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01-13-1926 - Regular Meeting - MinutesSo - �19 MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA West "Covina, Calif., January 13, 1926 The Board of Trustees of the City of West Covina met at the West Covina Club House on the 13th day of January, 1926. Present Trustees, Gloege, King, Maxson, iVatts and Yarnell; absent, none. Minutes of the meeting of January 4th read and approved. A bill of R. W. Davis, covering Ford parts in sum of $5.60, having been audited by the auditing committee, on motion of Trustee Yarnell, seconded by Trustee Gloege and carried, was allowed and the Clerk instructed to draw a warrrant for the same A mag of a subdivision, being that of tract No.6204, which lies within three miles of the exterior boundaries of the City of West Covina -and prepared by the County Surveyor, came up for ex- amination by the Board, and upon favorable report on said map by the City Engineer of the City of West Covina, a resolution was introduced by Trustee Wattsapproving map of said tract No.6204 and moving its adoption; this resolution was duly seconded by Trustee'Yarnell and adopted by a unanimous vote and the Clerk was instructed to so advise the County Surveyor. 'A petition to the Board of.Trustees of the City of West Covina, filed with the City Clerk on Januar 12, 1926, asking that certain contiguous territory, hereinafter designated as "Northwest Annexation District" be annexed to the City of West Covina, was read by the Clerk who certifiedthat the petition carried a sufficient number of the qualified electors of the said district to permit of the calling of a special election in said district whereupon the residence of W. R. Searcy,rsit- uated on Covina boulevard or San Bernardino Road, was designated as the voting place and uharles P. Kendall was named as Inspector and Janice W. Hadley and Jennie A. Searcy as Judges of the said special election. The following resolution introduced by Trustee Watts and seconded by Trustee Gloege, was adopted by the following vote Ayes: Gloege, King, Maxson, Watts and Yarnell es : None Absent: None For the on the Question of Whether the City of West Covina Shall , Disin- corporate. NOTICE IS HEREBY. GIVEN that. a . special election has been called 'and will be field in the City of West Covina on the 28th day- of December, 1925, for the purpose of submitting to the qual-, ified electors of " the said City of question whether, the said city of West, Covina ,shall' dizimcorporate.' That, for the holding of the said election, one precinct has been established ana aesignateq which said precinct comprises alP of 'the territory within the boun- daries of the said City .of West Covina.,- — �-- :- That the place. at which the! polls will be .open' for the said'; election. :in the ., said. City shall be at West.. Covina Club House, on Sunset Avenue. . That the officers of the said election who have been appoint- ed 'arid designated to. act are as follows: Judges Ralph Lang and 'G. ` W. Dulin. Clerks: Mrs. , Martha Reed, Mrs: Sadie Bing --and ; Frances Maxson. :• Inspector: � A. E. Hurst: That ;;;the � :polls,;. for the said election will 'be open,+,ori, the .day hereinbefore.;natdesiged''`for the' holdiri'?66P the. sai'd''election be-' en twe'the" hours ' ;of six o'clock in the morning. and seven• o'clock in i the afternoon of 'the said :date. That, on the ballots to be used in .the; said .election. there shall be printed the following: For disincorporation. Against disincorporation. and the , electors are. invited to vote . upon the said 'proposition, by. placing," upon their ballots a j cross- (X) after the words. "for' words "against disincorporation." That if, an elector shall stamp a cross (X) .in the voting square on the ballot. after the printed words "for, disincorporation;" the vote of such .elector shall be counted in favor -of disincorpora- tion of the,, said City, of West Co- vina; , and - if an elector shall stamp, a cross (X) in the voting square : after the .printed words "against disincorporation," the vote of. such , elector shall be counted against the disincorpora- tion" of the said city, - That the ballots to ,be,.used at the said special election, the opening ` and, closing of the polls for the said eletcion ' and the holding and conducting of the said election shall be in conform- ity as °nearly as may be with the laws of the State of California concerning general elections in the State of California; except as otherwise provided in ,an Act en- titled "An Act to provide for the. disincorporation of municipal cor- porations of the : sixth class," ap- proved ; March.'Nth, 1895' . and acts amendatory thereof and sup plementary thereto; BY ORDER OF,THE BOARD OF ;TRUSTEES- OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. Dated at the City of,` West Co- vina; -California, -November. 26th, 1925. C. D. WOLFINGER• City Clerk of the City of West Covina. (Seal of the_ City of West Covina.) . First.,nublication of this notice_ of, 3le�e o x r R . RESOLUTION I C"LLING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE TERRITORY HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, • KNOWN AS "NORTH JEST ANNEXATION DISTRICT', AND SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS RESIDING IN THE SAIL) TERRITORY THE QL S- TION OF ANNEXING THE SAID TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA . WHEREAS, on or about the 12th day of Jan- uary, 1926, 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 described, 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 bony, fide residents thereof; and SO VIHEREAS , , the s aid pe tit ion- contains. e :request` that_ a sp,ecrwl ehect.ion be called. for, the purpose 'of submitting`to:ahe qual:fled. electors 'of 'thee.sai.d terrtore so. proposed to :be •annexed. to the . • City. o V. West' Covina the question.-whethe'r .the. said nexe-dto•andterritory shill be made a p` rt`° of :tYie said C"ity''"of west; `Co:vina, . NOW- THEREFORE,;' be .:it resolved,by the Board7. of`- Trustees of t he City _'of. We'et .. Covina ` FIRST Thct a spec aal .election -be 6nd'the. d' same'tis hereby called to.'bet held-. in the' territory here- iriafter`. described an the-10th.,day of ::February; '1926; for the purpose of subr i'ttiar; to :the :6imli'fied' else-- tors. res-iding''-in the • ter.r. tor- hereinafter. described, .. W.the. •foll.6'wing question or, Fro.position:.:, Shall 'that` .certain terr'ito"ry, cont iguous to, the City of vilest' Covina be. anh xed'• to,, incorporated . in,. and ,hidde _a part of the said City. ..of. We,et. •Co:vina to • • ; wit . � .. _ .' • .,Branch); :thence westerly' along th-e southerly line,,'f' the. said right of ;v.wdy, to. the nort,nwesterly corner of a: 'tract of..'9.95 Kendall,; acres, more or 'less,, -belonging to. Charles' in lot `two: (2) .,of se6tionIse.venteen,:'(17).'towrish p one (1) south, range ten (lQ) west , S B. B. .3c I�2. thence .southerly: along the we ste-rly -line of. the "said•.'9.95' acre tract' �to -the northerly line, of the said Covina;.. -Boulevard., thenee .n0rtiieasterly and ,e:asterly along the northerly 'line- of 'thesaid,Covina.,-Boulevard.-to a point vvhich is ten:.(10) feet wesfier1y;, measured alon ,`the.1 said line, from' :. the' northerly prolongation 0f•-_the ,easterly: -line of lot fifteen '. 'the...said,.Eugene -RigginIs,�S.ubd171,sion of the. Hathaway Tract; thence southerly .t.o 'a''• poir in' the ,no;rtherly line of. the said., lot; fifteen (.15)'^ten: (10): feet we:sterl,Y. from the north-.• ' easte'rly' corner 'of: said lot,-tneice westerhy along' the northerly line of. the sa.id`'.1ot fifteen (15)'t:0` the'-northweste.rly corner of the said; lot, thence' sou�herly along the vaesterly line of lots fifteen ;(15);:.fourteen (14):, .thirteen (13) 'and twelve (12) of the' aaid" Eugene ' niggiri' s Subdivision o f the riathavaay Tract to he .place :''of beginning. _ SECOND ghat' the said new territory .here inbefore described• .is hereby 'de,sicnat"ed . as 'rNO THG�JEST NN X�?TIOid DISTi�ICT" and fine said territory -shall be indicated and''referred to by the .. name of '•'T"NOR11VFEST AldNE�hTjQTrd i�IS`i'<<ICT"..on. the ballots to be •used in. -said• special -the election,. at which*, the question.of such an= _ nexatio.n is, submitted to the -qualified' electors of the said ter- ritory, and*- the name "iVORTHWE T ANNEXATION DISTRICT ," whenever used in the", notice' of election and in any proceed ink• for the annexation . of the .said territory to the.,.sa d city` shall mean and shall be " deemed and construed.IQ mean"the. said territory hereinbefore and. in .the- aforesaid petition described, and so proposed by the said pet.ition to, be'annexed' to• thb said - City. THIRD: That, upon the ballots to 'be, used in 'the *said wspecial election;- in addition t.o 'the matters - required• by law, there shall.•be -printed the .words: Shall,. the. •territory designated as "'NORTHWEST 4NNEXATION DISTRICT" be annexed- to" the `City qf .West- Covina? YES . Shall the. territory designated as."NO�Tri fE-ST • ANNEXATION DISTRICT" be. annexed, to. the.: City '. o f .West Covina? N0 FOURTHThat • the ` ballots, to be. used `.at the said special. e•le.ction;,, t:he opening and closing�.,of the- polls -for the 'said elec- t ion. and the- hold',in.g and • conducti'ng. Of `the- said election shall be ' in conformity' as nearly 'as may be -with th:e laws of ' the State of Cal.fornia concerning, general elect ions. in the State of California, except . as . otherwise provided in an... -Act entitled. ''An act to provide for :the, alteration of th,e boundaries of ,arid for the annexation.,of territory to Municipal corpo"rat ions, zor the inc o.rporat ion of such. amiexe.d territory in and, as a :part thereof; and for the' districting, governmentand municipal control of such annexed .te'rritory,.." 'ap- pr'ove,d. June llth, 1913, and ,acts amendatory thereof and supple- . • mentary..th.ereto. That 'if.- an elector shall stamp a cross (X) in the voting square after the printed word "yes," the vote of such e1ect.or.,shall be counted in favor of annexation of the territory referred to in said propositions to the, said pity of West. Covina; and if an elector shall .stamp a cross (X), in the voting square after the printed word "no, T' the vote' of such elector shall be counted against said annexation. FIFTHt That for the holding of the said election there shall' be :one precinct in the ',sai,d territory, which shall comprise all. o.f the territory herein.before described 'arid pro- posed to be annexed -to, incorpo.rated in a.nd� made a part of the said City of ',vest Covina,; that the -place at which the polls will be 'open for the -said said election in -.the .said-.i territory .for the said' purpose, shall be. at officers that the of the said • elect ion hall be, and ar'hereby''appoizited as- follows: U es ' Inspector: ze� SIXTH1 That this Board of Trustees finds and deter- mines 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 for the annexation of the territory here.inbefore described to the said .City :,of vvlest Covina is signed 'by more than one •fourth of the, -qualified electors residin within the said territory as shown by the registration of voters of said County of Los • lnoe.Ies. SEVENTH: That all proce'ed.ings, to be had and taken pursuant to. the aforesaid petition arid, 't,o this ;resolution shall be had. and taken in .the. manner ,-provided in- an Act entitled "An Act. to provide fdr" 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 districtin-, Coverrunent and municipal control of such annexed territory," approved June 11,th,..191`, and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary. thereto.. EhGHTH That the City. Clerk of the City of West.,. Covina be, and `he, is• hereby directed to ,give n tic:e of t1ae said ecti on by publishin ariotice thereof in .the a newspaper printed, published andieirculated in the Count' of Los Angeles, State of Oali-fornia, outside- of .the City of West Covina, once a week for a period of four weeks next preceding the date herein fixed for*the said election. NINTH- The City Clerk of the City' of We st Covina is hereby, directed to certify to'th.e passage of this resolution and thereupon the.same' shall be in 'full force and effect. Adopted and approved this'13th day of January,.1926. Yresidentl of th.e Board of Trus- tees.of the City of West Covina. Thereupon, on motion duly made seconded and carried, the meeting adjourned to.meet on call at.7 otclock P.M. The fore of minutes of the meeting of January 13 1926of the Board of qru es of the Cityof ���est Covina are duly record - ea on pages Soto �of the book of records of said board. Approved this day of 1'926' President of the Board of 'Trustees Attest: City of West Covina Clerk. 0.