HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2506 RESOLUTION NO. 2506
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
ORDERING CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS ON FIRESTONE BOULEVARD
AT NEWVILLE 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, on, 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 located 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
that it is the intention of the City of Downey to acquire in its name
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 public interest, convenience and necessity for the purpose
set forth in Sections 1 and 2 hereof, is described as follows:
That portion of Lot 1 of Tract No. 22672, in the City of Downey,
in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, per Map
recorded in Book 608, page 13 of Maps, in the Office of the
County Recorder of said County, described as follows:
Beginning at an angle point in the northeasterly line of
Firestone Boulevard, 106 feet wide, as shown on said Map;
thence South 59 ° 14'20" East (along the prolongation of that
course shown on said Map as having a length of 535.56 feet)
a distance of 0.83 feet, to the beginning of a tangent curve
concave southwesterly, having a radius of 1,450 feet;
thence southeasterly along said curve 68.74 feet to the
northwesterly line of said Lot and the true point of beginning
of this description; thence continuing southeasterly along
said curve 79.98 feet to a point of tangency with a line
parallel with and distant northeasterly 7.00 feet, measured
at right angles, to the southwesterly line of said Lot 1;
thence along said parallel line South 53 ° 38'20" East
43.53 feet to the beginning of a tangent curve concave
northerly having a radius of 15 feet; thence easterly along
said curve 12.07 feet to a point of cusp with the Boundary
of said Lot 1 (an easterly continuation of said 15 -foot
radius curve is tangent to the southwesterly prolongation
of the southeasterly line of said Lot 1); thence westerly
along the Boundary of Lot 1, being a curve concave northerly,
having a radius of 25 feet, 25.13 feet to a point of tangency
with the northeasterly line of Firestone Boulevard 106 feet
wide; thence along said northeasterly line North 53 ° 38'20 "West
105.74 feet to the most westerly corner of said Lot 1;
thence North 31 ° 25'30" East along the northwest line of
said Lot, 5.18 feet to the true point of beginning.
SECTION 4. That the City Attorneys of the City of Downey, Burke,
Williams and 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 condemnation 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 be necessary to secure an order of immediate possession
for the use of and occupancy of said property.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 26th day of January , 1971
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City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by
the City Council of the City of Downey at a regular meeting thereof held
on the 26th day of January , 1971, by the following vote
of the Council:
AYES: 5 Councilmen: Morton, Winton, Jennings, Hollis, Ferris
NOES: 0 Councilmen:
ABSENT: 0 Councilmen:
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City Clerk