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RESOLUTION 69-178 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA PROPOSING A CHANGE OF ORGANIZATION IN THAT DISTRICT KNOWN AS THE EAST ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT BY THE DETACHMENT OF CERTAIN DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN SAID DISTRICT, WHICH REAL PROPERTY IS ALSO LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA WHEREAS, the District Reorganization Act of 1965 (§§56000 through 56550 of the Government Code of the State of California) provides for the change of organization of certain districts, through the approval by the Local Agency Formation Commission of detachments of real property from said Districts when said terri- tory is also located within a city which provides comparable services; and WHEREAS, both the city of Santa Ana and the landowners of the hereinafter described real property desire that said real property be detached from the East Orange County Water District in view of the fact that said territory is presently being assessed real property taxes by the City of Santa Ana and shall receive as a consequence of said property tax payments water services from the City of Santa Ana; and WHEREAS, the East Orange County Water District, and the city of Santa Ana, would be affected by the change of organization requested herein; and WHEREAS, the present request of the City of Santa Ana is for detachment of certain territory constituting uninhabited terri- tory, which territory is described in EXHIBIT A, attached hereto and made a part hereof as though fully set forth herein; and WHEREAS, landowners within the territory described in EXHIBIT A desire to avoid the burden of double taxation which would be imposed upon their property and wish to avoid any further liability for bonded indebtedness of the East Orange County Water District; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA that it is hereby requested that a change of organization of the East Orange County Water District be approved by the Local Agency Formation Commission of Orange County through the detachment of certain real property described in EXHIBIT A and characterized as uninhabited territory, in order to prevent the burden of double taxation on said landowners. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Local Agency Formation Commission of Orange County is requested to order the East Orange County Water District to adopt a resolution to detach that certain territory described herein in EXHIBIT A without the necessity of notice or hearing by S~id Water District and without the necessity for an election on the issue of said detachment. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That should the Local Agency Formation Commission of Orange County determine that an election is necessary upon the question of confirming an order for detach- ment of the aforementioned and described territory (EXHIBIT A), said Local Agency Formation Commission be requested, pursuant to §56252(a) of the Government Code, to determine that such election shall be called, held and conducted upon the question of said detachment only within the territory described in EXHIBIT A which is proposed to be detached. -1-