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HomeMy WebLinkAbout80-074~ 'W ~ ~u~r~J ~ ". - ''; _,~- ,~ _J „~,-f ~~-~ RESOLUTiOi~T DECLARIIVG ABANDOPTMEN'T QF DURHAM CEI~T~RY AN~ DEDICATITdG IT AS A PIONEEI2 MEi~IORIAL PARK WHEREAS, there is with~n the boundaries o~ the County of Butte a cemetery known as the "Durham Cemetery", which ceme~ery is described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto, and was historically uti~ized to inter people in the Durham a~ea; and WHEREAS, on August 7, 1979, this Boazd passed ~2esolution No. 79-164 expressing its intention to declare the said cemetery abandoned as a place of future interment and to dedicate it as a Pioneer Memorial Park after publication of said resolution pursuant to the requirements of §$826 of the Health and Safety Code and the holding of public h~arings on the question; and WHEREAS, the said resolution has been published pursuant to §8826 of the Health and Safety Code and public hearings held on the question of abandonment of the Durham Cemetery and dedicarion of it as a Pioneer Memorial Park; and WHEREAS, the said cemetery is not at the present ti~ne being utilized to inter human dead bodies and has nor been so utilized in excess of five years preceding ~his date; and WHEREAS, the cemetery in i~s presen~ condition endangers ~he health, safety, comfor~ and welfare o~ the public in ehat recent activities bo~h in and surrounding said cemetery have caused both desecration and obliteration ro the graves and markers, which has created emotiional distress and discomfort for many; IddW; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLV~D that the cemetery known as the Durham Ce:meeery and described in Exhibit "A" attached herEto shall be and is hereby declared to be abandoned as a place o~' future in~erment and is dedicated as a Pioneer t~emorial Park to be maintained by the County of But~e so that it wi11 not endanger the a: ~; ~ ~: . ~' ~~ Q Cr'J a ~ m ~ ~ C'a -2- health, safety, comfort and welfare of the public. BE IT FURTH~R RESOLVED that ~he Butte County His~orical Society sizall be requested to investigate the possibility of causing a suitable central memorial to be erected at the cemetery honoring those who have been interred there. BE TT FURTHE~ RESOZVED that this resolution shall be recorded witt~ t11e County Recorder of the County of Butte. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 15th day of April, 1980, by ~he following vote: AYES: Supervisors Dolan, Moseley, Wheeler, Winston and Chairman LemIce NOES: None ABSEi1T: None i~IOT VOTIidG : None U ROS~RT E. LEMKE, Chairman o the Butte County Board o~ Supervisors ATTEST: CLARK A. NELSON, County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the Soard ~ By ~~:s,:~~ r::.. .,~_ a~~~ f~_-~~~a~:~,~ _., ~~~~~v~s A~~~k::; . -,_::, ~v ~~' .?.~ y- ~_-•-~.--~ ~._ 1~e~ Z3 ~ ~u ~~ 14~~ . CLkRK ,5_ (i;';~_SJ?~ CL~RK-RfCQRD~r~ ~~ ~ ~~r+yry ". _, FEE If w G cW. T:'i^ a V C..jl `0~ ~-/~1 ~ C] /f~+l ~' J W ~ ^ ~ - -~ . ~ ~ DESCRIPTION: A~~ Cha~ cer~tain real property situa~e in the Caunty af ~utte, S~ate of Calz~'ornia, described as foT.lows: A portinn o~ Section 17, Towt~ship 21 Nor~h, Range 2 Eas~, ~.D.B. Fx M., mare particular~y described as ~o~Iows: BEGINNII3G at ~he Southeast corner of the 01d D~rham Ceme~ery si~e, rahich ~ies I3orth o£ and adjoins the pub~ic hi~;hway in ~the above mentioned qua~ter sec~ion, a~ ~he point where said cernetery 7.ine intersects said publ.ic hz.ghway; running thence Nor~h along the East ~ine flf saa.d cemet~ry, as now ~enced, 417 ~eet; the~ce at a right angle West~rly, 417 fee~; thence at a right angle 5otxtherly 4J.7 feet, more or less, to the 3.a.ne of said public highw'ay; and thence a~ong said last rnentioned Iine, ~aster~y ~o ~he point af be$inning. E~CEPTING THEREFROM the Westerly 150 feet. ~~ ~} ~, ~-a ~~ ~ ~ tt ~1 ~1~ i~~~~ -ro q ~ f~'~ ~~ r~~~ tJ~! ~~~n ar ~acr~r,~~r