CC RESOLUTION 2309107'5
RESOLUTION NO. 2309
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA
PETITIONING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES AND THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT TO
AWARD THE B -1 STRATEGIC AIRCRAFT TO
NORTH AMERICAN ROCKWELL CORPORATION.
WHEREAS, the California aerospace industry has developed the technology
to produce the greatest aircraft in history, and
WHEREAS, the expertise of the management and employees of the California
aerospace industry provided the knowledge, skill and courage to place the first
man on the moon, thus enhancing the prestige of the United States throughout
the world, and
WHEREAS, the Aerospace industry is a primary employer in Southern California
providing economic stability to the community and to State and local governments,
and
WHEREAS, the aerospace industry has been a leader among minority groups and
has encouraged minority groups to form independent business firms related to aero-
space activities, and
WHEREAS, the California aerospace industry is now suffering the results of
reduced federal budgets and cancellations of aerospace projects thus causing the
loss of thousands of jobs and closing of many small businesses, and
WHEREAS, this slowdown threatens to destroy the concentration of skills and
knowledge in the aerospace industry so essential to national defense;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE EL SEGUNDO CITY COUNCIL to
petition the President of the United States and the United States Defense Depart-
ment to award the B -1 strategic aircraft contract to North American Rockwell Corpora-
tion because of the importance this contract has to the economy of Southern California
and the continuance of the essential pool of technical knowledge and skill located in
Southern California.
Introduced, approved and adopted this
ATTEST:
City Clerk
(SEAL)
9th day of March 1970.
Floyd Carr, Jr. ,
Mayor of the City of El Segundo
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )
)
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO. )
I, EUNICE U. CREASON, City Clerk of the
City of E1 Segundo, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the said City
is five; that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 2309
was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved
and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City
Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council
held on the 9th day of March , 1970
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Balmer. Frederick, Nagel_ StPnhPns,
and Mayor Carr;
NOES: Councilmen None;
ABSENT: Councilmen None.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City
this 13th day of March , 197
.A rx
City Clerk of the City of egun o
California
(SEAL)