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RESOLUTION NO. 3408
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
':REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA
AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO WORK
:TOWARD THE ENACTI~NT OF LEGISLATION
.!PROMOTING THE COiqSTRUCTION OF BOMB
SHELTERS.
WHEREAS, the City of Arcadia is located within territory
which in time Of war would be considered a target area of the west
coast; and,
lmEMAS, the federal civil defense agency has determined
that bomb shelters will be the most practical and effic~ent means
of protecting the inhabitants of any target area; and,
WHEREAS, there is definite need for the constructlon of
such bomb shelters by private individuals in California; and,
vrnEREAS, there were introduced during the 1961 session
of the California State Legislature both an assembly bill and an
assembly const~tutiona1 amendment providing for the exemption of
privately owned bomb shelters from taxation; and,
vlliEREAS, neither Assembly Bill No. 2359 nor Assembly Con-
stitutional Amendment No. 51 was passed at such session of the
Legislature; arid,
l'lliEREAS, the need for promoting the construction of bomb
shelters is ever increasing;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCAD~A,
CALIFORNIA, DO~S HEREBY DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1, That the Governor of the State of California
and the State ~egis1ature be and they are hereby respectfully re-
quested and mOst strongly urged to further consider and work toward
the enactment of legislation that will promote the construction of
private bomb shelters by authorizing county assessors to exempt
from taxation any property used or usable as a fallout or bomb
shelter constructed and maintained to meet tne minimum standards
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prescribed by ~he county, state law and/or federal agency charged
with the respo~sibi1ity for civil defense; and further that the
cost of any construction of such private bomb shelters shall be
deductible from income tax.
SECTloN 2. The City Clerk shall cert~fy to the adoption
of this resolution and shall cause certified copies hereof to be
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forwarded to th,e Governor of California and to members of both
houses of the ~egis1ature,
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolutlon was
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of t,1e City of
Arcadia held on the 15th
day of
August
, 1961, by the af-
firmati ve vote 'of at least three Councilmen, to wit =
AYES =
Councilmen Butterworth, Camphouse, Phillips,
Reibo1d and Balser
NOES =
None
ABSENFI'= None
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Cit;:; Clerk of ne fty of Arcadia
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SIGNED AND APPROVED this 15th day of August , 1961,
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