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MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
RECESSED STUDY MEETING
NOVEMBER 27, 1973
The City Council of the City of Downey held a recessed regular meeting at
7:30 p.m., November 27, 1973, in the Council Chambers of the Downey City Hall,
Mayor Thomas H. Morton presiding.
PRESENT: Councilmen: Joseph D. DiLoreto, Walter S. Temple, Donald H.
Winton, Thomas H. Morton
ABSENT: Councilmen: Richard M. Jennings (arrived at 8:19 p.m.)
ALSO PRESENT: Charles W. Thompson, City Manager
Ervin Spindel, Director of Community Development
James D. Ruth, Director of Parks & Recreation
William A. Goggin, City Planner
Robert L. Shand, City Clerk -Treasurer
Mayor Thomas Morton made opening remarks regarding the proposed City of
Downey draft of the Environmental Resources Management Element of the General
Plan. He explained the basic requirements, wherein the State has mandated that
the report to implement the General Plan must be adopted by the end of December,
1973, which does not leave much time to make any changes and process the report
to the Planning Commission and get their report back. The Mayor commented that
some program recommendations in the report are reflections of what the City has
been doing in the past.
Councilman Walter Temple suggested reviewing the report chapter by chapter.
Mayor Morton proceeded to review the order of priorities listed in the
report.
City Planner William Goggin explained the reason for priorities appearing
as they do in the report.
Councilman Richard Jennings arrived at the meeting at 8:19 p.m.
Councilman Donald Winton remarked that according to State code, the City
must do a separate noise study in the future. Mayor Morton commented the noise
study was started this past year because the Council asked the Sanitation &
Health Committee to make the study, even to the extend of recommending noise
measuring equipment.
Mayor Morton then proceeded to call for comments page by page in the report.
Upon completion of the report review, he said pages 49, 50, 51, and 52 are to be
left to the City Manager to make the necessary changes consistent with what has
already been set out in the body of the report.
It was moved by Councilman Donald Winton, seconded by Councilman Walter
Temple, and so ordered to instruct the City Manager to make changes as the
Council has discussed tonight and then refer the matter back to the Planning
Commission.
Mayor Morton stated in addition to a letter from the Southern California
Edison Company, the Council has received a letter from the League of Women
Voters of Downey also recommending the City Council adopt the plan.
There being no further business to come before the City Council, the meeting
was adjourned at 9:16 p.m.
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Robert L. Shand, City Clerk -Treasurer
Thomas H. Morton, Mayor
Council Minutes 11/27/73 (Recessed)