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RESOLUTION NO. //3f
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEAL 3U.CH ASKING THE UNITED S-rATES DEPART-
MJJ:NT OF DEFENSE TO ]ll~l'ERMINE l'ii.ED OF THE
U. S. NAVAL A!A]IDNITION AJ..'D NET DEPOT FACILITIES
FOR NATIONAL SEOURITl.
VIH.e:.HEAS, the U. S. Naval Ammu.n1tion and Net Depot has since
its inception in 1943 been associated with and partly incorporated
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withtn bhe"CitJ 'of Seal BeaQh, and
WHEREAS, a number of Seal Beach residents are employed within
the Naval Dopot, and
WHGREAS, any decision to continue, revise or abandon the
Naval Depot would have great significance to and be of tremendous
importance to the City of Seal Beach and its citizens, and
~~H6AS, the Westminster Chamber of Commerce has recently
adopted a resolutIon calling for the abandonment of the Naval Base
with a transfer of its facilities to the Naval establishment at
Fallbrook, and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid resolution asserted that the Naval
Depot should be abandoned because (1) the holding of 5000 acres
of Government-owned land from the tax rolls "imposes additional
burdens on an already heavily taxed public", (2) the original need
of 1~8e areas for storage of gun ammunition is "greatly diminished
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and is now approaching elimination" because of "newly developed
weapons systems", (3) IItorpedo nets may now be classed obsolescent,
if not in fact obsolete", and thus should not require large amounts
of land which might be put to better public or private use, and
(4) the Net Depot is "detrimental to the general public welfare in
that: it closes Bolsa Avenue, formerly one ot the main east-west
thorou6hfares ot Orange County; it denies use by the general public
ot a former ~arine recreational area, namely Ananeim Bay Landing;
it restricts to a prol1ibitive degree access to and transit fram
inland waterways of ::estern Orange County; it restricts and retards
development of inland areas located in waterways and in other ~ner,"
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WHEREAS, the af~resai~ resolution bas been widely publicized,
has focused public attention on the Naval Depot, and has inspired
considerable controversy over the military value of this base to
the people of the ~nited States:
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Seal Beach that the Defense Department of the United States and
in particular the Secretary of the Navy be urged to investigate
these and other related matters concerning the U.S. Naval Ammunition
and Net Depot at Seal Beach at the earliest possible date with a view
toward determining the value and need of said facilities for the
defense of this nation and eliminating any unnecessary use of land,
facilities or public funds consistent with the requirements of
national security, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that widespread
publicity be given to the investigation and its findings, and
that the press be permitted wide scope in reporting sald investigation;
and
FINALLY BE IT RESOLVED that copies of this resolution shall be
forwarded by the City Clerk to the Secretary of Defense, Secretary
of the Navy, Commandant of the -neventh Naval District and Commandant
of the U.S. Naval Ammunition and Net Depot at Seal Beach.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Seal Beach at
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a regular meeting thereof held on the lath day of July, 196:
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S!A'rE. OF CALH'ORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF SEAL BEACH )
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I, F. '1. Hickman, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach and
Ex-officio Clerk of the City Council, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was passed, approved and adopted by the City
Council ~f the City of Seal Beach at a regular meeting thereof held
on the ~8th day of July, 1961, by the following vot~;
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AYES: Councilmen: Flanagan, Jones, Leonard, 1l-~ll,..lo ''!ibbs
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NOES: Councilmen: None ( _ r .., '~~
ABSENT:
Councilmen: None
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