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RESOLUTION NO. /4
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
PPPOSING CONTINUING INCREASE IN THE ASSESSED VALUATION
OF THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX. _
WHEREAS, Downey was incorporated as a city on December 17, 1956, and
since that time has operated without a municipal tax rate; and
r "1 'WHEREAS, the City of Downey has eliminated from current tax rates the
County Road Department Levy of .O421c, Sanitation Levy .1498c, amounting to
a reduction of .2369Q per hundred dollars assessed valuation; and through the
withdrawal of the City from the . County Consolidated Fire Protection District,
the tax rate .6263c will be eliminated next year; and
WHEREAS, despite the elimination of the aforesaid taxes, that was never -
theless a further increase in the County advalorem tax assessment; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Downey have expressed overwhelming dismay rela-
tive to the County Tax Bills recently received; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Downey are expressing concern as to whether or
not they are sharing an unduly _large portion of the County Tax burden; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed to the best interests of the public that this ques-
tion be resolved;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby resolved that a Downey City Tax Committee
shall forthwith be established to inquire into and _ascertain whether or not
the citizens of Downey are shouldering an undue portion of the County Tax
burden and /or otherwise are being discriminated against.
n The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall
deliver a certified copy thereof to the County Assessor's Office and the Board
of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this,/ day o f Al , 1957 1
Ns. , ittlift,_ di . _
Mayor '
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ATTEST:
City 'Clerk
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the
City C9uncil f the City of Downey at a regular meeting thereof held on the
jZ&Zday of , 1957, by the followings►.« to of the Council:
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3 AYES: Councilmen: / 1 IF
D NOES: Councilmen: /
7 o2 ABSENT: Councilmen: •
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City C -rk
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