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Home My Public Portal About1319 (06-03-41) RESOLUTION N0. 1319 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYN4700D CREATING A LOCAL DEFENSE COUNCIL AND PRESCRTBIIQG ITS DUTIES AND RE5PONSIBILITIES, Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Lynwood, 0alifornia, as �ollows: l4'HEREAS, on May 28, 1940, the President of the United States created a Council of National Defense and an A@visory Coomiasion thereto for the purpose of assisting in the coordination of the various governmental, industrial, agricultural, economic, and other activities essential to prepar],ng for the defense of the United States; and 1VHEREAS, the Council oP National Defense and its Advisory Commission have recommended that the National Defense Program and activities related thereto be carried on through regular gov�rnmental channels insofar as possible; and GJhEREAS, the Council of National Defense and its Advisory Commission has officially requested the California Council of Defense to assist and to expedite the for�ation of local coun— cils of defense; and PIHEREA5, the City of LymNOOd desires to assist in the pro— gra:n of National Defense by coordinating all of its public and private facilities, resources and activities rvith the program aforesaid; NOV1, THEREFORE: The City Council of the City of Lymvood does hereby re— solve, determine and order as �'ollows: Section 1 . There is hereby created the Lynwood Defense Council. Seetion 2 . The Defense Couneil ehall be composed of the —l— -, Mayor, tivho shall be ex officio cha.irman of the Council, the Police Lieutenant, who shall be ex officio secretary of the Council, and such otner local officiale and citizens as may be appointed thereto by the �Iayor with the approval of the i City Council. The NTa.yor ahall designate one of the members of the local Defense Council as vice-chairman, who shall pre- side at all meetings of said council in the a.bsence of the P.�ayor. The Secretary, sub,�ect to the Niayor?s direction, shall be responsible for coordinating its activities, keeping its records, conducting its correspondence and performing such other duties as the said Council may from time to time require of him. Sectio 3. The members.oP said Defense Council shall serve for a term of one year and until their succeasors are appointed and o,ualified. A four-fiftha vote of all the members of the City Council will be required to remove any member of said De- fense Council fron office prior to the expiration of his term o: office. Vacancies on the Defense Council shall be filled by appointment by the I�ayor with the approval of the City Gouncil. Section 4 . It shall be the duty and resnonsibility of the Defense Council to coordinate the activities within the city of governmental and private agencies, and of individuals, cooperat- ing in the defense effort; to stimulate public interest and par- ticipation Sn defense activities; to consider and recommend to appropriate governmental authorities plans for the public safety, hea.lth and welfare; to pla.n a ma,�or disaster program, capable of functioning in a defense emergency; and to per£orm such other advisory functions as may be requested oP it by officials of the city, county, state, and Federal a�encies engaged in the defense . effort. Said Council shzll receive, acknowledge and appraise prof- fers of facilities, services and ideas originating �rithin the community and make appropriate disposition o� same; clear in- formation concerning defense programs and ob,jectives among -2- cooperating agencies; recommend ad�ustments or arrangements necessary for prompt assimilation of government progra.ms for defenae to the appropriate officers, depart�ents or agencies; receive requests for assistance from the State Council of De- :�°ense and from Federal defense authorities and transmit these reauests to the•pxq�er city authoPities or agenciea; accu�ulate or assi�t in th�= accumulation of information regarding local �overnmen,tal, f:lnancial, economic, industrial and human facili- ties and resources and transmit any such facts, as well as other necessary information, to the Stat e Council of Defense and to Federal defenae authorities. Section 5 . There is hereby created as permanent committees of the Defense Council: �1) Committee on Givil Protection, which shall consider defense matters relating to the public safety, including the preparation of a disaster preparedness plan to be recommended to the City Council for adoption as an ordinance; (2) Committee on Human Resources and Sk111s, to assist in the registration of persons for defense work of all kinds, to cooperate �oith governmental agencies in making olans for defense training of skilled workers and other persons engaged in defense �wo.rk requiring special training, and to analyze and report to the Defense Council on all profiers of assistance from private persons and organizations. The City Council by resolution may create such other permanent and such temporary committees of the Defense Council as the City Council deems necessary, sh211 de- fine their duties within the puroose of this resolution and �ay abolish any such committee. The chairman of the permanent com- mittees of the Defense Council sha11 be designated 'oy the Defense . Council Chair�an from among the members of the Defense Council appointed as provided in Section 2 of this resolution. Niembers o£ perrna.nent committees other than the chairman and all members of temporary committees shall be appointed by the chairman of the Defense Council and need not be members of the.Defense Coun- � cil. -3� APPROVED APID ADOPTED this 3rd day of June, 1941. ��. , , , . � �,.—�� ..� P.�IAYOR 0 1HE iY�F L1NK�OOD �.� 1 ;ATTEST:•_ _� � i :::+� � ~ � ' .. . . � `. t � i i ..:- .�� :'+ .`\`, � � . _ . . S � . �QITY ` LER{, .0 T� OF LYN?4�0 � _4_ _ . ' , . -. , .... .: , ,, . - . . ; � . . , . , , ;: � _ . . - , " : , �" + , . .. . , ,. � �. +4.. -':,' r- o p , .. ' , .. � STATE OF Cr.LZ•FORNIA ). , �` ,' , , .. , . ..< � " COUNTY OF LOS ANG�LES. ss. ,' � , . - CITY. OF LYDI'�YOOD : , ). _. . , , . , . . , „� . , ,{ �, � , , ,� . I, the undersigned bity Clerk ofl trie City of . " , �c; . � Lynvrood, � do .heneby ce'rtify. ,that.'the �above arid foregoing " ' �. Resolutior. was•'du7.y adopted by the ,City• Council of. said . • . , . � City, at e.-,- ='-,. ::regular meet'ing ther.eof:Yield in'.�., . r , � , , � _ the : City H211 of `said: City, on the " 3rd day ..of ':. � . --- --. _ <. • , , .. • _ � June; ,,,194.1 ,; and assed��b..the followin � � � , . � y , ' g votet:,' . ' AYES:, COUNCILPaIEN.:� Zimmerman, Lake,.' and' Bdeyer. .' ,' � , . . ,;. ,. , . >• ,, � ,• : _ . ; r - . , , , �"' NOES:, COUNCZL;viAN: �None.. __ ' ,�- t�- . � . '; , �„ �, ;� ASSENT:,COUNGILI�i�EN:��c�Seekin and Qhriateneen. . . �'.� r . , _ �, , . . . . � �. � � ,� . . ,, ��! R. . W • ,� . . ., , ' , r �, e ; .y i. , - ° , . . , . . , . � � j, ... . T 0 F;'OOD ' ,. 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