Resolution - 19RESOLUTION NO. 19
CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
IN THE TERRITORY HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED
AND KNOWN AS "EASTERLY ADDITION NO.211
AND SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS
RESIDING IN THE SAID TERRITORY THE QUES-
TION OF ANNEXING THE SAID TERRITORY TO
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
-WHEREAS, on or about the llth day of June, 1937, there was
filed in the office of the City Clerk of the said City of West
Covina a written petition signed by one fourth and more -of the
qualified electors residing within the territory hereinafter des-
cribed, as shown by the registration of voters of the County of
Los Angeles, State of California, the same being the County in
which the said territory is situated, which said petition contained
a description of the new territory proposed by the said petition
to be annexed to the said City of West Covina, and asked that the
said territory be annexed to the said City; and
WHEREAS,"the said territory does not form any part of any
municipal corporation; and
WHEREAS, the said territory is inhabited and the persons
residing in the said territory are bona fide residents thereof; and
WHEREAS, the said petition contains a request that a special
election be called for the purpose of submitting to the qualified
electors of the said territory so proposed to be annexed to the
City of West Covina the question whether the said territory shall
be annexed to, incorporated in and made a part of the said City
of West Covina;
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City
of West Covina:
FIRST: That a special election be and the same is hereby
called to be held in the territory hereinafter described on the
19th day of October, 1937, for the purpose. of submitting to the
qualified electors residing in the territory hereinafter des-
cribed the following question or proposition:
Shall that certain territory contiguous to the City of West
Covina be annexed to, incorporated in, and made a part of the said
City of West Covina, to -wit:
That certain portion of the County of Los Angeles, State of
California, described as follows:
Beginning,at the intersection of the easterly boundary of
the City of West Covina, as same existed July 1, 1937, with the
northerly line of the 60 foot strip of land described in deed for
Cortez Street(formerly Service Avenue), recorded in Book 11341,
page 352, Official Records of said county; thence in a generalKNXZK
easterly direction along said northerly line to the westerly line
of Barranca Street (formerly Barranca Street), as shown on map of
Tract No. 2371, recorded in Book 23, pages 98 and 99, of Maps,
records of said county: thence easterly in a direct line to the
southwesterly corner of Lot 3, said tract; thence easterly along
the northerly line of Cortez Street (formerly California Avenue)
as shown on last mentioned map, and following the same in all its
various courses to the most southerly corner of Lot 19, said last
mentioned tract; thence northerly in a direct line to the north-
easterly corner of Lot 20, said last mentioned tract; thence
northwesterly in a direct line to the easterly terminus,of that
certain course having a bearing and length of North 980 6'0011 West
490.19 feet in the southerly boundary of Lot 29, Tract No. 103302
as shown on map recorded in Book 161, pages 22 to 31, inclusive, of
Maps, records of said county: thence easterly along the boundary of
saidllanioned lot and following the same in all its various
courses to the northwesterly terminus of that certain curve having
a radius of 1040 feet and a length of 132.13 feet in the northeast-
erly boundary of said last mentioned lot; thence northerly in a
direct line to the southerly extremity of that certain curve having
a radius of 1040 feet and a length of 131.21 feet in the easterly
boundary of Lot 6, said last mentioned tract; thence northerly
along the easterly boundary of said last mentioned lot and continu-
ing northerly along the northerly prolongation of certain
course therein, which has a bearing of South lo041 west, to the
northerly boundary of said last mentioned tract; thence northerly
in a direct line to the intersection of the northerly line of State
Highway (Arroyo Avenue), as described in deed to the State of Calif-
ornia recorded in Book 11543, page 250, Official Records of said
county, with the Westerly line of Range Street as shown on map of
the Phillips Tract, recorded in Book 9, pages 3 and 4, Miscellaneous
Records of said county; thence northerly along said westerly line to
the easterly prolongation of the northerly line of Lot 9, Block 25,
of said last mentioned tract; thence westerly in a direct line to
the northeasterly corner of Lot 6, Block 26, said last mentioned
tract, said last mentioned corner being an angle point in the bound-
ary of said City of West Covina; thence southerly along the easterly
boundary of said city to the point of beginning.
SECOND: that the said new territory hereinbefore.described is
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hereby designated as "EASTERLY ADDITION NO.2i1 and the said territory
shall be indicated and referred to by the name of "EASTERLY ADDITION
NO. 211 on the ballots to be used in the said special election, at
which the question of such annexation is submitted to the qualified
electors of the said territory, and the name "EASTERLY ADDITION NO.
211, whenever used in the notice of election and in any proceeding.
for the annexation of the said territory to the daid city shall mean
and shall be deemed: and construed to mean the said territory where-
inbefore and in the aforesaid petition described, and so proposed by
the said petition to be annexed to the said city.
THIRD: That upon the ballots to be used in said special elec-
tion, in addition to the matter required by law, there shall be
printed the words:.
Shall the territory designated as "EASTERLY ADDITION NO.21d
be annexed to the City of West Covina?
YES
Shall the territory designated as "EASTERLY ADDITION NO.210
be annexed to.the City of West Covina?
NO
FOURTH: That the ballots to be used at the said special
elea,tion, the opening and closing of the polls for the said election
and the holding and conducting of the said election shall be in
conformity as nearly as may be with the laws of the State of Califor-
nia.concerning general elections in the State of California, except
as otherwise provided in an act entitled "An Act to provide for the
alteration of the boundaries of and for the annexation of territory
to municipal corporations, for the incorporation of such annexed
territory in and as a part thereof, and for the districting,
government and municipal control of such annexed territory,11
approved June 11, 1913.and acts amendatory thereof and supple-
mentary thereto.
That if an elector shall stamp a cross (X) in the voting square, after
after theprinted word "Yes", the vote of such elector shall be
counted in favor of annexation of the.:.territory referred to in said
proposition to the said City of West Covina; and if an elector
shall stamp a cross (X) in the voting square after the printed
word."No", the vote of such elector shall be counted against said
annexation.
FIFTH: That for the holding of the said election there shall
be one precinct in the said territory, which shall comprise all
of the territory hereinbefore described and proposed to be annexed
to, incorporated in and made a part of the said City of West
Covina; that the place at which the polls will be open for the
said election in the said territory for the said purpose, shall be
at the residence of W.D. Brown at 701 East Cortez Avenue, Covina;
that the officers of the said election shall be, and are hereby
appointed as follows;
Judges: Mrs Evangeline Steckel and Mrs.Julia Unruh
Inspector: Mr. W.D. Brown
SIXTH: That this City Council finds and determines that the
territory hereinbefore described does not form any part of any
municipal corporation; that the said territory is inhabited; that
the persons residing in the said territory are bona fide residents
• thereof; that the aforesaid petition for the annexation of the
said territory hereinbefore described to the said City of West
Covina is signed.by;7more than one-fourth of the qualified electors
residing within the said territory as shown by the registration
of voters of said County of Los Angeles.
SEVENTH: That all proceedings to be had and taken pursuant
to the aforesaid petition and to this resolution shall be had
and taken.in the manner provided in an act entitled "'An Act to
provide for the alteration of the boundaries of and for the annex-
ation of territory to municipal corporations, for the incorpor-
ation of such annexed territory in and as a part thereof, and for
the districting, government and municipal control of such annexed:
territory." provided June 11, 1913, and acts amendatory thereof
and supplementary thereto.
EIGHTH: That the City Clerk of the City.of West Covina be and
he is hereby directed to post notice in three public places within
the territory to be annexed at least fifteen days before the hear-
ing of protest to such annexation by the City. Council of owners of
property in said territory proposed to be annexed. That the 15th
day of September, 1937, at the hour of 7:30 P.M. of said date at
1943 West State Highway in the City of West Covina is hereby set as
the date for hearing such protests.
NINTH: That if a majority of the owners of parcels of land
in said territory proposed to be annexed do not protest in.writing
to said annexation that the City Clerk of the City of West Covina
be and he is hereby directed to give notice of said election by
publishing the same for 6ofour week period next preceding the date
herein set for said election in the Covina Argus.
TENTH: The City Clerk of the City of West Covina is hereby
directed to certify to the passage of thie resolution and there-
upon the same shall be in full force and effect.
Adopted and approved this 11, day of August 1937.
Mayor
NOTICE OF ELECTION
FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING UPN THE QUESTION
OF ANNEXING TO THE CITY OF 'VEST COVINA CERTAIN
TERRITORY DESIGNATED AS "EASTERLY ADDITION NO.2"
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election has been called
and will be held in the territory hereinafter described on the 19th
day of october, 1937, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified
electors residing in the territory hereinafter described, the follow—
ing question or proposition:
Shall the territory designated as the "EASTERLY ADDITION NO.2"
be annexed to the City of West Covina_ _
That the territory hereinbefore designated as "EASTERLY ADDITION
NO.211, so proposed to be annexed to, incorporated In, and made a part
of the said City of West Covina, is contiguous to the said City, and
is more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the easterly boundary of the City
of West Covina, as same existed July 1, 1937, with the northerly line
of the 60 foot stri of land described in deed for Cortez Street (form—
erly Service Avenue, recorded in Book 11341,page 352, Official Records
of said County; thence in a general easterly direction along said north—
erly line to the westerly line of Baranca Street (Formerly Baranca Street
as shown on map of Tract No. 2371, recorded in Book 23, pages 98 and 99,
of maps, records of said county; thence easterly in a direct line to the
southwesterly corner of Lot 3, said tract; thence easterly along the
northerly line of Cortez Street (Formerly California Avenue) as shown on
last mentioned map, and following the same in all its.various courses to
the most southerly corner of Lot 19, said last mentioned tract; thence
northerly in a direct line to the northea`s�erly corner of Lot 20, said
last mentioned tract; thence northwesterly in a direct line to the easter-
lyterminus of that certain course having a bearing and length of North
8805,6100" West480.18 feet in the, southerly boundary of Lot 29, Tract No.
10330, as shown on map recorded in Book 161, pages 22 to 31, inclusive,
of Maps, records of said county; thence easterly along the boundary of
said last mentioned lot and following the same in all its various courses
to the northwesterly terminus of that certain curve having a radius of-
1040 feet and a length of 132.13 feet in the northeasterly boundary of
said last mentioned lof; thence northerly in a direct line to the south—
erly extremity of that certain curve having a radius of 1040 feet and a
length,of 131.21 feet in the easterly boundary of Lot 6, said last ment—
ioned tract; thence northerly along the easterly boundary of said last
mentioned lot and continuing northerly along the northerly proloY ation
of that certain course therein, which has a bearing of South 1° West,
to the northerly boundary of said last mentioned tract; thence northerly
in a direct line to the intersection of -the northerly line of State
Highway (Arroyo Avenue), as described in deed to the State of California
recorded in Book 11543, Page 250, Official Records of said county, with
the westerly line of Range Street as shown on map of the Phillips Tract,
recorded in Book 9, pages 3 and 4, Miscellaneous Records of said county;
thence northerly along said westerly line to the easterly prolongation of
the northerly line of Lot 8, Block 25,of said last mentioned tract; thenc(
westerly in a direct line tothe northeasterly corner of Lot 6, block 26,
said last mentioned tract said last mentioned corner being an angle ±x
point in the boundary of said City of West Covina; thence southerly
along the easterly boundary of said city to the point of beginning.
That for -the holding of the said election one precinct has been
established and designated, which precinct comprises all of the terri-
tory hereinbefore described and proposed to be annexed to the said City
of West Covina.
That the place at which the polls will be open for the said election
in the said territory shall be at the residence of W.D. Brown 701 East
Cortez Street.
That the officers of said election who have been appointed and
designated to act are as follows:
Judges: Mrs Julia Unruh and Mrs Evangeline Steckel.
Inspector: W.-D. Brown
That the polls for said election will be open on the day herein --
before designated for the holding of the said election between the hours
of nine o'clock A.M. and six o'clock P.M. of said date.
That on the ballots to be used at the said election the said terri-
tory will be designated as "EASTERLY ADDITION NO.2" and the Name "East-
erly Addition No.2" on the said ballots shall mean..and shall be deemed
and construed to mean the said territory hereinbefore particularly
described and proposed to be annexed to the said City of West Covina.
That on the ballots to be used at the said election there shall be
printed the following:
Shall the territory designated as "Easterly Addition No. 2"
be annexed to the City of. West Covina? YES_
Shall the territory designated as "Easterly Addition No. 2"
be annexed to the City of West Covina? NO
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That if an elector shall stamp a cross (X) in the voting square
after the printed word "Yes", the vote of such elector shall be counted
in favor of annexation of the territory referred to .in said proposition
to the City of West Covina; and if -an elector shall stamp a cross (X)
in the voting square after the printed word "NO" the vote of such elector
shall be counted against said annexation.
That the ballots to be used at the said special election, the open-
ing and closing of the polls for the said election, and the holding and
conducting of the said election shall be in conformity as nearly as may
be with the laws of the State of California, except as otherwise pro-
vided in an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the alteration of the -`-
boundaries of and for the annexation of territory to municipal corpor-
ations,.for the incorporation of such annexed territory in and as a part
thereof, and for the districting, government and municipal control of
such annexed territory", approved June 11, 1913, and acts amendatory
thereof and supplementary thereto.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA
Dated at the City of West Covina, California, August 11, 1937-
City Clerk of the City
Of West Covina.
(Seal of the City of West Covina)
NOTICE OF DATE FOR PROTEST TO BE FILED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by C.C. TOLAND, City Clerk of the City
of West Covina, that the City Council of the City of West Covina
has set the date of September 15, .at 7*30 P.M. at the Police Court
Room, 1843 West State Highway in the City of West Covina for the hearing
of.protests by owners of property in the "Easterly Annexation District
No. 211.to the annexation of such territory to the City of West
Covina.
The owners of the property in said "Easterly annexation District
No. 2" protesting against such annexation shall make their protests
in writing giving a description and location of their property and
sign the.same.. Baid protests shall be filed with C.C. Toland, City Clerk
of the City of West Covina, at any time up to the hour set for hearing
said protests.
WITNESS my hand and seal this 25th day of August, 1937.
YJ,
ity erk of the City of
West Covina.