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It was a privilege to know Norm Murray I would like to add a word on the passing of Norm Murray. I had the privilege of serving on the Planning and Transportation Commission with Norm for three years. That period was a graduate education for me on city planning and municipal government. There simply was nothing about city government that Norm did not know. My principal concern was traffic, and we spent time considering how Avery Parkway could be widened and extended to Antonio Parkway to alleviate the burden on Crown Valley. We toured the new golf course under construction at the time. Norm conducted a verbal seminar on everything from water quality and storm drain design to the Master Plan of Arterial Highways for Orange County. Norm was always filled with common sense and concern for his fellow man, qualities I have missed from time to time on the City Council. He was always a gentleman and was almost courtly in his treatment of residents making presentations to the Planning Commission. His vast knowledge came from an almost unbelievable length of service to city government. He told me that he was introduced to John F. Kennedy at the 1960 Democratic Convention in Los Angeles. He was one of a group of local mayors at the time. We will not see another like Norm Murray. It was a privilege to know him. Michael Kennedy, M.D. |
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