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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
SPECIAL MEETING
MARCH 26, 2019
The City Council of the City of Downey held a Special City Council Meeting on March 26, 2019,
at 5:32 p.m., in the Council Chamber of the Downey City Hall, 11111 Brookshire Avenue, Downey,
California, Mayor Rodriguez presiding.
PRESENT:
Council Members:
Rick Rodriguez
Blanca Pacheco
Sean Ashton
Claudia Frometa
Alex Saab
Mayor
Mayor Pro Tem
Council Member
Council Member
Council Member
ALSO PRESENT: Gilbert Livas, City Manager
Yvette M. Abich Garcia, City Attorney
Alicia Duarte, CMC, City Clerk
APPROVED CLOSED SESSION MINUTES
It was moved by Council Member Ashton, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Pacheco, and so
ordered by Mayor Rodriguez to approve the Closed Session Minutes of March 12, 2019.
RECESSED TO CLOSED SESSION
Mayor Rodriguez announced the City Council is recessing to Closed Session at 5:33 p.m. to
discuss matters under the authority of the following section of the Government Code:
Conference with Legal Counsel - Initiation of Litigation -Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4):
One (1) Potential Matter.
RECONVENED CLOSED SESSION
The Special City Council meeting reconvened in Open Session at 6:31 p.m. with all Council
Members present.
City Attorney Abich Garcia reported the closed session report as follows: In regards to Item No.
1, the initiation of litigation in one case, following discussion by the City Council, legal counsel was
authorized to initiate civil action on behalf of the City of Downey against the State of California and the
Bureau of Cannabis Control. The details of the civil action once formally commenced shall be disclosed
to any person upon inquiry. There was a motion made by Mayor Rodriguez, seconded by Council
Member Frometa and passed 5-0, with no one opposed to the initiation of litigation.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Rodriguez adjourned the Special City Council Meeting at 6:32 p.m.
MARIA ALICIA DUARTE, CMC
City Clerk
City Council Minutes
Special Meeting - March 26, 2019
RICK RODRIGUEZ
Mayor