HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 95-007RESOLUTION NO. 95-7
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA,
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 the
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 by the City Council of the City of
Palm Desert, California, that it supports the continued operations of
the Long Beach Naval Shipyard and other military facilities in the
Southern California region.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby directed to
transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the Southern California
Association of Governments and the City of Palm Desert's congressional
representatives.
RESOLUTION NO. 95
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Palm
Desert City Council, held on this 9th , day of February , 1995, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: BENSON, KELLY, SNYDER, SPIEGEL, CRITES
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ATTEST:
SHEILA R. i LIGAN, ••ty Clerk
City of Palm Deser California
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