Resolution - 986RESOLUTION NO.986
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA, DESCRIBING.THE BOUNDARIES OF TERRITORY,.PETITIONING
TO BE ANNEXED, DESIGNATING IT BY AN APPROPRIATE NAME, AND
GIVING NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE WHERE IT WILL HEAR PROTESTS
(West Covina Northeasterly Annexation.No.142). .
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, there has been presented t,o the City Council
of the City of West Covina, California, a written petition signed
by the owners of more than one-fourth of the area of land in the
territory described in said petition, requesting the said City
Council to annex the territory therein described to the City of
West Covina; and
WTIEREAS, prior to the time said petition was presented
to the City Council of the City of West Covina, and prior to the
time it was accepted for filing by the City Clerk, the said petition
containing the proposal for the annexation of the territory therein
described to the City of West Covina, was submitted to and reported
upon, to the proponents thereof, by the County Boundaries Commission
of Los Angeles County with respect to the definiteness and certainty
of the proposed boundaries, to wit:
At a meeting held on June 6, 1956, following the recom-
mendations of the County Engineer and County Surveyor, said Los
Angeles County Boundaries Commission approved the proposed bound-
aries as to definiteness and certainty of the annexation of the
uninhabited contiguous territory to the City of West Covina as des-
cribed and set forth in said petition; and
11HEREAS, the petition states that said territory is
uninhabited and that the owners of more than one-fourth of the area
of the entire territory sought to be annexed have signed said
petition; that'said uninhabited territory which is alleged to
be adjacent and contiguous to the said City of West Covina, is
more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a common point in the boundaries of
the City of West Covina, and the City of; Covina,
as they existed on May 8, 1956, being more particularly
described as the Southeasterly corner of Lot 3, Block 9
• of the Phillips Tract, in the County of Los Angeles,
State of California, as shown on map recorded in Book 9
at pages 3 and 4 of Miscellaneous Records, on file in
the office of the county Recorder of said County; thence
Northerly and Westerly following said boundary of the
City of ,Covina to a point of intersection with the
centerline of Azusa Avenue, 66 feet wide, as shown on
map of Tract No.15506, in the County of Los Angeles,
State of California, said last mentioned map being
recorded in Book 342 at pages 49 and 50 of Maps, on
file in the office of the County Recorder of said
County; thence Southerly along said centerline to a
point of intersection with said existing boundary of
the City of West Covina; thence Easterly along said
last mentioned boundary to the point of beginning
Said territory shall be designated as "West Covina Northeasterly
Annexation District No.14211.
IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED AND ORDERED that said petition
for annexation be set for hearing before the City Council of said
City of West Covina at the City Hall, 1444 West Garvey Boulevard,
• West Covina, .California, at a meeting of the City Council to be
held Monday, August 27, 1956, at 8:00 o'clock P.M.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that any person or persons owning
any real property within said territory, so proposed to be annexed,
and having any objections to the proposed annexation, may appear
before the City Council of the City of West Covina and show cause
why such territory should not be annexed to the City of West Covina.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk shall post
a copy of this Resolution and Notice not less than twenty (20)
days before the date of the aforesaid hearing, in at least three
(3) conspicuous places within the territory herein designated,
and also he shall cause this Resolution and Notice to be published
twice but not oftener than once a week in the West Covina Tribune,
• a newspaper of general circulation, published in the City of
West Covina, and also twice but not oftener than once a week in
the Pasadena Star -News, a newspaper of general circulation pub-
lished outside the City of West Covina but in the County in which
is located the territory proposed to be annexed; the posting of
notice as aforesaid and publication in said newspapers to be
complete at least twenty (20) days prior to the date for the
hearing, to -wit; twenty (20) days prior to August 27, 1956.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City
of West Covina shall not less than twenty (20) days before the
first public hearing on the proposed annexation cause written
notice of such proposed annexation to be mailed to each person
• to whom land within the territory proposed to be annexed is
assessed in the last equalized County Assessment Roll, available
on the date the proceedings were initiated, at the address shown
on said assessment roll, or as known to said Clerk, and to any
person who has filed his name and address, and the designation
of the lands in which he has any interest either legal or equit-
able, with said Clerk.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in the event that any land
within the territory proposed to be annexed is owned by the County
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of Los Angeles the City Clerk shall not less than twenty (30)
days before the first public hearing on the proposed annexation
cause written notice of such proposed annexation to be mailed
to th Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoptionof this Resolution.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Nest Covina, held.on the 9th day of July, 1956, by the affirmative
vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
AYES: Councilmen VPRNON R. MOTTINC,Etj WAYNE CRUMLE DALE PITTENGEK
h,� JAY D. BROWN, MAYOR
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ABSENT: 1AMES W. LAX 66/
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1y Ulerk of the Gityo es
SIGNED AND APPROVED this 9th day of July, 1956.
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOSS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
DONALD MILD, being by me first duly sworn, deposes and says: That
he is a citizen of the United States and over the age of 21 years; that
on:the day of , 1956, he posted three copies of
RESOLUTION NO. 986 of the eity of West Covina, entitled "A RESOLUTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, DESCRIBING THE
BOUNDARIES OF TERRITORY PETITIONING TO BE ANNEXED, DESIGNATING IT BY AN
APPROPRIATE NAME, AND GIVING NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE WHERE IT WILL
HEAR PROTESTS". (West Covina Northeasterly Annexation No. 142) in three
conspicuous places in the territory herein designated in above Resolution.
/�OWN
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Subscribed and sworn to before me
this �'rf day ofZZ1Xy-c,,'0( 1956.
Not Public in and fo the State
of California, County of Los Angeles.
Hoyt Commission Expires August 12, 1956