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Ordinance 1031Alameda City Ordinances Ordinance No. 1031 New Series NEW SERIES AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY FOR STREET, -HIGH- WAY AND GENERAL MUNICIPAL PUHPOSES. WHEREAS, public interest and necessity require that the real prop- erty hereinafter described be acquired by the City of Alameda for street and highway and general municipal pur- poses• and WHEREAS, T. HOWEN, also known as THOMAS HOWEN, and EMMA S. HOWEN, his wife, are the owners of the real property hereinafter de- scribed and are willing to sell the same to the City of Alameda for the sum of $3,750,00. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUN- CIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA: SECTION 1. That the City of Ala- meda purchase from T. HOWEN, also known as THOMAS HOWEN, and EMMA S. HOWEN, his wife, for the sum of Three Thousand Seven Hun- dred Fifty Dollars ($3,750.00), that cer- tain, real property situated in the City of Alameda, California, more particu- larly described as follows: All that lot of land situated in the City of Alameda, County of Alameda, State of California, de- scribed as follows, to-wit: BEGINNING at a point on the southwestern line of Encinal Ave- nue, as said avenue now exists, distant thereon south 49' east 890 feet from the southeastern line of Post Street, as said Street is shown on the "Map of the Hirsch- - field Tract, Alameda," filed April 27, 1889 in Book 11 of Maps, page 73, in the office of the County Recorder of Alameda County (the bearing of said line of Encinal Avenue being taken as south 49® east for the purpose of this descrip- tion); and running thence along said line of Encinal Avenue and the direct Pxtension thereof south 49' east 70.57 feet to the north- western line of Lot 31 in Section 18 Township 2 South, Range 3 West, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian; thence along the last named line south 58' 30' west 89.79 feet to the direct extension south- easterly of the southwestern line of Lot 43, as said lot is shown on the "Map of the survey of 4 acre lots made by J. E. Whitcher in Alameda," filed March 9, 1863 in Book 5 of Maps, page 7, in the office of the County Recorder of Alameda County; thence along the direct extension of the southwest- ern line of said Lot 43 north 49* west 45 feet, more or less, to a line drawn southwesterly from the point of beginning, parallel with said. line of Post Street; thence along said last drawn line north- easterly 85.67 feet to the point -of beginning, on the following terms and conditions: (a) That good and merchantable title in fee simple in said .real property be conveyed to the City of Alameda, free and clear of all objections, liens and encumbrance,9; City and County taxes to be prorated as of date of closing of this sale. (b) That the title of said real prop- cx be evidenced by a policy of title insurance issued by Alameda County- East Bay Title Insurance Company, insuring title in the City, as provided in the preceding sub-division. (c) That upon deposit with said title company for delivery to the City of a good and sufficient deed of grant conveying said property to the City, and conditioned upon the issuance of a title insurance policy as aforesaid, to be approved by the City Attor- ney, a warrant of the City be drawn for Three Thousand Eight Hundred ($3,800.00) Dollars, payable to the order of and delivered to said Ala- meda County-East Day Title Insurance Company, as escrow holder, for the purpose of effecting the consumma- tion of said purchase and payment of title insurance. SECTION 2. The sum of Three Thou- sand Eight Hundred ($3,800-00) Dollars is hereby appropriated from Gas Tax No. 2 Fund to pay the purchase price of said real property arid cost of title insurance policy. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of its final passage, FRANK P. OSBORN, Presiding Officer of the Council. Attest. J. P. CLARK, City Clerk. I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 7th day of August, 1951, by the foJ lowing vote, to-wit AYES: Councilmen Anderson, Bran- scheid, Jones, Sweeney and President Osborn, (5). NOES: None, ABSENT: None. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 8th day of August, 1951. (SEAL) J. P. CLARK, City Clerk of the City of Alameda. Publish August 9, 1951.