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RESOLUTION NO. 95-C21
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
AZUSA SUPPORTING THE CONTINUED OPERATIONS OF
THE LONG BEACH NAVAL SHIPYARD AND OTHER
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MILITARY FACILITIES
WHEREAS, the State of California has endured billions of dollars of losses
through a disproportionate share of Department of Defense closures as mandated by
the Federally appointed Base Closures and Realignment Commissions in 1988, 1991,
and 1993, and
WHEREAS, it has been documented that the State of California has suffered
more than its share of economic devastation during the current worldwide recession,
and will be the last of the States to show signs of a positive recovery, and
WHEREAS, the State of California has sustained both human and natural
disasters in recent years from earthquakes in San Francisco and Los Angeles areas,
fires in Northern and Southern California, and from the civil unrest in the greater Los
Angeles area, and
WHEREAS, The State of California through its world pre-eminence in the
technologies of earth and space travel, military defense systems and interglobal
communications has been the free world's greatest guarantor of peace through
strength of leadership, and
WHEREAS, the Southern California region has suffered significant job losses
due to federally mandated base closures in 1991-1993, and
WHEREAS, 970 private sector businesses will be affected by closure of the
Long Beach Naval Shipyard, and
WHEREAS, closure of the Long Beach Naval Shipyard will result in $757 million
annually in regional economic losses.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Azusa,
supports the continued operations of the Long Beach Naval Shipyard and all other
military facilities in the Southern California region and will transmit this resolution to
the President of the United States and the members of the State of California
Congressional delegation in Washington, D.C., and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Azusa will transmit this resolution
to the 184 member cities and 6 member counties in the Southern California region and
request that each agency adopt a similar resolution supporting the operations of the
Long Beach Naval Shipyard and other military facilities in the region, so that the State
of California and Southern California region will not suffer further economic deprivation
caused by such closures.
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ADOPTED and APPROVED this 21st
following vote of the Council:
E
day of February , 1995 by the
MAYOR
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARDISON, MADRID, NARANJO, BEEBE,
ALEXANDER
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: -.-NONE