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RESOLUTION NO. 2655
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO
IMPROVE THE FIRST ALLEY SOUTH OF FOOTHILL
BOULEVARD BETWEEN WIGWAM AVENUE AND FIFTH AVENUE,
THE FIRST ALLEY SOUTH OF DIAMOND STREET BETWEEN
FIRST AVENUE AND SECOND AVENUE, THE FIRST ALLEY
SOUTH OF LAUREL AVENUE BETWEEN SECOND AVENUE AND
FIFTH AVENUE, THE FIRST ALLEY SOUTH OF FLORAL
AVENUE BETWEEN NORTH VIEW AVENUE AND FIFTH AVENUE,
AND SECOND AVENUE BETWEEN FOREST AVENUE AND LAUREL
AVENUE, ALL WITHIN THE CITY OF ARCADIA, BY THE
GRADING, PREPARING SUBGRADE, PAVING, AND THE CON-
STRUCTION OF CONCRETE CURBS, GUTTERS AND APRONS,
AND APPURTENANT WORK THERETO, AND DETERMINING THAT
BONDS SHALL BE ISSUED TO REPRESENT THE COST THERE-
FOR, AND DECLARING THE WORK TO BE OF MORE THAN
LOCAL OR ORDINARY PUBLIC BENEFIT AND THAT THE EX-
PENSE THEREOF SHALL BE ASSESSED UPON A DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Arcadia, by
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Resolution No. 2638, adopted June 7, 1955, set a hearing, pursuant to
Section 17 of Article XIII of the Constitution of the State of
California, for July 5, 1955, to determine whether the publiC con-
venience and necessity require the improvement of the first alley south
of Foothill Boulevard between Wigwam Avenue and Fifth Avenue, the first
alley south of Diamond Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue,
the first alley south of Laurel Avenue between Second Avenue and
Fifth Avenue, the first alley south of Floral Avenue between North
View Avenue and Fifth Avenue, and Second Avenue between Forest Avenue
and Laurel Avenue, all within the City of Arcadia, by the grading,
preparing subgrade, paving, and the construction of concrete curbs,
gutters and aprons, and appurtenant work thereto; and
WHEREAS, on said date said hearing was held and said City
Council by Resolution No. 2654
, adopted by a four-fifths vote on
July 19,
, 1955, determined that the public convenience and neces-
sity require the said improvement of the first alley south of Foothill
Boulevard between Wigwam Avenue and Fifth Avenue, the first alley south
of Diamond Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue, the first
alley south of Laurel Avenue between Second Avenue and Fifth Avenue,
the first alley south of Floral Avenue between North View Avenue and
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Fifth Avenue, and Second Avenue between Forest Avenue and Laurel
Avenue, all within the City of Arcadia, by the grading, preparing sub-
grade, paving, and the construction of concrete curbs, gutters and
aprons and appurtenant work thereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the public interest and convenience require
and it is the intention of the City Council of the City of Arcadia to
order the following work to be done, to wit: The improvement of the
first alley south of Foothill Boulevard between Wigwam Avenue and Fifth
Avenue, the first alley south of Diamond Street between First Avenue
and Second Avenue, the first alley south of Laurel Avenue between
Second Avenue and Fifth Avenue, the first alley south of Floral
Avenue between North View Avenue and Fifth Avenue, and Second Avenue
between Forest Avenue and Laurel Avenue, all within the City of Arcadia,
by the grading, preparing subgrade, paving, and the construction of
concrete curbs, gutters and aprons, and appurtenant work thereto. The
estimated cost of the improvement is $25,485.42.
All of the foregoing work shall be done in accordance with
the Profile and Improvement Plan Job No. 229 and any supplemental
drawings mentioned thereon, which said Profile and Improvement Plan
was adopted by the City Council on June 7, 1955, by Resolution No.
2636, on file in the office of the City Engineer of said city and in
accordance with specifications entitled "Job No. 229 - Improvement
of the First Alley South of Foothill Boulevard and Other Alleys and
Streets" as adopted by the City Council of said City on the 7th day
of June, 1955, by Resolution No. 2636.
SECTION 2. That said proposed work or improvement in the
opinion of the City Council of the City of Arcadia is of more than
local or ordinary public benefit, and said Council hereby proposes that
the district in the City of Arcadia to be benefited by said work or
improvement and to be assessed to pay the cost and expense thereof, is
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shown upon a ce~tain plan or map approved by the City Council on
June 7, 1955, by Resolution No. 2637, indicating the exterior boundary
thereof, which said plan or map is on file in the office of the City
Engineer and is marked No. w-66.
Said plan or map hereby is referred to and shall govern for
all details as to the extent of said assessment district. Said assess-
ment district includes in general the lots and parcels of land abutting
upon or contiguous to said hereinabove described streets and alleys,
but reference hereby is made to said plan or map for all details as
to the extent of said assessment district and for any variation
between the last mentioned general description and the extent of said
assessment district as shown on said plan or map. All public streets
or alleys, or portions thereof, hereby are excepted from said district.
SECTION 3. That serial bonds bearing interest at the rate of
6% per annum shall be issued to represent each assessment of $25.00
or more remaining unpaid for 30 days after the date of the warrant.
Said serial bonds shall extend over a period ending nine years from
the second day of January next succeeding the next October 15th
following their date. Payments on the principal of unpaid assessments
and interest shall be made by property owners to the City Treasurer and
the sums shall be disbursed by him or as provided in the "Improvement
Act of 1911" hereinafter referred to.
SECTION 4. Notice hereby is given that on August 16, 1955
at the hour of 8:00 P.M., in the Council Chambers in the City Hall of
said City of Arcadia, situated at 240 West Huntington Drive, in said
City, any and all persons having any objections to the proposed work
or improvement may appear before the City Council and show cause why
the .said proposed work or improvement should not be carried out in
accordance with said Resolution of Intention.
SECTION 5. The Superintendent of Streets immediately shall
cause to be conspicuously posted along the line of said contemplated
work or improvement and also along all the open streets within the
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said district, notice of the passage of this Resolution of Intention
in the manner and form prescribed by law.
The City Clerk hereby is directed to mail notices, in the
manner and form prescribed by law, of the adoption of this resolution
to all persons owning real property in the hereinbefore described
assessment district, whose names and addresses appear on the last
equalized assessment roll for city taxes or as known to the City Clerk.
SECTION 6. The City Council of the City of Arcadia in making
the improvement and in doing the work prescribed herein elects to
'proceed under and in accordance with the provisions of the "Improvement
Act of 1911," being Division 7 of the streets and Highways Code of the
state of California.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this Resolution of Intention and shall cause the same to be published
twice in the Arcadia Bulletin, a newspaper published and circulated in
the City of Arcadia, the first of which publications shall be not less
than ten days prior to August 19,
1955, the date of the said hearing,
and which hearing shall not be less than fifteen, nor more than sixty
days after the date of adoption of this resolution.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of
this resolution and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in
full force and effect.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of
, 1955.
ATI'EST:
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. Ci ty Clerk
! HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted
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at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia,
held on the 19th day of July
, 1955, by the fullowing vote:
AYES:
Councilmen Camphouse, Dennis, Dow, Hulse and Phillips
NOES: Councilmen none
ABSENT: Councilmen none
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