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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY 0~' SOUTH SAN FRANCIYC0
DECLARING THE POLICY OF SAID CITY AS TO SALT MARSH TIDE AND SUBMERGE
LANDS OWNED BY THE CITY 01~ SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO.
WHEREAS; by an act of the Legislature of the ~tate of California entitled
"An act granting to the city of South San Francisco the salt marsh, tide and sub-
merged lands of the State of California, including the right to wharf out therefrom to
the City of South San Francisco and regulating the management, use and control there-
of," approved April 10, 1925. Statutes and Amendments to the Codes of California,
1925. there ~as granted to the City of South ~an Francisco, a municipal corporation
of the State of California, all the right, title and interest of the State of Calif-
ornia, held by virtue of its sovereignty, in and lo all the salt marsh, tide and sub-
merged lands whether filled or unfilled, within the boundaries of said city then ex-
isting, and situate below the line of mean high ~ide of the Pacific Ocean. or of
any harbor, estuary, bay or inlet within said boundaries, to be forever held by said
city. and by its successors~ in trust for the uses and purposes, and upon the express
conditions following, towit; That said lands shall be used by said city and its
successors, solely for the establishment, improvement and conduct of a harbor, and
for the construction, maintenance and operation thereon of wharves, docks, piers.
slips, quays, and other utilities, structures'and appliances, necessary or convenient
for the promotion and accommodation of commerce and navigation; and
WHEREAB it is one' of the purposes of said act to promote and accommodate
commerce and navigation: and
WHEREAS all the rights of said city with respect to the land referred to in
said act are derived through said act; ~
RESOLYED by. the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that said City
of South ~an Francisco hereby recognizes that that certain Ship canal now existing in
tide lots 31 and 32 in Sec. 15, T, 3 South R. 5 West. M. D.B. & M. and in tide lots
20. 21, 22, 2Z, 24,~;~25and 26. in Sec. 14, T. 3 South, R. 5 West, ~. D. B. & M., San
Mateo County, California, is navigable water and that said ship canal has been used for
the purposes of commerce and navigation continuously since its establishment in 1917, a
date more than seven (?) years prior to the passage of the above entitled act, and here-
by declares that it is the policy of said City of South San Francisco to protect the
navigable waters serving the industries of said city and to foster and encourage commer-
cial and industrial development in said city, and that said city will not obstruct-, or
permit the obstruction of the entrance 1~ said ship canal by reason of any rights which
said city may havein or to any land referred to inthe above entitled act.
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.I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was regularly introduced and adopt-
ed by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco, this 19th day of December, 19ZY,
by the following vote:
Ayes, Councilmen ¥. Boido, R. Lloyd, R. Tibbetts, M. Minucciani, Josep$ P. Quinlan
Noes, Councilmen None
Absent, Councilmen None
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Attest:
Daniel McSweeney
City Clerk.