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RESOLUTION NO. 4456
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING THE CONTINUED OPERATIONS OF THE LONG BEACH
NAVAL SHIPYARD AND OTHER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MILITARY FACILITIES
WHEREAS, the State of California has endured billions of
dollars of losses through a disproportionate share of Department of
Defense closures as mandated by the Federally appointed Base
Closures and Realignment Commissions in 1988, 1991, and 1993 ; and
WHEREAS, it has been documented that the State of California
has suffered more than its share of economic devastation during the
current worldwide recession, and will be the last of the States to
show signs of a positive recovery; and
WHEREAS, the State of California has sustained both human and
natural disasters in recent years from earthquakes in San Francisco
and Los Angeles areas, fires in Northern and Southern California,
and from the civil unrest in the greater Los Angeles area; and
WHEREAS, the State of California through its world pre-
eminence in the technologies of earth and space travel, military
defense systems and interglobal communications has been the free
world' s greatest guarantor of peace through strength of leadership;
and
WHEREAS, the Southern California region has suffered
significant job losses due to federally mandated base closures in
1991-1993 ; and
WHEREAS, 970 private sector businesses will be affected by
closure of Long Beach Naval Shipyard; and
WHEREAS, the closure of Long Beach Naval Shipyard will result
in $757 million annually in regional economic losses;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the
City of Cypress, supports the continued operations of the Long
Beach Naval Shipyard and all other military facilities in the
Southern California region and will transmit this resolution to the
President of the United States and the members of the State of
California Congressional delegation in Washington, D. C. ; and
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress
at a regular meeting held on the 13th day of March 1995 .
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MAYOR OF THE CITY StfCYPRESS
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CIT CLERK OF TH CITY OF CYPRESS
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COUNTY OF ORANGE
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the said City Council held on the 13th day of March 1995;
by the following roll call vote .
AYES : 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS : Bowman, Carroll, Jones, Kerry, and Age
NOES : 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS : None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS : None
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CITY CLERK O THE TY OF CYPRESS