HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2680 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) RESOLUTION NO. 2680
'law COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE)ss
CITY OF SAN JACINTO )
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S 25%
CLOSURE OF LARGE MILITARY BASES AND SUPPORTING THE
RETAINING OF CALIFORNIA'S MILITARY BASES, PARTICULARLY
MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE
WHEREAS, the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) begins in March
2006; and
WHEREAS, California took 60% of the nation's net cuts in the previous four
rounds of military base closures; and
WHEREAS, with the previous closing of 29 major bases and dozens of smaller
ones, California lost 98,369 uniformed and civil defense jobs and an estimated $9.6
billion in annual spending; and
WHEREAS, March Air Force Base was established in 1918 and realigned in
1996 to become March Air Reserve Base: and
WHEREAS, March Air Reserve Base facility includes March Field Air Museum.
military family housing, U.S. Customs Service, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Riverside Cemetery expansion (three times larger than Arlington National Cemetery),
homeless facilities, and the BX and Commissary allow military widows to conveniently
shop; and
WHEREAS, March Air Reserve Base is used for many activities: troops continue
to be deployed from the base, with over 60,000 flight operations per year from the
longest runway (13,300 feet) in California; community events (i.e. Military Appreciation
Day Picnic); and March Field's Fire Department assisting local firefighters with the 2004
fire or, Cajon Pass.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, ordered and determined that the City
Council of the City of San Jacinto is opposed to the Department of Defense's closure of
259/c of the major military bases in the United States and supports the retention of
March Air Reserve Base; and
Furthermore, the San Jacinto City Council supports the additional retention
criteria of `intellectual capital' being added to the evaluation process.
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APPROVED, PASSED and ADOPTED this 3'6 day of February 2005 by
the following vote:
Ayes: Ayres, Buydos, Ritchie, Shaw
Nays: None
Absent: Stubblefield
Abstain: None
City of San Jacinto
by Chris Carfson Buydos, Mayor
ATTEST:
D rothy L Cuin2rd, City Clerk
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