HomeMy WebLinkAbout727 - Authorizing Purchase of Air Base Land for ParkRESOLUTION NO. 727
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY FOR PARK PURPOSES,
APPROVING THE PURCHASE PRICE AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE SAID PURCHASE.
The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does hereby resolve, determine
and order as follows:
SECTION 1. That the City of Costa Mesa does hereby approve the purchase
of approximately 49.5 acres of land located on the former Santa Ana Army Air Base
in the City of Costa Mesa, as described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and by ref-
erence made a part hereof, from the General Services Administration, United States
Government, for the purchase price of Three Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars
($3,250.00) per acre.
SECTION 2. The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to issue a warrant
payable to General Services Administration in the sum of $161,370.00, to cover the
purchase price of said property, including mineral rights.
SECTION 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into an escrow,
or other type of arrangement, with the General Services Administration, and to ex-
ecute any and all documents, agreements and papers necessary to complete the purchase
of the aforesaid property on behalf of the City of Costa Mesa.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of April, 196u. &/
Ma of the City of Cost
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, A. C. SWARTZ, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify
that the abo✓e and foregoing Resolution No. 727 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a meeting thereof held on
the 6th day of April, 1960, by the following roll -call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN Rea, Meyers, Pinkley, J. Smith.
NOES: COUNCILMEN None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN B. Smith
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal.
of the City of Costa Mesa, this 7th day of April, 1960.
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City Clerk and ex-offi io Clerk of the
City Council of thet�Costa Mesa
Chief Deputy
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
A portion of the Santa Ana Army Air Base in the City of Costa
Mesa, Orange County, California, being a portion of Lots ll
and 12 of Berry Rancho, as shown on a map thereof recorded in
Book 9, page 7 of Miscellaneous Records of Los Angeles County,
California, more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the South line of said Lot 11, said
point being 2470.5 feet East of the centerline of Santa Ana
Road as said Santa Ana Road is shown on a map attached to a
lease to the United Statesof America, recorded September 27,
1941, in Book 1107, page 536 of Official Records of said
Orange County; thence South 890 38' 13" East along the
Southerly line of said Lots ll and 12, 2256.55 feet, more or
less, to a line parallel to and 285.00 feet Northwesterly,
measured at right angles from the centerline of Newport
Boulevard, 60.00 feet wide; thence North 400 37' 39" East
along said parallel line, 563.52 feet; more or less, to a
line parallel to and 430.00 feet Northerly, measured at
right angles from the South line of said Lots ll and 12;
thence North 890 38' 13" West along said parallel line,
400.00 feet; thence North 000 21' 47" East, 499.28 feet;
thence North 890 38' 13" West, 2229.09 feet, more or less,
to a point which bears South 890 38' 13" East, 937.50 feet
from the Easterly line of the land conveyed to the Newport
Harbor Union High School District by deed recorded August
9, 1956, in Book 3605, page 234 of Official Records of
said Orange County; thence South 000 21' 30" West, parallel
to said Easterly line of the land conveyed to the Newport
Harbor Union High School District, 929.28 feet to the
point of beginning. Containing 49.5 acres, more or less.