CC RESOLUTION 4315Sep �PSO 07
RESOLUTION NO. 4315
A RESOLUTION OF APPLICATION BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO AUTHORIZING
THE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION TO
INITIATE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE REORGANIZATION
OF TERRITORY
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of El Segundo that:
WHEREAS, the City of El Segundo desires to initiate proceedings pursuant to
the Cortese - Knox - Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000,
commencing with Section 56000 of the California Government Code, for a
reorganization that would concurrently detach territory from the City of El Segundo and
annex the territory to the City of Hawthorne, as described in Exhibit "A" and shown on
Exhibit "B" to this resolution.
WHEREAS, the principal reasons for the proposed reorganization are as
follows:
(a) The United States Air Force maintains facilities in the greater Los
Angeles region known as the Los Angeles Air Force Base ( "the LAAFB").
(b) Portions of the LAAFB facilities are currently located in the Sun Valley
community of the City of Los Angeles ( "the Sun Valley Site "), in a section of the City of
Hawthorne ( "the Lawndale Annex ") and on two sites in the City of El Segundo ( "Area
A" and "Area B ").
(c) The LAAFB presently employees more than 4,000 military and civilian
personnel and their jobs are important to the economic vitality of Southern California
and the local aerospace defense industry in particular.
(d) The United States Air Force intends to consolidate and upgrade the
LAAFB through the implementation of a unique public - private partnership, whereby the
Sun Valley Site, the Lawndale Annex and Area A will be conveyed to a private
developer in exchange for new facilities constructed by the developer on Area B from
revenue generated by the developer.
(e) Area A is located east of Sepulveda Boulevard at the southeast corner of
El Segundo and Aviation Boulevards and adjacent to the El Segundo Boulevard on-
and -off ramps to the San Diego (1 -405) Freeway in an area of the City of El Segundo
that is zoned and developed with commercial and industrial uses.
(e) As part of its revenue plan, the developer originally proposed to develop
Area A with commercial uses, and the developer and the City of El Segundo
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