Resolution No. 101420,.
RESOLUTION NO. 1014
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CYPRESS URGING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
THE NAVY TO REJECT ALL PROPOSALS FOR EXPANSION
OF THE LOS ALAMITOS NAVAL AIR STATION, LOS
ALAMITOS, CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Cypress has been notified that the
officials of the Los Alamitos Naval Air Station are preparing plans for the expan-
sion of the Naval Air Station which would involve the acquisition of approximately
600 acres of land in the City of Cypress; and
WHEREAS, the current operation at this naval facility has been expanded to
the extent that the facility, which originally was the reserve training station
for propeller -type aircraft, now utilizes the most high - powered naval jets
available; and
WHEREAS, the Los Alamitos Naval Air Station is located in a highly urbanized
area of Orange County with a population in excess of 145,000 within a five mile
radius of the Naval Air Station, all of whom are adversely affected by the increased
activity at the facility; and
WHEREAS, the incompatibility of the facility with the surrounding land uses
impairs the health, savety and enjoyment of personal property rights; and
WHEREAS, the seven air crashes which have occurred on or near this facility
during the past eleven years have resulted in over 50 civilian and military
fatalities; and
WHEREAS, the proposed expansion of this facility would further encroach upon
the lives and property of adjacent residents; and
WHEREAS, the proposed acquisition of additional properties in the City of
Cypress involves the only industrial tax base which has been reserved by the
City for the ultimate balance of the city's economy; and
WHEREAS, the estimated annual tax loss to the City of Cypress, if this
additional land were to be acquired by the Naval Air Station, would exceed
$2 million; and
WHEREAS, the expansion plan would eliminate a potential industrial complex
which ultimately would provide employment for an estimated 13,320 persons with
the resulting benefits to the economy of the entire area, and
WHEREAS expansion of the Naval Air Station would also create economic hard-
ships on the County, school districts and other taxing agencies in the area;
an d
WHEREAS, the City of Cypress, the County of Orange, the State of California
and several public utility companies have in the past few years expended public
funds in excess of $2 million in the area proposed to be acquired by the Naval
Air Station for street improvements, sanitary sewers, storm drains, telephone,
electrical and other utilities to induce development of the property; and
WHEREAS, the announcement of this expansion program has already caused
immediate economic loss to the City of Cypress and adjacent property owners
since all pending developments have been deferred pending the outcome of the
Navy study; and
WHEREAS, in addition to these economic losses, it is estimated that the
proposed expansion program involving both acquisition of land and expansion
of naval facilities would cost in excess of $2 billion; and
WHEREAS, a total replacement of this facility in unurbanized areas in
close proximity to the existing facility could be accomplished at less cost
and with less infringement upon the safety, welfare and property rights of
others; and
WHEREAS, relocation of this facility would provide lands for needed resi-
dential, commercial and industrial development in Orange County, providing homes,
employment opportunities and an economic base to lower property taxation in
cities, school districts and the County; and
WHEREAS, such relocation would produce a return to the Federal Government
upon the sale of land alone of an estimated $62,160,000; and
WHEREAS, it appears that the President of the United States, as well as a
majority of the elected representatives of the United States Congress are committed
to policies of assisting urbanized areas and providing housing, employment oppor-
tunities and other amenities to improve the living standards of all our citizens;
and
WHEREAS, the existing and proposed operation at the Los Alamitos Naval Air
Station is in direct conflict with this policy.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of theCity of Cypress that
the President of the United States, the United States Senate, the United States
House of Representatives, the United States Department of Defense, and the United
States Department of the Navy be requested to take all necessary actions to halt
any proposed expansion of the Los Alamitos Naval Air Station, and further, to
institute an immediate study for the purpose of relocating the Los Alamitos Naval
Air Station from its present location to other areas presently available, more
economical and more suitable for the continued operation of such a facility,
thereby producing a great savings for the Federal Government in the operation and
maintenance of such a facility and also a great financial return from the disposal
of the admittedly inadequate facilities of the Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
in its present location.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a regular
meeting held on the 14th day of October, 1969.
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
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CITY CLzERK OF THE CIT OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council
held on the 14th day of October, 1969 by the following vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCILMEN: Bowen, Harvey, Kanel, Noe and Kanode
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCILMEN: None
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS