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William L. Pereira and Associates ¢ £¢ Louis Kuplan, Pres. International Assoc. o~ Gerontology the fact is, it is not uninhabited in that 300 foot strip. It runs through a piece used for a single purpose, of property under a single qwne~shl~griculture, and the entire property has been developed as an entity and has its own irrigation system, crops, etc. If someone were to run a strip down the hack yards of a row of houses, no one would seriously co,tend that that strip was uninhabited because there were no houses on it. Basically, this entire strip is not uninhabited - itis inhabited. As of June 8th of this year there were twelve or more registered voters on that territory and enough people had been removed from that territory by financial payment, and in some cases to temporary quarters, so that there were not, at the time the petition was filed, twelve registered voters, and in their view this is a fraudulent use; through that type of device it cannot be made uninhabited. Section 35008 specif- ically provides that the dwellers not be divided from the rest of their property providi~ their property is centiguous. This is exactly what this 300 foot strip accomplishes. Perhaps more sigaificant is the fact that The Irvine Co. in conjunc- tion with the University of California, deeded o~e thousand acres and agreed in writing that it would dedicate an additional ten thousand acres for proper plannir~ for the Campus; it did this on the hasle of an agreement with the City of Santa Aha, it being understood the City would not annex into this area, and The Irvine Co. and Universit2 of California acted to their own detriment, as the strip runs substantially through the University City. Mr..~mfth then read Resolution No. 60- 77 expressing the attitude of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana and the policy of said City as to annexations and giving assurance that Santa Aha has from the beginning, does now and will coutinually, do all things lawTully in its power to protect the integrity of the University of California Campus area and peripheral land. It has been the policy of the Irvine Co. to consult with all of the Cities involved for the purpose of developing a long-range planning which includes muni- cipal boundaries. This aunexatio~ violates the principles of the Council but makes impossible the further proper development of this over-all development. If this annexation is to be adopted, in their opinion it would violate the constitutional rights of the Irvine Co. without due process of law and compensation. The 500 foot strip would be subjected to taxation without a~y possible benefit to the Irvine Ccm~pan~. 0~ the basis of the protests the Council has no Jurisdiction. Mr. submitted affidavits with attachments from Charles S. Thomas, President of The Ir~ine Company, from william H. Spurgeon, Vice President of The Irvine Company, statement in opposition of Raymond L. Watson, Manager of Planning, The Irvine Co and affidavit of Raymond L. Curran. O~ motion of Councilman Hubbard, seconded by Brewer and carried, the affidavits, as submitted by Mr. Smith, were received and filed. William L. Pereira, 5657 Wilehire Boulevard, Los Angeles, presented and read his statement in opposition to the proposed "Newport and Dyer S. E. Annex." 0~ motion of Cou$~cilw~- Hubbard, seconded by Brewer and carried, the statement and Secomd Phase report, on University Camt~As and Community Study, were received and filed. Louis Kuplan, 1085 Nonadnock Building, San Francisco, stated that on the hasis of his extensive experience in the field of gerontology, and from personal observa- tions in almost every part of the United States and in Western Europe, be believed sincerely that there is every reason to question the feasibility and social desir- ability of establisBtnE, as an enclave of Santa Aha, so large a retirement