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RESOLUTION NO. 3910
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
El SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA URGING SUPPORT FOR
RETENTION OF SPACE AND MISSILE SYSTEMS CENTER
AT LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA AND
RETAINING THE LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE AS AN
ACTIVE AIR FORCE INSTALLATION.
WHEREAS, Congress passed the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of
1990 establishing Base Closure and Realignment.Commissions in 1991, 1993, and
1995, "to provide a fair process that will result in the timely closure and realignment
of military installations inside the United States;" and
WHEREAS, the fourth and final round of base closures and realignment is
currently being addressed by the Department of Defense, and the Los Angeles Air
Force Base is being considered, along with all other military installations, for closure
or realignment during this final round; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles Air Force Base houses the Space and Missile
Systems Center of the Air Force Materiel Command and the Aerospace Corporation,
a non - profit corporation, which is a designated federally- funded research and
development center; and
WHEREAS, the Space and Missile Systems Center continues to, and will for the
foreseeable future, conduct research, development, and acquisition for military space
systems; and
• WHEREAS, the Aerospace Corporation is under annual contract with the Space
and Missile Systems Center to provide architecture and engineering services in support
of military space systems; and
WHEREAS, the annual contracting by the Space and Missile Systems Center
within a 100 -mile radius was $5.2 billion in 1994, exceeding the entire motion picture
industry revenue in all of the United States; and
WHEREAS, one of every eight jobs could be lost from the South Bay economy
if the Space and Missile Systems Center and the Aerospace Corporation were to be
relocated and Los Angeles Air Force Base were to be closed; and
WHEREAS, the Governor of the State of California directed the Governor's
Office of Planning and Research to coordinate the State effort to assist local
communities in developing strategies to protect California's military bases from further
closures; and
WHEREAS, if the Los Angeles Air Force Base is identified by the Department
of Defense for realignment or closure action, the Military Affairs Committee of the
South Bay Association of Chambers of Commerce will mount a grass roots effort in
conjunction with the Governor's Office of Planning and Research and the Los Angeles
• Area Chamber of Commerce to ensure the militaryvalue of the Los Angeles Air Force
Base is recognized by the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission; and
WHEREAS, to be successful in convincing the commission to keep Los Angeles
Air Force Base in El Segundo, the grass roots effort must include active participation
from the City of El Segundo, including public testimony during all Commission
hearings, if the base appears on the 1995 list.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of El Segundo supports the South
Bay Association and Los Angeles Area of Chambers of Commerce grass Roots
campaign to retain Los Angeles Air Force Base and urges other South Bay cities to
adopt similar resolutions to retain the Base, a vital element of the security of the
United States and an essential contributor to the economic well being of the South
Bay.
SECTION 2. That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to each of the federal,
state and county elected officials representing the South Bay Area.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 21st day 91 FeXruary, 1995.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ]
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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. 3910 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 21st day of February 1995, and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Mayor Jacobson, Mayor ProTem Weston, Councilman Switz,
Councilman Robbins, and Councilwoman Friedkin.
NOES: None
40 ABSENT: None
ABSTENTION: None
1995.
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WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this 1st day of March,
C NbY MORTESEN
City Clerk of the
City of El Segundo,
California
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