CC RESOLUTION 4414RESOLUTION NO. 4414
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO SUPPORTING THE RETENTION OF
THE LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of El Segundo as follows
SECTION 1 The City Council finds and declares as follows.
A. The Los Angeles Air Force Base, ( LAAFB) generates
approximately 13,000 lobs as well as at least $8 Billion in annual
contracts to local aerospace companies, and
B To financially and politically support the role of the LAAFB in our
nation's war on terrorism, providing new, state -of- the -art, safe and
efficient buildings in which the Air Force can carry out its missions
is necessary; and
C History has demonstrated the potential costs of base closure with
California alone loosing 29 defense installations and more than
92,000 direct lobs; and
D There is a project underway to relocate the outdated LAAFB
facilities to new facilities which LAAFB estimates will generate
approximately $3 5 Million in annual operations and maintenance
savings, and
E It is in the public interest for the City to take all reasonable and
necessary actions to help preserve lobs and local businesses that
are dependent on the LAAFB
SECTION 2 That the continued operation of the LAAFB is critical to the local
and regional economy
SECTION 3 That there is an urgent need to support efforts to retain the LAAFB
SECTION 4. Pledge the support of the City in efforts to retain the LAAFB
SECTION 5 The City Clerk is directed to certify the adoption of this Resolution,
record this Resolution in the book of the City's original resolutions, and make a
minute of the adoption of the Resolution in the City Council's records and the
minutes of this meeting
SECTION 6 This resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption
and will remain effective unless repealed or superseded
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 15th day of Feblagry 2005
Kelly A
Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO 1
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, hereby certify
that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City is five; that the
foregoing Resolution No4414 was duly passed and adopted by said City Council,
approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested to by the City Clerk
of said City, all at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 15th day of
February 2005, and the same was so passed and adopted by the following roll
call vote-
AYES McDowell, Gaines, Boulgarides, Busch, Jacobson
NOES- None
ABSENT. None
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None
ATTEST
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Cindy MoYtesen,
City Clerk