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RESOLUTION 65-79 AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATION OF AN EASEMENT FOR STREET PURPOSES FOR EDINGER AVENUE WHEREAS, due to the rapid population growth the existing demand for vehicular traffic ways and the anticipated growth in east-west traffic in the southerly part of Santa Ana require that Edinger Avenue be extended easterly between Grand Avenue and the Southern Pacific Railroad right of way. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City of Santa Ana does hereby find and declare that public interest and necessity require the acquisition of a right of way for all the purposes of a public street in, through, and over that certain land in the City of Santa Ana, County of Orange, State of California, described as: An easement for street purposes over the following described property: Commencing at the intersection of the center lines of Grand Avenue and McFadden Avenue as shown on a Record of Survey map recorded in Book 50, page 19, of Record of Surveys in the Office of the County Recorder of Orange County, California, and running thence South 00° 34' 07" West along said center line of Grand Avenue 2505.38 feet; thence North 89° 22' 33" West 30.00 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING and to a point herein referred to as point A; thence continuing North 89° 22' 33" West 1149.48 feet, more or less, to the Easterly line of the right of way of the Santa Ana and Newport Railway Company (now Southern Pacific Railroad Company) and to a point herein referred to as point B; thence South along the Easterly line of said right of way 20.00 feet; thence South 89° 22' 33" East 40.00 feet to a point; thence Northeasterly to a point that is 15.00 feet Southerly and 240.00 feet Easterly of point B; thence South 89° 22' 33" East 666.48 feet to a point that is 243.00 feet West and 15.00 feet Southerly of point A; thence Southeasterly to a point that is 143.00 feet West and 20.00 feet Southerly of point A; thence South 89° 22' 33" East 133.00 feet; thence Southeasterly to a point that is on the Westerly line of Grand Avenue and 30.00 feet Southerly of point A; thence North along the Westerly line of Grand Avenue 60.00 feet; thence Southwesterly to a point that is 10.00 feet Westerly and 20.00 feet Northerly of point A; thence North 89° 22' 33" West 133.00 feet to a point that is 143.00 feet Westerly and 20.00 feet Northerly of point A; thence Southwesterly to a point that is 243.00 feet Westerly and 15.00 feet Northerly of point A; thence North 89° 22' 33" West 666.48 feet; thence Northwesterly to a point that is 40.00 feet Easterly and 20.00 feet Northerly of point B; thence north 89° 22' 33" West 20.00 feet to the Easterly line of the right of way of the Santa Ana and Newport Railway Company(now Southern Pacific Railroad Company); thence South along the Easterly line of said right of way 20.00 feet to said point B; thence South 89° 22' 33" East 1149.48 feet, more or less, to point A and to the Point of Beginning. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: 1. That the City Attorney is hereby ordered to bring an action in the name of the City of Santa Ana to condemn said property necessary to be taken and to do all things necessary to presecute said action to final determination; 2. That the City is authorized and empowered to acquire, locate, construct, repair, and maintain public streets within the City; 3. That said public improvement is planned and located in a manner which will be most compatible with the greatest public good and the least private injury; -1-