1992-062 Approving Annexation Of Cowell Road No. 4RESOLUTION 1992 -62
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN. COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
APPROVING THE ANNEXATION
OF CERTAIN UNINHABITED TERRITORY DESIGNATED AS
COWELL ROAD No. 4
TO THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
RESOLVED, by the- Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, County of Santa
Clara, County of Santa Clara, State of California that
WHEREAS, the proposed annexation to the Town of Los Gatos consisting of all that
unincorporated territory designated as Cowell Road No. 4 Annexation, located at 16320
Cypress Way in the County of Santa Clara is proposed for annexation to the Town of Los
Gatos pursuant to Division 3 of Title 5, commencing with Section 56000 et seq. of the
Government Code;
WHEREAS, the Town of Los Gatos is authorized by Section 56826 to act as the
conducting authority with exclusive power to approve reorganizations within its urban
service area;
WHEREAS, the Town of Los Gatos has received a petition signed by all the owners
of land within the territory to be annexed, and pursuant to Section 56837 of the
Government Code, the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos may initiate proceedings
to annex said territory without notice, hearing or election, in the manner described in
Section 57002 (c) of the Government Code of the State of California, and make the
following findings:
1. The project is exempt from C.E.Q.A. under the provisions of the California
Administrative Code, Title 14, Section 15061(b)(3).
2. The territory is "Uninhabited" as defined in Section 56046 of the Government Code
of the State of California
3. The unincorporated territory is within the Town's urban service area as adopted by
the Local Agency Formation Commission of Santa Clara County.
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4. That the County Surveyor has determined that the boundaries of the proposed
annexation are definite and certain.
5. The proposal does not split lines of assessment or ownership.
6. The proposed annexation does not create islands or areas in which it would be
difficult to provide municipal services.
7. The proposal is consistent with the Town's adopted general plan.
8. The territory is contiguous with the Town's boundaries.
9. The reason for the proposed annexation is to properly plan and provide municipal
services to the area which is contiguous to the Town.
10. No conditions were imposed by the commission for inclusion of the territory in the
urban service area of the Town.
11. All of the owners of property within the territory proposed for annexation have
consented to the annexation.
FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, a
municipal corporation of the County of Santa Clara, State of California, that pursuant to
the provisions of Section 57075 of the Government Code of the State of California, the
annexation to the Town of Los Gatos of that territory designated as Cowell Road No. 4,
and described in real property description and map attached hereto, marked Exhibits
"A "and "B ", respectively, is approved, and that the same be annexed to the town of Los
Gatos.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that upon completion of these annexation proceedings the
territory annexed will be taxed on the regular county assessment roll, including taxes for
existing bonded indebtedness.
FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk is authorized, and is hereby directed,
pursuant to Section 57200 of the Government Code, to prepare under seal a certified copy
of this resolution, giving the date of passage, and immediately transmit same along with a
remittance to cover the fees required by Section 54902.5 of the Government Code to the
Executive Officer of the Local Agency Formation Commission of Santa Clara County.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council held on
April 20, 1992, by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Randy Attaway, Joanne Benjamin, Steven Blanton, Brent N. Ventura,
and Mayor Eric D. Carlson
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED:
MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE TOWN OF OS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
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EXHIBIT "A"
Description to accompany annexation of territory known as
COWELL ROAD No. 4
to the Town of Los Gatos
All that certain real property situated in the County of Santa Clara, State of
California, said property also being the land described as PARCEL NO. 1 in that grant
deed to A. Wendell Thoren and Betty Jo Thoren, recorded March 26, 1959 in Book 4365
of Official Records, Page 135, Santa Clara County Records, and more particularly described
as follows:
BEGINNING at the Point of Beginning of that certain annexation to
the Town of Los Gatos known as Cowell Road No. 3;
1) thence along the northerly boundary of said Cowell Road No. 3 Annexation, S 33°
50'40" W, 67.18 feet; thence N 59° 11' 40" W, 183.84 feet;
2) thence leaving said Cowell Road No. 3 Annexation the following courses and
distances: N 27° 45' 30" E, 123.92 feet; thence N 67° 54' 30" W, 97.11 feet to the
southerly boundary of High Street No. 1 Annexation to the Town of Los Gatos;
3) thence easterly along the southerly boundary of said High Street No. 1 Annexation
the following courses and distances: N 47° 22' 30" E, 155.71 feet; thence S 14° 49'
W, 42.95 feet; thence S 6.6° 43'E, 117.33 feet; thence S 19 40'W, 26.07 feet; thence
S 71° 07 138.60 feet; thence S 59° 02'20" E, 191.12 feet to the northerly boundary
of Cowell Road No. 2 Annexation to the Town of Los Gatos;
4) thence westerly and southerly along the boundary of said Cowell Road No. 2
Annexation the following courses and distances: N 67° 05'50" W, 45.55 feet; thence
N 79° 32'20" W, 62.64 feet; thence N 88° 56'50" W, 39.54 feet; thence S 77° 37'40"
E, 83.62 feet; thence S 57° 52' 10" W, 39.37 feet; thence S 25° 00' 40" W, 28.00 feet
to the Point of Beginning
Contains: 1.378 acres, more or less
A.P.N.: 532 -26 -005
Address: 16320 Cypress Way, Los Gatos
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