California, described as follows:
Commencing at an angle point in the centerline of Lexington and Gallatin Road
as described in deed recorded May 19, 1941, as Document No. 458 in the office
of the County Recorder of said County; thence North 58 ° 48'50" West along said
Centerline of Lexington and Gallatin Road, now Lexington Road, 115.05 feet;
thence North 31 ° 09'45" East 30.00 feet to a line parallel with and distant 30.00
_ feet northeasterly, measured at right angles, from said Centerline,and the true
point of beginning; thence South 58 ° 48'50" East along said parallel line 65.05
feet to the beginning of a tangent curve concave northerly and having a radius
of 15.00 feet; thence easterly thereon 23.57 feet to a point of tangency with a
line parallel with and distant 35.00 feet northwesterly, measured at right
angles from said Centerline of Lexington and Gallatin Road, now Brookshire Avenue,
as shown on Map of Tract No. 9996 recorded in Book 140, Page 1 of Maps in said
Recorder's Office; thence North 31 ° 09'45" East along said parallel line 56.06
feet to a point in a non - tangent curve concave northerly and having a radius of
125.00 feet, being the northerly line of said Lexington and Gallatin Road, as
shown on said Map, a radial line of said Curve through this point bears South
39 ° 45'49" East; thence westerly along said curve 110.59 feet to the true point
of beginning, a radial line through this point bears South 14 ° 55'33" West.
SECTION 2. Pursuant to the authority of Sections 8330 and 8331 of the Streets and
Highways Code of the State of California, the City Council hereby determines that the
public convenience and necessity require the reservation of a permanent easement and
right at any time, or from time to time, to maintain, operate, replace, remove, renew
and enlarge lines of pipe, conduits, cables, wires, poles, and other convenient
structures and fixtures for the operation of gas pipe lines, petroleum transmission
lines, telephone and telegraph lines, and for the transportation and distribution of
water, electrical energy and incidental purposes, including access and the right to
keep the property free from flammable materials and weed growth, and otherwise protect
the same from all hazards, in, upon, and over that portion of the street proposed to
be vacated and described hereinabove, All proceedings for the vacation of said street
are taken and shall be subject to the reservation of said described easement.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and
cause a certified copy thereof, attested by the City Clerk under the seal of the City
of Downey, to be recorded in the office of the County Recorder of the County of
Los Angeles.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of July, 1967.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City] Clerk
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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 10th day of
July , 1967, by the affirmative vote of at least
Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: -, Councilmen :
NOES: Councilmen:
ABSENT: Councilmen:
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