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RESOLUTION NO. 55-315 ACCEPTING GRANT DEED WHEREAS, heretofore, property ovrners on South Nain Street re- quested that the City widen said Street between NcFadden Street and Walnut Street for the purpose of affording easier traffic movement, enhancing property values on said Street, beautifying said Street, and making said Street a better business district within said City, and the City Council of the City of ~Santa Ana agreed to said widening program on the condition that no property would be purchased and pay- ment would be made to owners only to compeneate for the removal from or damage to, improvements existing within or i~ediately adjacent to, the new street easement lines;and WHEREAS, L. B. ARMSTRONG and LILLIAN ARNSTRONG own the property herein described which property is improved with an elaborate masonry porch and steps standing into the setback area and right-of-way for the proposed widening and the Appraiser for the City has fixed the sum of $1,000.00 as the cost of removing said porch and steps and repairing and replacing the entrance to said building and the face across the front thereof ~mmediately behind said porch, all of which work will be necessary to complete the widening of said street and said owners have agreed to deed their property to the City without any consideration for the same upon payment through emcrow of the $1,000.00 to compensate them for the cost of and damage to, the im- provements on said property as hereinabove set out, said payment to be made at close of escrow and said owners to remove said masonry porch and steps from said street easement area prior to the receipt of said sum of $1,000.00. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City of Santa Ana ac- cepts the deed f~om L. B. AP~STRONG and LILLIAN ARNSTRONG, husband and wife as Joint tenants, granting an easement for street purposes over the Westerly 5'of the real property in the City of Santa Ana, County of Orange, State of California, described as: