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RESOLUTION NO. \ i - 26.16 --
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
PETITIONING THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TO
ASSIGN CERTAIN RADIO FREQUENCIES TO THE POLICE AND FIRE
RADIO SERVICES
WHEREAS, the City of Downey, California, having a population of
97,563 persons, has a municipal Police Department and a municipal Fire
Department presently licensed under Part Ten of the Rules and Regulations
of the Federal Communications Commission, and;
WHEREAS, the Police Department is operating its Police Radio System
on a frequency of 155.73 mc. which it shares with the cities of El Monte,
Montebello and Whittier, there being 113 mobile units licensed in this
area on this simplex channel, and;
WHEREAS, the Fire Department is operating its Radio Service on the
frequency of 154.25 mc. which it shares with the cities of Bell, Compton,
Huntington Park, Los Alamos, Lynwood, Maywood, Montebello, Santa Fe Springs,
South Gate and Whittier, and the county of Santa Barbara, there being 154
mobile units licensed on this frequency;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Downey does resolve
as follows:
SECTION 1. That the Federal Communications Commission be petitioned
to assign as soon as possible to the Police and Fire Radio Services of the
City of Downey the as yet unassigned split — channels located between the
existing Police and Fire Frequencies in the 152.162 mc. band.
SECTION 2. That the City Clerk is hereby instructed to file fourteen
(14) certified copies of said petition with the Federal Communications
Commission, Washington 25, D. C.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this / .day of & , 1959.
of 1/�1�i/1
Mayor
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City C .rk
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by
the City Council of th�)Cito o Downey at a regular meeting thereof held
on the / day of - , 1959, by the following vote of
the Council:
4 AYES: Councilmen: ' ��J��� .y� % ��i,
NOES: Councilmen:
/ ABSENT: Councilmen t.:�z.o
City CAerk