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RESOLUTION NO. 793
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY,
CALIFORNIA REGARDING LEGISLATION CONCERNING THE CHELI AIR FORCE
DEPOT.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Downey favors the development
of the Cheli Air Force Depot by private enterprise in keeping with the
neighboring industries and businessess and believes that siad objective and
the earliest development will be facilitated by a single developer; and
WHEREAS, it appears that the Chanslor- Western Oil and Development Company,
an affiliate of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, donated the
said property to the United States Government during the Second World War, and
is now seeking the eneactment of appropriate legislation which would make pos-
sible the return of said property to the said Chanslor- Western Oil and Develop-
ment Company in the manner and upon the principles as set forth in the Surplus
Property Act of 1944, which said Act expired in 1949; and
WHEREAS, the members of the City Council are familiar with the character
and nature of the industrial uses of land in the area of the Central Manu-
facturing Distric,wherein said facility is located; and with the development
by the said Chanslor- Western Oil and Development Company and The Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company of that area formerly known as "Vail Field,"
which is in the vicinity of said facility and, said Council believes that a
similiar development of this facility would be of great and material benefit
to residents of the southeastern area of Los Angeles County, including the
City of Downey, by the creation of numerous additional jobs and by the additional
assessed valuation for local school tax purposes; and
WHEREAS, the said Chanslor- Western Oil and Development Company and The
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company have signified that they have no
_ objection to a portion of the land included in said facility, consisting of
approximately some 78 acres, being allocated by the Government to the Montebello
Unified School District for use as a junior college;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Downey
that it favor the enactment by the Congress of the United States of appropriate
legislation returning the Cheli Air Force Depot less that portion deemed nec-
essary for Federal purposes to the Chanslor-Western Oil and Development Company,
a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, on such fair
and equitable terms as are consistent with the principles of the Surplus Property
Act of 1941.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of Downey City Council
hereby is directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to Senator Thomas H.
Kuckel, Senator ClairEngle, Congressman Clyde Doyle, Congressman Chet Holifield and
to the apprepriate congressional committee or committees to which such legislation
may be referred for consideration.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of April, 1961.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of Downey at a regular meeting thereof held on the
25th day of April, 1961, by the following vote of the council:
5 AYES: Councilmen: Giddings, Temple, Corbin, Peavey, Dunnum
0 NOES:
0 ABSENT:
6Y
City Clerk f