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RESOLUTION NO. 772
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. 5395 ET AL, SOUTHERN
ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOCAL SERVICE CASE, BEFORE THE CIVIL
AERONAUTICS BOARD.
WHEREAS, the City of Downey, California, 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 a population of 82,505 in December, 1960; and
WHEREAS, Downey, like so many cities located in southeastern Los
Angeles County, has recently experienced tremendous growth in industrial
and residential constructjon, and the industrial and economic outlook for
the future is most promising; and
WHEREAS, there is located in Downey an installation of North American
Aviatiop., 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 subassemblies, jet engine
components and guided missiles; and
WHEREAS, there are also located in the City of Downey numerous industries
engaged in the production and manufacture of chemicals, aircraft parts, elec-
trical 1parts 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
Long Beach Municipal Airport;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Downey resolved 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 inter-
mediate point on all domestic airline routes presently certificated to serve
Southern California and on all domestic airline routes which may be certificated
to serve Southern California as a result of decisions reached in the Southern
Rocky Mountain Local Service Case, Docket No. 5395 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 to
be construed as favoring or endorsing the application of any specific airline
in this proceeding. The interest of the City of Downey is to assist the Civil
Aeronautics.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of , 1961.
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Mayor
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