HomeMy WebLinkAbout61-140RESOLUTION NO. 61-1~0 AUTHORIZING PETITION 'fO
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ORANGE COUNTY REQUESTING THAT
PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA,
BE EXCEPTED FROM THE LEVY OF ANY ORANGE COUNTY TAX
TO PROVIDE STRUCTURAL FIRE PROTECTION AND MAKING
FINDINGS OF FACT
WHEREAs, the City of Santa Aha is a Municipal Corporation now
existing as such by virtue of a charter granted under the laws of the
State of California and said City lies in the County of Orange in the
State of California; and
WHEREAS, said City of Santa Aha does now provide adequate
structural fire protection to all property within the corporate limits
of said City by maintaining an organized Fire Department of acknowledged
excellence in operation and existence, modernly equipped and staffed
with competent well-trained personnel under outstanding leadership and
which said Department has available to it a water system with adequate
reserves maintained at v~ry high pressure circulated through large
trunk mains all in excellent condition, which has resulted in a lower
fire insurance rate than any other area in said County enjoys and one
of the lowest fire insurance rates in the State of California; and
WHEREAS, said Fire Department is now providing adequate struc-
tural fire protection to all property within the incorporated limits
of Santa Ana, and that no additional benefit in fire protection is
received or required by such property from structural fire protection
given by the County of Orange; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 25643 provides for a petition
supported by a Resolution to result in property within an area, such
as the City of Santa Aha, to be excepted from the levy of any tax by
a County for the purpose of structural fire protection.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana hereby authorizes and directs that a petition be
presented to the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Orange County,
California, supported by a certified copy of this Resolution as
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provided for in Government Code Section 25643, petitioning said Board
to exclude all property within the City of Santa Aha and to except
the same from the levy of any tax for the purpose of structural fire
protection which may be levied for the fiscal year of 1961-62, and
Carl J. Thornton, City Manager, is hereby authorized and directed,
for and on behalf of said City of Santa Aha, to sign the petition,
a copy of which is attached to this Resolution, which said petition
is hereby authorized and approved, and to present the original
executed copy of said petition together with a certified copy of this
Resolution to the Board of Supervisors of Orange County, California,
before July 1, 1961.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That said City Council hereby finds
and declares that the statements made in said petition and in this
Resolution are true and correct.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa
Aha at its regular meeting held on the 5th day /June 1961.
ATTEST:
~arion
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SANTA A~A )
I, MARION SUTTNER, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of
the Council of the City of Santa Aha; that the foregoing Resolution
was regularly introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held
on the ~th, day of , June , 1961, and was at said meeting regu-
larly passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit:
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
COUNC I LMEN:
AYES,
NOES,
ABSENT,
Reval E. Hubbard, Henry H. Schlue%er~
Bob Brewer, A. A. Hall
None
Dale H. Heinly
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Marion Suttner
CLERK OF T~ CouncIL
by:
ABslstant Clerk of the Council