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RESOLUTION NUMBER t5Z 151
A RESOLUTION OF THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL
STATING ITS CATEGORICAL OPPOSITION TO ANY
CIVILIAN AVIATION USE OF THE LOS ALAMITOS
AIR BASE OR SEAL BEACH WEAPONS STATION
EITHER FOR LIGHT GENERAL AVIATION OR
COMMERCIAL JET AIRCRAFT.
WHEREAS,
the citizens of Seal Beach have long supported only military
aviation use at the Los Alamitos Air Station; and
WHEREAS,
this local opposition to any civilian use, jet or general
aviation, is well documented over the past eight years in
numerous polls, studies, public hearings, Congressional mail
and with the Orange County Board of Supervisors; and
WHEREAS,
the Defense Oepartment, in 1977 and 1978 has repeatedly
confirmed the incompatibility of ANY joint civilian use of the
Los Alamitos Air Station; and ----
the Orange County General Services Agency as well as SCAG in
their respective studies of Orange County Airport needs (1973
and 1978) have continually ignored the local opposition to
ALL civilian use of the Los Alamitos Air Station; and
WHEREAS, the fatality rate for general aviation has been over one hundred
times greater than the commercial aviation rate in recent years;
and
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS, the physical accident rate for private aircraft is over one
thousand times greater than the commercial aircraft rate in
past years; and
WHEREAS, the Seal Beach Weapons Station handles the most powerful and
sophisticated armament used in our defense; and
WHEREAS, the proximity of general aviation aircraft take-offs, landings
and flight patterns with such weapons clearly increases the
danger of catastrophe for all parties; and
WHEREAS, the City of Seal Beach as well as the County of Orange are
responsible for the lives, safety and well being of the 28,000
residents of Seal Beach.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Seal
Beach does hereby request the Orange County Board of Supervisors to
officially withdraw Los Alamitos Air Station from any further consideration
for civilian aviation, either by commercial or general aviation and whether
jet or propeller aircraft.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of. the City of~al Beach,
California, at a meeting thereof held on th /.3i{t day of L!1.(jA~,
1978, by the following te:
AYES: Councilmen
NOES: Councilmen
ABSENT: Councilmen
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