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CC RESOLUTION 37999 RESOLUTION NO. 3799 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF RETAINING THE LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE /SPACE AND MISSILE SYSTEMS CENTER AT THEIR PRESENT LOCATION IN THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO AND CALLING ON THE CALIFORNIA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO UNITE IN SUPPORT OF RETAINING LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE. WHEREAS, the Department of Defense, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission and the Congress will be considering the closure of military installations this year; and WHEREAS, the Los Angeles Air Force Base is under consideration for closure; and WHEREAS, with a $9.4 billion economic impact on the State of California, a $5.4 billion economic impact on the greater Los Angeles area, and $40 billion in current contracts, closure of the Los Angeles Air Force Base or the moving of Space and Missile Systems Center would be economically severe to California, and even more devastating to Southern California; and WHEREAS, the communities of Southern California have made great efforts to retain the Los Angeles Air Force Base through the passage of two bills in the California Legislature (AB 3325 and SB 1783) which make housing more affordable for military personnel assigned to the Los Angeles Air Force Base; and WHEREAS, the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, and the State of California have worked out an appropriate mechanism to allow for the transfer of buildable land to the Air Force for the construction of housing units in San Pedro near existing Los Angeles Air Force Base housing; and WHEREAS, the City of E1 Segundo remains willing to work dili- gently to provide the Space and Missile Systems Center and the Los Angeles Air Force Base a welcome and suitable home. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Retention of the Los Angeles Air Force Base with all of its current constituent divisions, centers, and sectors is essential to economic well being of the State of California. SECTION 2. Retention of the Los Angeles Air Force Base and all its component groups will require a united California Congressional delegation to represent our state's interests in Washington, D.C. The City Council, on behalf of the citizens of E1 Segundo, urge all California members of the Senate and House of Representatives to set aside partisan and regional differences and work effectively to retain this base. SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution; shall enter the same in the book of original resolutions of said City; and shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council of said City, in the minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted. 6 PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 16th of the Ci-t California 1993. Mayor E1 Segundo, ATTESTED: C' dy Mo; sen, ity Clerk 0 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ] SS CITY OF EL SEGUNDO I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El 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. 3799 was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor or said City, and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the 16th day of February, 1993, and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Mayor Jacobson, Mayor ProTem Wise, and Councilmen Robbins, Switz, and West. NOES: None ABSENT: None WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this 19th day of February, 1993. f NDY �61 TE City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California (SEAL)