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RESOLUTION NO. 62-98 AUTHORIZING PETITION TO THE <br />BO~/%D OF SUPERVISORS OF ORANGE COUNTY REQUESTING THAT <br />PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, <br />BE EXCEPTED FROM THE LEVY OF ANY ORANGE COUNTY TAX <br />TO PROVIDE STRUCTURAL FIRE PROTECTION AND MAKING <br />FINDINGS OF FACT <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana is a Municipal Corporation now <br />existing as such by virtue of a charter granted under the laws of the <br />State of California and said City lies in the County of Orange in the <br />State of California; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, said City of Santa Ana does now provide adequate <br />structural fire protection to all property within the corporate limits <br />of said City by maintaining an organized Fire Department of acknowledged <br />excellence in operation and existence, modernly equipped and staffed <br />with competent well-trained personnel under outstanding leadership and <br />which said Department has available to it a water system with adequate <br />reserves maintained at very high pressure circulated through large <br />trunk mains all in excellent condition, which has resulted in a lower <br />fire insurance rate than any other area in said County enjoys and one <br />of the lowest fire insurance rates in the State of California; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, said Fire Department is now providing adequate struc- <br />tural fire protection to all property within the incorporated limits <br />of Santa Ana and no additional benefit in fire protection is received <br />or required by such property from structural fire protection given <br />by the County of Orange; <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of the <br />City of Santa Ana hereby authorizes and directs that a petition be <br />presented to the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Orange County, <br />California, supported by a certified copy of this Resolution as <br />provided for in Government code Section 25643, petitioning said Board <br />to exclude all property within the City of Santa Aha and to except <br />the same from the levy of any tax for the purpose of structural fire <br />protection which may be levied for the fiscal year of 1962-63, and <br /> <br /> <br />