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RE~LUTION NO. 55-90 AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC STREET PURPOSES TO WIDE~ TENTH STREET AT ENGLISH STREET AND DECLARING THE PUBLIC NECESSITY THEREFOR o WHEREAS~ Tenth Street as it now exists in the City of Santa An~ just Easterly of English Street, is inadequate in width to acconmmodate the present and future demands of traffic thereon, and because thereof is a present and continuing traffic hazard, and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana has acquired title to the property be- tween Artesia Street and Townsend Street and there is left between Townsend Street and English Street a length of 228.82 feet in which area Tenth Street is only 25 feet wide; NOW, THEREFORE~ BE IT RESOLVED: That the Council of the City of Santa ~na does hereby Find and determine that public interests and necessity require that the City do have~ take and acquire in fee simple for the purpose of creating a street thereon the entire parcel of land described as: Lying in the City of Santa Ana, County of Orange, State of California, and commencing at a point on the East line of English Street 620 feet North of the Northeast corner of Hickey and English Streets; running thence East parallel with the North line of Hickey Street, 228.82 feet to a point; thence North parallel with the East line of English Street, 55.26 feet, more or less, to the North line of the land conveyed to W. H. Young by deed recorded in book 270, page 397, of Deeds, records of Orange County, California; thence West along the North line of the land conveyed by said deed 228.82 feet to the East line of English Street and thence South along the East line of English Street 55.26 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning~ for the reason that the part taken to be used for said street purposes would leave the remainder thereof in such size, shape end condition as to require said City to pay compensation for the ts.king of such part, which would be equal to the fair and reasonable value of the whole parcel, and said Council hereby finds and declares that the entire parcel is necessary for the public use, benefits, safety, economy and general welfare. BE IT FURTHER HESOLVED: That the City Attorney be and he is hereby ordered and directed to bring an action in the name of the City of Santa Aha in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Orange, for condemnation of said property necessary to be taken as herein ordered and