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RESOLUTION NO. 62-66 AUTHORIZING COND~V~NATION OF REAL PROPERTY EAST OF FLOWER STREET AND SOUTH OF EIGHTH STREET FOR THE WIDENING OF EIGHTH STREET AND FOR CIVIC CENTER PURPOSES AND DECLARING THE NECESSITY THEREFOR WHEREAS, Eighth Street as it presently exists between Flower Street and Parton Street is proposed to be widened on the South side in order to accc~odate the flow of traffic presently using said street; and WHEREAS, certain parcels of real property hereinafter described fall within an area heretofore delimited as the Civic Center area provided for the future construction of certain governmental buildings and facilities. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City of Santa Ana does hereby find and declare that the public use, benefit, safety, economy and general welfare require that Eighth Street be widened between Flower and Patton Streets, as shown on maps thereof on file in the office of the Department of Public Works, herein referred to for greater detail, to accomodate the demands of traffic; and further require that said City do have, take and acquire in fee simple for said street purposes, not only the actual right of way necessary for said street uses and structures, which consists of the Northerly 31 feet of Parcels 1 and 2 hereinafter described, but all of the remainders of the whole parcels of land crossed which lie Southerly of the Northerly 31 feet of said parcels, which said Northerly 31 feet of said parcels delineates the Southerly right of way line of said Eighth Street as it is proposed to be after widening, for the reason that said Southerly portions of said parcels of real property will be left in such size, shape and condition as to require said City to pay excessive compensation for the taking in severance of the smaller parcels from the larger parcels, so as to require said City to pay excessive compensation, if said Southerly parcels be not so taken, in an amount equal to the fair -1-