Resolution - 2710RESOLUTION NO. 2710
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF REAL
ESTATE:FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES, FOR THE EXECUTION
OF NECESSARY AGREEMENT IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
AND ACCEPTING GRANT DEED COVERING SAID REAL
PROPERTY
The City Council of the City of.West Covina does resolve
as follows:
WHEREAS, in the opinion of this Council, due to the rapid
growth and development of the City of West Covina, there exists
an urgent need for an adequate site for general municipal purposes
and operations, to -wit: street and highways (Azusa Avenue); and
WHEREAS, the City Council upon proper investigation and
study of the problems involved has concluded that an available
site in the City of West Covina meets the requirements of and is
appropriate to the needs of the City of West Covina for said
municipal purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has made a thorough investiga-
tion of the suitability and the cost of the real property proposed
to be purchased hereby and is satisfied that the location is
appropriate and the purchase price of $9,500.00 is fair and
reasonable therefor;
NOW, THEREFOREf BE IT RESOLVED: -
SECTION 1. That, upon the furnishing to the City of
West Covina of appropriate evidence of the ability of the vendor
to grant to the City a clear and marketable title to said real
property through escrow, the City Manager and the City Clerk of
the City of West Covina be and they are hereby authorized and
directed to enter into and execute in the name of and on behalf
of the said City an agreement between Helen P. Jackson as vendor
of the aforementioned real property, and the City of West Covina,
a municipal corporation, as purchaser thereof, relating to the
purchase and use of said property for municipal or public pur-
poses as aforesaid, and that the City of West Covina accept from
said Helen P. Jackson a proper deed conveying to the City of West
Covina the aforesaid real property situated in the.City of West
Covina and described more,particularly as
That portion of Lot 15 of Tract 930, in the City of
West Covina, County of Los Angeles, State of Cali-
fornia, as shown by maps recorded in Book 17, Pages
38 and 39 of maps, on file in the office of the ,
County Recorder of said County, described as follows:
Beginning at the northwesterly corner of Lot 15 of
Tract 930, said point being on the easterly line of
Azusa Avenue, 60.00 feet wide; thence along the westerly
• line of said Lot 15 and the easterly line of Azusa
Avenue, south 0040'10" West, 90.00 feet to the true
point of beginning; thence continuing along said last
mentioned line South 0°40110" West-99.74 feet to the
northerly line of Greenville Drive, 60.00 feet wide,
as shown by Tract 18563 in the City of -West Covina,
County of Los Angeles, State of California, as shown
by maps recorded in Book 460, Pages 29 to 31 inclusive,
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on file in the office of the County Recorder of
said County; thence along the northerly line of
Greenville Drive, South 89021'00" East 40.011 feet
to the beginning of a tangent curve concave north°
easterly of.radius 20.00 feet; thence along said
curve westerly and northerly through a central angle
of 90'01110" and a distance of 31.42 feet to -,a"
tangent to a line which is parallel with and distant
20.00 feet easterly, measured at right angles; from
the easterly line of Azusa Avenue, previously men-
tioned; thence along said line, North 0040110" East
79.73 feet; thence along a line which is parallel
with and distant southerly 90.00 feet; measured at
right angles, from the northerly line of Lot 15 of
Tract 930, North 8902013511 West 20.00 feet to said
true point of beginning.
SECTION 2. That upon the furnishing to the City of West
Covina of appropriate evidence of the ability of the vendor to
grant to the City a clear and marketable title to said real
property through escrow, the ,City Manager and the City Clerk
of the City of West Covina be and they are hereby authorized and
directed to.enter into and execute in the name of and on behalf
of.the said City an agreement between Helen P. Jackson, attorney
in fact for Ella Patten, as vendor of the aforementioned real
property, and the City of West Covina, a municipal corporation,
as purchaser thereof, relating to the purchase and use of said
property for municipal or public purposes.as aforesaid, and that
the City of West Covina accept from said Helen P. Jackson, attor-
ney in.fact for Ella Patten, a proper deed conveying.to the
City of.West Covina the aforesaid real property situated in the
City of West Covina and described.more particularly as
The westerly 20.00 feet of the northerly 90.00
feet of Lot 15 of Tract 930 in the City of.West
Covina, County of Los Angeles, State'of Cali-
fornia, as shown by maps recorded in Book 17,
Pages 38 and 39 of Maps, on file in the office of
the County Recorder of said County.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and
directed to execute a certificate of acceptance in substantially
the form prescribed by Section 27281 of the Government Code and
to cause the said instruments and said certificates to be filed
for record in the office of the County Recorder of the County of
Los Angeles.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this resolution.
Approved and adopted this 29th day of July, 1963.
mayor
• I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted by the City Council of the City of.West Covina at an
adjourned regular meeting thereof held on the 29th day of July,
19631 by tie following vote of the Council: '
AYES: Councilman Towner, Jett, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes
NOES: None
ABSENT: None /
Deputy City Clerk