Resolution - 9222RESOLUTION NO. 9222_
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE
CONTINUED OPERATIONS OF THE LONG BEACH NAVAL
SHIPYARD AND OTHER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MILITARY
40 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 Closure and Realignment Commission 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 thelastof 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 the 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 preeminence 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 loss
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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City
of West Covina 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.
Approved and adopted this 16th day of May, 1995.
• May
ATTEST:
City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the
City Council of the City of West Covina, California, at a regular meeting thereof held
on May 16, 1995, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES: McFadden, Touhey, Wong, Herfert
NOES: None
40 ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Manners
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City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney