Resolution No. 2849139
RESOLUTION NO. 2849
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
HONORING TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT OF
THE RANCHO LOS ALAMITOS.
WHEREAS, in the year 1784, loyal service to King Charles III of Spain
was rewarded by a grant of land in excess of 300,000 acres in New Spain,
including all the properties from the Santa Ana River to the San Gabriel
River and from the ocean to El Camino Real, to one Sergeant Manuel Perez
Nieto; and
WHEREAS, by the laws of descendancy, this vast area was divided into
five adjacent ranchos, inherited and divided among the children of said
Manuel Perez Nieto; and
WHEREAS, one of these ranchos, the Rancho Los Alamitos, named after
the many little cottonwood trees marking the landscape, was bequeathed to
son, Juan Jose Nieto; and
WHEREAS, during the ensuing years, the Rancho was sold and resold, in
whole and in part, being used in turn as horse, cattle, and sheep range,
farming, manufacturing, and commercial areas; and
WHEREAS, today, the Rancho Los Alamitos is memorialized only by the
seven -acre museum comprising the original Ranch House, and the name of the
City of Los Alamitos.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Cypress does hereby join with and encourage the participation of all citizens
of the Los Alamitos Community to collaborate in joint observance and
celebration by means of a parade, fiesta, and other suitable methods on
Saturday, November 3, 1984, and thus mark the BICENTENNIAL OF RANCHO LOS
ALAMITOS.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a
regular meeting held on the 22nd day of October 1984.
APl'EST:
RICH PARTIN, Mayor
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JOHN
EL, Mayor Pro -tem
CORNELIUS ,:. COR
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GERALD MULLEN, Councilman
CITY CLERK OF R41E CITY,OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the
said City Council held on the 22nd day of October 1984; by the following roll
call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
5 COUNCIL MEMBERS:
0 COUNCIL MEMBERS:
0 COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Coronado, Kanel, Lacayo, Mullen and Partin
None
None
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