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RESOLUTION NO, 3200
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE
PETITION OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT TO THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION FOR THE ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL
RADIO TELECOMMUNICATIONS FREQUENCIES TO THE
PRIVATE LAND MOBILE SERVICE FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY AGENCIES, AND URGING CONGRESS TO
AMEND THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 BY SETTING
CERTAIN PRIORITIES FOR THE ALLOCATION AND
LICENSING OF RADIO SPECTRUM FREQUENCIES.
WHEREAS, radio telecommunication is the principal
medium of command and control communications for those agencies
which are charged with the maintenance of the public safety; and
WHEREAS, there are insufficient radio spectrum fre-
quencies allocated to land mobile in the public service area; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County, California, Sheriff's
Department has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission,
in compliance with S.1.401 of the Commission's rules, to provide
in sufficient quantities additional contiguous frequencies to
the Private Land Mobile Service for public safety agencies in
the major metropolitan areas; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department,
in the petition, further requests that a block of contiguous
frequencies proportionate to the local population and needs also
be allocated for those less populated urban and rural areas; and
WHEREAS, California State Senator William Campbell,
through the Joint Committee on Fire, Police, Emergency and Dis-
aster Services, has conducted hearings, the results of which
substantiate the problems as indicated in the petition of the
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of El Segundo
supports in principle the petition submitted to the Federal
Communications Commission by the Sheriff of Los Angeles County,
in the interest of all public safety organizations in the
United States; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of El Segundo
seeks the allocation of additional radio spectrum frequencies
as proposed in the petition; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Communications Commission has,
through its actions in the Low Power Television Docket 78 -253
and in the Direct Broadcast Satellite General Docket 80 -603,
created conditions which make it increasingly difficult to provide
a fair and impartial hearing to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Department petition, RM 3975;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL
SEGUNDO? CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND
ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City of El Segundo respectfully
urges the Federal Communications Commission to adopt the
principles in the petition submitted by the Sheriff of Los
Angeles County.
SECTION 2. That the City of El Segundo urges Congress
to call for and conduct oversight hearings in the FCC Broadcast
Dockets 78 -253, General Docket 80 -603 and Rulemaking Petition
RM 3975.
SECTION 3. That the City of El Segundo urges Congress
to introduce and support legislation to amend the Communications
Act of 1934 by setting the following priorities for establishing
the objective worth of public safety in the allocation and
licensing of spectrum;
First Those services which directly provide for the
Priority: national defense (military and support agencies,
as provided by IRAC).
Second Those services which directly provide for the
Priority: protection of life and property (police, fire,
certain government and private agencies).
Third Those services which directly provide acti-
Priority; vities essential to the continued well-being
of the populace (utilities, public transpor-
tation, certain public agencies).
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• Fourth Those services which directly contribute to
Priority: the effective continuance of commerce and the
economic well -being of the nation (business
radio, experimental technology).
Fifth Those services which provide information, in-
Priority; struction and entertainment to the populace
(broadcast radio and TV).
Sixth Those services which are primarily recrea-
Priority tional in nature.
SECTION 4, The City Clerk is hereby instructed to
forward copies of this resolution to the President of the United
States and to the members of the California State Delegation
serving in the House of Representatives and Senate.
SECTION 5, The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this ,resolution; shall enter the same
in the book of original resolutions of said city; and shall make
a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of
the proceedings of the City Council of said city, in the minutes
of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 5th day of
April , 1983,
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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ffa��4 of the City of El Segundo,
California
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
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I, VALERIE A. BURROWES City Clerk of the
City of El Segundo, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the said City is
five; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 3200
was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved
and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City
Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council
held on the 5th day of April , 19 83
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Armstrong, Johnson, Siadek,
Synadinos & Mayor Bue
NOES: Councilmembers None
ABSENT: Councilmermbers None
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID
CITY this 15th day of April 1983
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( SEA L)
City Clerk of the City of El Segundo,
California