CC RESOLUTION 4442RESOLUTION NO 44,42
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL
SEGUNDO DEDICATING THAT PORTION OF IMPERIAL HIGHWAY
FROM CENTER STREET TO SHELDON STREET AS MIKE GORDON
PARKWAY /IMPERIAL AVENUE
The City Council of the City of El Segundo does resolve as follows
SECTION 1 The City Council finds and declares that
A The late Mike Gordon was elected to the El Segundo City Council in 1996 and
served for two years as a City Council Member before being elected Mayor in
1998 Mr Gordon served as Mayor for six years before stepping down in April
2004 to run for the State Assembly,
B In 2004, Mike Gordon was elected to the State Assembly as the 53rd Assembly
District Representative and served honorably in this capacity until his untimely
passing on June 25, 2005,
C During Mike Gordon's service to the City of El Segundo he attended valiantly to
the interests of El Segundo and was instrumental in preventing the closure of the
Los Angeles Air Force Base during the 2005 military base realignment and
closure (BRAG) cycle and stopping the efforts of former City of Los Angeles
Mayors Riordon and Hahn's efforts to unreasonably expand the Los Angeles
International Airport,
D Mike Gordon's accomplishments and service to the City of El Segundo and the
region warrant significant and lasting tribute, and
E Streets and Highways Code Section 5026 provides that the City Council may by
resolution change the name of any street located in the City of El Segundo,
SECTION 2 Council of the City of El Segundo, California hereby resolves that the
street currently named Imperial Avenue from the west side of Center Street to the east
side of Sheldon Street is hereby honorarily dedicated as "Mike Gordon
Parkway /Imperial Avenue "
SECTION 3 The City Clerk is directed to certify the adoption of this Resolution; record
this Resolution in the book of the City's original resolutions, file a certified copy of this
resolution with Board of Supervisors and the County Surveyor of the County of Los
Angeles, and make a minute of the adoption of the Resolution in the City Council's
records and the minutes of this meeting
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SECTION 4 This resolution will become effective on January 1, 2005 and will remain
effective unless repealed or superseded
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 1, "/ day of November 2005
Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of the City is five, that the foregoing
Resolution No 4442 - was duly passed and adopted by said City Council, approved and
signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested to by the City Clerk of said City, all at a
regular meeting of said Council held on the 15t day of November 2005, and the same
was so passed and adopted by the following roll call vote
AYES McDowell, Gaines, Boulgarides, Busch, Jacobson
NOES
None
ABSENT None
ABSTAIN None
ATTEST
Cindy Morkibsen, /
City Clerk
APPROVED
Mark D Hen
0
!Carl H Berger,
Assistant City
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