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RESOLUTION NO. 61-217 PROVIDING FoR THE WITH- DRAWAL OF CERTA~ TERRITORY FROM THE GARDEN GROVE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT WHEREAS, an inhabited annexation proceeding was conducted by the City of Santa Ana, California, under the name of "West Santa Ana Annex", at the election held under said proceeding the electors in the territory affected voted in favor of said annexation, but said proceeding was challenged by two cases in the Superior Court of Orange County and the annexation was held in abeyance during the appeals of said two cases, which were designated 4th Civil No. 6290 and 6391, and were finally determined by the District Court in favor of said annexation and approved the same, and the Remittitur from District Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, State of California, was filed on the 24th day of February, 1961, in the office of the County Clerk and the Clerk of the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Orange, and from and after said date said territory became and still is a part of the City of Santa Ana, California; and WHEREAS, said territory included most of Westminster Avenue (Seventeenth Street in Santa Ana) and along the Northerly half of Westminster Avenue from Verano Street East to a point 330 feet East of Newhope Street, except between Anita and Rosita Streets the street right of way was included within the Garden Grove Fire Protection District; and WHEREAS, said included area is now afforded fire protection by the City of Santa Ana; said City maintains an excellent Fire Department, well staffed and equipped with the most modern fire fighting equipment and devices so that said City has been rated a Class 3 by the Underwriter's Bureau evidencing the highest form of fire protection available in the County of Orange, and that portion of said territory along the Northerly half of Westminster Avenue -1-