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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1698 I RESOLUTION NO. 1698.- RESOLUTION OF THE CITY mUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA ORDERING THE PUBLICATION OF A NOTICE INVITING BIDS FOR THE SALE OF THE CITY HALL BUILDING AND SITE AT PUBLIC AUCTION, FIXING A MINIMUM BID, AND FIXING THE TIME AND '. . . PLACE WHEN SUCH BIDS WIIJ.. BE OPENED AND PUBLICLY DECLARED . THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOi'lS : vIHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Resolution No. 1&97: adopted on the i9th day of August r , 1947" the City Council of , I . the City of Arcadia found and declared that the public interest and convenience requires that its public building, known as the City Hall, and the site thereof hereinafter More particularly described, be disposed of and conveyed; and WHEREAS, in said resolution the City Council did fix the time and place for hearing objections thereto and did fix the time when final action will be taken thereon; and WHEREAS, in the event no protests are received or in the event the City Council overrules such protests or objections by a four-fifths vote of the members thereof, the Council may desire to proc eed with such sale; and VlliEREAS, in the event the City Council determines that it should proceed with such sale, it desires that such sale be han- dled through a public auction by the City Council of such property and the sale thereof to the highest bidder for cash, NOW, THEREFCRE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLa-IS: Section 1. The City Council hereby finds that the public interest and convenience requires that the public building O1med by the City of Arcadia and known as the City Hall and the site thereof hereinafter described, be sold at public auction by the - 1 - ;.(,~ \~Q{(. City Council for cash to the highest bidder, in the event that the City Council shall take final action to dispose of such property pursuant to t he provisions of Resolution No. 1697. , I hereinabove referred to. Said property is hereby described as follows: Lots 14 to 17 inclusive, Lots 25 to 31 inclusive, and Lots 33 and 34, in Block 74 of Arcadia Santa Anita Tract in the City of Arcadia, County of Los Angeles, State of California, as per map recorded in Book 15, Pages 89 and 90 of Miscellaneous Records of the County Recorder of said County; Except the northerly ten (10) feet of said Lots 14 and 17 included wi thin the alley vacated by Ordinance 231, adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia on th e 4th day ofDecembelj'1929, and ! Except froM said Lot 14, tile westerly eight (8) feet thereof, and Subject to the easement for street purposes over the easterly ten (10) feet of said Lots 15, 16 and 17 and over the southerly twenty (20) feet of said Lots 14 and 15. Section 2. The City Council hereby declares that the Minimum bid which it \rill consider for said property is the sum of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00) cash net to the City. Section 3. Said property is to be sold subject to. the right of the City to fully occupy and use the said City Hall building for the period of one year after the close of escrow without rent and subject to the further right 'of the City to fully occupy and use that certain building located on Lot 26 of said Block for American Red Cross and Veterans' Service Center activities or other purposes for the period of one year froM the close of escrow, without rent. Section 4. The City Council hereby reserves the right to reject any or all bids received. Section 5. Sealed bids will be received in the office of the City Clerk in the City Hall up to the hour of five o'clock p.m., on the 2hd day of SepteMbeJ;' 1947. They will be opened - 2 - i-~1;' \~,,<i and publicly declared follo1rring the holding of the hearing called for in R.esolution NO.1697, hereinabove referred to, in the event that the City Council shall take final action to dis- pose of such property. In the event such action is not taken, the bids will be returned unopened to the bidders. Bids Must , be accompani ed by a certified check or cashier I s check in the amount of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), drawn on a respon- sible bank in the County of Los Angeles, made payable to the City, as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into an escrow agreement for the purchase of said property in the event that his bid is accepted. Section 6. The City Clerk shall cause a notice inviting bids to be published at least once prior to the date fixed for the holding of said hearing hereinabove referred to, , . Arcadia News in the Arcadia Tribune,andi /, a 1rleekly newspaper published and ,\ circulated in the City of Arcadia. Section 7. of this resolution. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution vas adopted at a regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia, held on the 19th day of August. ) 1947, by the affirMative vote of at least three (3) '- .councilmen, to-\"it: AYES: Councilmen Adcock, Ormsby and Russell NOES: None ABSENT: Councilmen Leeper and Nugent 9-,,9 \",9 - 3 - Signed and approved this ATTEST: r;f' /~A ' CITY~ . ' - 4 - , 19th~-- day 0 f August. 1947. ~.#.~? MA CR OF 'Ill . CI 0 ARCADIA ...'iJ) ..,,'...... .'