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HomeMy WebLinkAbout64-105RESOLUTION 64-105 REQUESTING THAT THE COUNTY OF ORANGE DEFEND THE ACTION FOR REFUND OF TAXES PAID UNDER PROTEST ENTITLED "ALLISON HONER CO., A CO--PARTNERSHIP, vs THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, THE CITY OF SANTA ANA WHEREAS, the County of Orange has served as the tax collecting agent for all City of Santa Aha real property taxes under agreement with said City; that said relationship has existed for many years last past; and WHEREAS, an action has been filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Orange, entitled "ALLISON HONER CO., a co-partnership, cc~prised of ALLISON HONER, HELEN C. HONER, RICHARD HONER, DONALD A. HONER, partners, and HONER DEVELOPMENT CO., a California corpOration, Plaintiffs, -VS- THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, Defendants", which action seeks refund of taxes paid under protest and alleges improper assessment proceedings on the part of the County of Orange; and WHEREAS, the County Counsel's Office, County of Orange, is ably staffed andhas deputies that are familiar with assessment procedures, tax collection procedures, and actions for refund of taxes paid under protest, an~ in the opinion of the City Council, the defense of the above-entitled action can best be handled by one office under single direction rather than by having each of the two defendants individually represented; and WHEREAS, Section 5103 of the Revenue and Taxation code of the State of California provides that "Any city for which county officers collect taxes may provide for the defense by counsel for the county of actions brought against the city under this article," NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby requests the Honorable Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange to provide the defense for the City of Santa Ana in the above-referenced matter by and under the supervision of the County Counsel of Orange County. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Clerk of the Council is hereby directed to send a certified copy of this Resolution to the Board of Supervisors of Orange County and a certified copy of this Resolution to the County Counsel, 308 Hall of Records, Santa Ana, California. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 6th day of July, 1964. ATTEST: CLERK OF THE COUNCIL STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF SANTA ANA ) SS I, DORIS M. BROWN, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Aha; that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 6th day of July, 1964, and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Hubbard, Harvey, Gilmore, Schlueter, Hall NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None CLERK OF THE COUNCIL