HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2193 RESOLUTION NO. 2193
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY ADOPTING
A DECLARATION OF POLICY REGARDING THE LOCATION OF THE CENTURY
FREEWAY THROUGH THE CITY OF DOWNEY
WHEREAS, this City Council, on February 10, 1969, did issue and adopt a
Declaration of Policy which stated in part:
That the City Council and citizens of Downey had for the last eleven years
been led to believe that construction of the proposed Century Freeway could provide
some local benefits by an east -west access to the Los Angeles International Airport,
but said limited benefits to the citizens of this area have been further decreased
due to the many accelerated air transportation programs now in use and those presently
being developed; and
That the Century Freeway would create a concrete barrier bisecting and dividing
the City of Downey; and
That the stipulation that the benefit ratio in the construction of the proposed
Century Freeway would far exceed the detrimental effects to the City of Downey does
not now exist; and
That the need for police and fire protection and community interchange between
the north and south sections of the City would necessitate free and complete access; and
That the City Council of the City of Downey in previous years supported the
southern (Orange- Green) route of the proposed Century Freeway with the full understanding
that all modifications requested by the Downey Unified School Board must be complied
with; and
That the safe transportation of students to schools located north of the proposed
freeway would necessitate free and complete access; and
That a seventeen (17) year (1958 -1975) interim from conception to proposed con-
struction has created and imposed unjust hardships and restricted the citizens of
southeast Downey from developing their property to the highest and best use; and
That the initial criteria of user - benefit ratios for construction of the Century
Freeway between Los Angeles International Airport and Orange County has been greatly
diminished by the Artesia Freeway and will be eliminated in the immediate future by
construction of the Slauson Freeway; and
That the City Council is unable to consent to the closing of any city streets
involving the proposed Century Freeway in that such closing would be detrimental to
the entire city and reduce community protections and interchange; and
That the need for complete and through interchange and protection between those
sections of the City divided by the proposed Century Freeway will require the
retention of all existing streets and no freeway agreements for the closing of any
street or thoroughfare within the City of Downey will be considered or signed by the
City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City Council does hereby affirm the Declaration of Policy
dated February 10, 1969, and expresses its opposition to the proposed construction
of the Century Freeway through the City of Downey and the signing of any and all
freeway agreements for the reasons aforesaid, and further opposes any future intrusion
through the City of Downey of any freeway.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of February, 1969.
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ATTEST: Mayor
City Clerk l / / //
I, ALBERTA PFEIFFER, City Clerk of the City of Downey, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution No. 2193 was duly adopted by the City Council at
its regular meeting held on the 10th d4y of February 1969, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: 5 Councilmen: Corbin, Temple, Ferris, Winton, Morton
NOES: 0 Councilmen: None
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ABSENT: 0 Councilmen: None
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