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RESOLUTION 63-227 AUTHORIZING CON~T~/~ PROP OF ACCESS FROM FIRST ST ET FOR PASS AT THE I~E~ECTION OF THE S~~a~~ AND SA~A FE ~ILR~ T~C~ WITH FIRST STREET WHEREAS, after extensive study, it has been determined that a grade separation is necessary at the intersection of First Street with the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroad tracks because of the present and increasing traffic hazard over the present crossing at grade and because of the present traffic back-up when said present crossing is blocked by a train so that First Street, at and adjacent to said grade crossing, is inadequate in present traffic flow and is dangerous to life and property, which danger increases with the increased flow of vehicular traffic on said street; and WHEREAS, said grade separation has been awarded a priority of "One" by the State of California for State contribution toward the cost of said grade separation, and the City of Santa Ana must acquire fee title to certain property necessary for the construction of said grade separation and necessary for relocated railroad track right of way and must acquire ingress and egress rights to and from property to First Street before an agreement can be entered into with the State of California authorizing certain State fund contri- butions for the construction of such grade separation and before such construction can be commenced. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City of Santa Aha does hereby find and determine that the public interest, convenience and necessity require the acquisition in fee simple of a certain parcel of real property and interests in real property for the construction of a grade separation at the inter- section of First Street with the railroad tracks of the Southern Pacific Company and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, so that First Street will pass under said tracks, and for the construction of relocated railroad track right of way in connection with said grade separation; that the real property and interests in real property, the acquisition of which is required by the public interest, convenience and necessity for the uses and purposes hereinabove set forth, are situated in the City of Santa Ana, County of Orange, State of California, and are more particularly described as follows: PARCEL 14: (A)Beginning at a point in the center line of First Street (70 feet wide) distant North 89~ 58' 38" East (bearings assumed for the purpose of this description) along said center line 353.56 feet from the monumented center line of Evergreen Street, said point of beginning being the Southwesterly corner of The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe B~ilway Cc~pany's Station Grounds as said Station Grounds are described secondly in deed dated August 25, 1887 to California Central Railway Company (predecessor in interest to first said Railway Company) recorded January 12, 1888 in Book 371, Page 93, of Deeds, Records of Los Angeles County, California; thence North 0° 06' 50" East along the Westerly line of said Station Grounds 84.25 feet; thence North 79° 10' 08" East 158.47 feet; thence North 88~ 10' 03" East 105.02 feet to a point hereinafter referred to as Point "A"; thence Southeasterly along the arc of a curve from whence a tangent bears South 27~ 32' 03" East, concave Southwesterly an~ having a radius of 387.85 feet through a central angle of 13° 08' 18" a distance of 88.94 feet; thence South 14~ 23' 45" East tangent to the preceding curve 35.52 feet to a point in the Southerly line of said Station Grounds distant