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MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
OCTOBER 15, 1983
The City Council of the City of Downey held a continued regular meeting
at 2:50 p.m., October 15, 1983, in the Mayor's Office at the Downey City Hall,
Mayor Robert G. Cormack presiding.
PRESENT: Council Members:
Robert G. Cormack Mayor
Randall R. Barb
James T. Quinn
Bob Davila
ABSENT: Theodore H. Jackman (excused)
ALSO PRESENT: Bud Ovrom, City Manager
Mayor Cormack called the meeting to order at 2:50 p.m. Mayor Cormack
noted that this meeting was being continued from the Council's regular meeting
of October 11, 1983.
City Manager Ovrom noted that the front door of City Hall was open and
a sign had been posted on the door indicating that the Council Meeting was
being held in the Mayor's office. The door to the lobby of the Council
offices was also open. No one from the public was in attendance.
At 2:55 p.m. the City Council recessed to Executive Session for the purpose
of interviewing the 5 finalists for the position of Secretary to the Mayor and
City Council. Mr. Ovrom noted that he would also raise one matter of -pending
litigation and one personnel matter during the Executive Session.
The City Council reconvened the public portion of the meeting at 4:30 p.m.
The Mayor directed the City Manager to proceed with a formal background in-
vestigation on the top two finalists and to report back to the full Council
at its next regular meeting on October 25th.
Mr. Ovrom asked permission to raise two additional matters for Council
consideration. Being that it was a continued regular meeting and the City
Council could therefore consider any item which could have been considered at
the regular meeting, Mayor Cormack told Mr. Ovrom to proceed:
1. "Tenant Improvements" for City Hall.
Mr. Ovrom noted that this item had been discussed somewhat at the
last Council meeting. The contractor had prepared and the Council had approved,
a set of plans for the interior configuration of the City Hall offices and work
areas. In order to help try to reduce costs, the architect wasnow suggesting
that those interior improvements could be substantially modified. The City
Council discussed the various arguments both for and against making another
change order in the interior plans. It was the concensus of the City Council
that there would not be any financial savings by making changes in the plans
at this late stage of the process. The City Council unanimously directed Mr.
Ovrom to authorize the architect and the contractor to proceed with the tenant
improvements as originally designed, subject only to certain specific minor
modifications the City Manager would make to reduce costs.
2. Firestone Revitalization Study Committee.
Mr. Ovrom reminded the City Council that the City had been awarded
a grant from the new "Federal Jobs Bill". The City Council had previously
approved the concept of using this money to establish a low interest revolving
loan fund to help downtown merchants on Firestone Boulevard to rehabilitate
their store facades. The Federal grant money may also be used to pay outside
consultants to (1) help prepare design standards and criteria to be used in
the store facade rehabilitation work and (2) to do some economic base studies
for the eventual redevelopment of the Firestone Corridor: In order to help
select the consultant or consultants who would do this work, Mr. Ovrom suggested
the appointment of a special committeg consisting of representaiiiv $ of.each
of the other City commissions or committees involved in the revitalization
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process:
- 1 from the Planning Commission
- 1 from the Design Review Board
- 1 from the Project Area Committee
- 1 from the Chamber of Commerce
- 1 from the Central Business District Committee
The City Council discussed the advantages of having one committee with
representatives from all of the other impacted committees rather than forming
an entirely new committee. It was the unanimous concensus of the Council that
this special committee should be formed to help select the consultant to do
those reports and to report back to the Council with their recommendations.
ADJOURNMENT : 5: p.m,
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Ro ert R. Ovrom, City Manager
Robert E. Shand, City Clerk -Treasurer
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