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RESOLUTION 65-1~7 AUTHORIZING CONDEMNATION OF EASEMENT FOR STREET PURPOSES FOR THE EASTERLY EXTENSION OF EDINGER AVENUE ACROSS THE PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILROAD WHEREAS, the rapid population growth in the City of Santa Ana and the increased vehicular traffic require that Edinger Avenue be opened between Maple Street and Standard Avenue. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City of Santa Aha hereby finds and declares that the public interest and necessity require the acquisition of rights of way for all the purposes of a public street in, through, and over certain parcels of real property in the City of Santa Aha, County of Orange, State of California, described as: An easement for street purposes over that section of the Pacific Electric Railway 40-foot wide right of way described as follows: PARCEL 1: A strip of land 50 feet in width, being 25 feet on each side of the following described center line: Beginning at a point on the west line of the Pacific Electric Railway right of way which is 24 feet northerly, measured along said west line, from the intersection of said west line with the center line of Edinger Street as shown on a map of Tract No. 252 recorded in Book 13 at Page 33, Miscellaneous Maps, records of Orange County, California, and running thence easterly along the easterly extension of said center line of Edinger Street 40 feet to the east line of said Railroad right of way. PARCEL 2: A spandrel shaped parcel of land bounded northerly by the south line of Parcel 1, bounded westerly by said west line of the Railroad right of way, and bounded southeasterly by the arc of a curve concave southeasterly, having a radius of 15 feet and tangent to said northerly and westerly boundaries. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: 1. That the City Attorney is hereby ordered to bring an action in the name of the City of Santa Aha to condemn said property necessary to be taken and to do all things necessary to prosecute said action to final determination; 2. That the City of Santa Aha is authorized and empowered to acquire, develop, maintain, improve, and repair 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; 4. That said action in condemnation shall be taken in accord- ance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure and the Constitution of the State of California relating to eminent domain. 5. That public interest, necessity, and convenience require, and it is hereby ordered, that said City take immediate possession and use of the property herein ordered to be acquired for street purposes upon compliance with the requirements of law applicable thereto as rights of way for public street. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 20~h day of September, 1965. CLERK OF THE COUNCIL