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RESOLUTION NO. 409
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY,
CALIFORNIA, PERTAINING TO THE POSITION OF THE CITY OF
DOWNEY WITH RESPECT TO DOCKET NO. 7984 ET AL., SOUTHERN
TRANSCONTINENTAL SERVICE CASE, BEFORE THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS
BOARD.
AREAS, the City of Downey is a municipal corporation
situated in Los Angeles County approximately ten miles north of the Long
Beach Municipal Airport; and
WHEREAS, the population of Downey has doubled in the last ten years to
an estimated 100,000 in 1959; and
WHEREAS, Downey, like so many cities located in southeastern Los Angeles
County, has recently experienced tremendous growth in industrial and residential
construction, and the industrial and economic outlook for the future is most
promising; and
WHEREAS, there is located in Downey an installation of North American
Aviation, presently engaged in research and development work in connection with
the guided missile program, and a plant of the Rheem`Manufacturing Company,
engaged in the manufacture of aircraft subasseblies, jet engine components and
guides missiles; and
WHEREAS, there are also located in the City of Downey numerous industries
engaged in the production and manufacture of chemicals,3ircraft parts, electrical
parts and other products; and
WHEREAS, the Long Beach Municipal Airport, located approximately twenty
minutes by auto from the City of Downey, is the most convenient major airport
for the use of the residents and businessmen of the Downey area; and
-WHEREAS THE Downey area seeks new and improved air transportation at the
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Long Beach Municipal Airport;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Downey resolves as follows;
SECTION 1. That the rapid industrial, residential and business growth in
the City of Downey and surrounding areas has created a substantial market for
air transportation. That the needs and convenience of the traveling public
require that this area be provided with more adequate air transportation. That
the Long Beach Municipal Airport, as the closest and most convenient major airport
to the City of Downey and its residents, should be designated as a terminal or
intermediate point on all domestic trunkline routes presently certificated to
serve Southern California and on all domestic trunkline routes which may be
certificated to serve Southern California as a result of decisions reached in
the Southern Transcontinental Service Case, Dockety No. 7984, et al., to the
extent that the same is legally possible within the scope of said proceeding.
SECTION 2. The adoption by the City Council of this resolution is not be
be co trio as towering or endorsing the application of any specific airline or
t r imiliW w ti of the City of Downey is to assist the Civil
Aeronautics Board in its determination of the need for new and improved scheduled
airlie service between the Long Beach Municipal Airport and those cities within
the scope of this proceeding.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 14th day of April, 1959.
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I hereby certify the the foregoing resolution wad duly adopted by the City
Council of the City of Downey at a regular meeting thereof held on the 14th day
of April, 1959, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: 5 Councilmen: Peavey, Dunnum, St -. Temple, adings.
NOES: 0
ABSENT: 0 / / 1 ,