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RESOLUTION NtJMBER ~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH SUPPORTING
THE CONTINUED OPERATIONS OF THE LONG BEACH NAVAL
SHIPYARD AND OTHER SOUTJIBRN CALIFORNIA MILITARY
FACILITIES
WBBREAS, the State of California has endured billions of dollars I
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
WBBREAS, 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
WBBREAS, 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 I s greatest guarantor of peace through
strength of leadership; and
WHEREAS, the Southern California region has suffered significant I
job losses due to federally mandated base closures in
1991-1993; and
WHEREAS, 970 private sector businesses will be affected by closure
of Long Beach Naval Shipyard; and
WHEREAS, the closure of 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
Seal Beach on behalf of the citizens of Seal Beach hereby supports
the continued operations of the Long Beach Naval Shipyard and all
.other military facilities in Southern California region; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Seal Beach will transmit
this resolution to the President of the Untied States, the members
of the State of California Congressional delegation in Washington,
D.C., and other Southern California cities and counties requesting
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 the
Southern California region will not suffer further economic
deprivation caused by such closures. J~~
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOP this ~ day Februa
the following vote:
ABSENT :
Councilmembers
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, 1995, by II
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AYES:
Councilmember
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I, Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, California,
do hereby cetify that t~fOregOing Resolution is an original copy
of Resolution Number h~ on file in the office of the City
Clerk, passed, approved and/adopted by the City coun1! .9f the City
o al Beach at a meeting thereof held on the ~. day of
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