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Council Chamber Santa Ana City Hall. June 19th, 1941. 1:00 P.M. City Council met in regularly adjourne~ and specially called meeting, for the purpose of taking action on the leasing of certain real property known as the Berry Rancho and all other business which may legally'come before City Council. the Meeting called to order by Mayor Bruns. Present: Trustees Herbert L. Hill,~ E. D. Yost, D. W. Kelsey, Plummer W. Bruns. Absent: Trustees Joseph P. Bmith. In Re On motion of Trustee Kelsey, seconded by Hill aha carried, Recess. a recess was taken for thirty minutes. Trustee Bmith appeared at the Council meeting and the City Council called to order. In Re Bite for Flying Cadet Replacement Base. Trustee Kelsey gave an explanation for the present meeting, stating that Colonel Glenn, Major Tull and Major Bailey and members of the City Council had investigated several sites for the location of a Flying Cadet Replacement Base, among them being the Berry Rancho on Newport Boulevard adjacent to the intersection of Paularino Road. It was stated that there was a definite interest shown by the Army officials for the Berry Rancho, consisting of 411.95 acres, providing certain requirements could be made as follows: 1. Lease. (a) 25 year with option to purchase --~ '(b) Including wells on propertyJ 2. Clear mineral rights or obtain waiver of mineral privileges during lease period. (s) Certificate from Department of Interior. 3. Proper proceedings by Coundil showing authority to negotiate. 4. Certificate of ownership of property or Title Insurance Policy. 5. Public utility commitments. /~I Telephone Company, at least six lines. ~' Gas Company--specifications already relayed to Fred Merke~,'Local ~Manager. (c)Elec'trlc Company--specifications relayed td Rodney Bacon, Local Manager. 8. Right of way for sewer line. 7. Commitments from Board of Buperviaors on County airport and hangar--need five acres--separate lease between the County of Orange and U.S. Government. 8. Right of way from Baker Btreet over either Lot 13 or 9. Eight county maps as exhibits. Attorney George Tobias explained receiving an option to leas~ and an option to purchase the Berry Rancho from M.H. Whittier Company, Etd., which affords the City of Banta Ana 120 days within which to enter into a lease and option to purchase said land at a yearly rental price of $15.80 per acre per year, the Oity to pay the taxes assessed against the property during the rental periods, the lease calling for a year period with option to renew from year to year for a total period of twenty-five years. The option to purchase at any time with the twenty-five years is at a price of $800.00 per acre. Lease was not assignable and the City could sub-let only to the United Btates Government for military purposes, with like option to lease from year to year for a twenty- five year period and an option to purchase. The annual rental due the Whittier Company would be $~8.00. Whittie~ Compan~ reserves the mineral rights on a fifty-fifty Oasis, only in case the option to purchase was exercised by the City alone; if the ~.B. Government un, er the sublease exercises its option to purchase, all mineral rights reserved by lessor shall be conveyed to the City and in turn to the U.B. Govern~ merit. The annual re~tal value of $830~.00, provided option to lease is exercised is to be paid in advance on the first of August~; and ~he City is' boun~ to exercise its option to renew th~ lease if the GoVernment 'has e~ercis~d its option. It was next explained that the present tenant was occupying the property pursuant to a written lgase which would not end until 19A9; that the tenant had now spent $~A00.00 on the present crop and asked $~800.00 to surrender the lease and that hie additional costs would be $800.00 between now and August lat. In order to dispossess the tenant by ~ugust the amount of $8700.00 was stipulated as a pay-off tO b'e equally divided between Whittier Company and the City.