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RESOLUTION NO. 88D
A R730LUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
2 i JACINTO, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THE LEAGUE OF CALI-
FORNIA CITIES AND THE MEMBER CITIES THEREOF AND STATE
3 AND NATIONAL LEGISLATORS TO APPROVE THE PROGRAM OF UTIL-
IZING SURPLUS MILITARY AIRCRAFT IN FIGHTING FOREST FIRES.
WHEREAS the State of California has recently experienced a series of
5 disastrous fires which blackened thousands of acres of forest and watershed and
destroyed millions of dollars worth of property; and
o WHEREAS each year has brought forest fires to the mountains of California,
particularly in Southern California , and each year the fires have been control-
led only after great expenditure of money and man hours ; and
WHEREAS in order to adequately control a fire with a minimum of destruction
9 fI of forest and watershed and loss of property it is essential that fire-fighting
methods be employed as soon as practicable after discovery of the fire; and
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WHEREAS at the present time there is approximately 7000 mothballed surplus
11 li aircraft belonging to the United States Air Force which are presently situated
I on fields in the State of Arizona; and
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WHEREAS these aircraft are serviceable and have potential capacity for
13 carrying personnel or materials in the fighting of forest fires; and
14 WHEREAS the present aircraft used for liquid drops in the fighting of
forest fires consists of helicopters capable of carrying 125 gallons of chemical
15 solution, or the B-17 of World War II famie which carries some 1 ,400 gailons of
16 fire retardant liquids ; and
WHEREAS a part of the surplus military aircraft consists of the KC-97,
17 which was used as an in flight refueling plane , and has capacity to carry approxi-;,
18 mately 13,000 gallons; and
WHEREAS vast benefits could be derived by the State, counties and cities of
19 the State of California , as well as the entire West; it is only fitting and
proper that the forest service of the United States Government be empowered to
20 establish a flying wing of approximately 50 surplus KC-97 aircraft modified so
21 as to be useful in the dropping of liquid chemicals on forest fires; and
22 WHEREAS the said aircraft referred to herein could be kept at military air
fields throughout the western United States where the forest fires are an annual
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11 threat and accordingly be available for pinpoint dropping of liquid chemicals on
2 any fire that might erupt west of the Mississippi River;
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NOW, THEREFORE , the City Council of the City of San Jacinto resolves as
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follows :
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Section 1 . That the City Council of the City of San Jacinto expresses its
27 concurrence in the program of utilizing surplus military aircraft and having such �
aircraft available to assist in the fighting of forest fires in the State of
California and the western part of the United States and urges the League of
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11 California Cities and our State and national legislators to support said program.
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29 Section 2. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this resolu-
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tion by the City Council of the City of San Jacinto.
31 '1 Section 3. That the City Clerk be, and is hereby, authorized and directed
32 to forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Executive Director of the i
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League of California Cities, Assemblyman W. Craig Biddle and State Senator Gordon
R. Cologne.
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MOVED, PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of November 1970 by unanimous vote of
3 the said City Council .
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FllayfRoraq��Ax, San�Jacin�to
(5 ATTEST:
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LUCY MAY ALLEN, CITY CLERK
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Deputy
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10 CERTIFICATE
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The foregoing is certified to be a true copy of a Resolution duly adopted
12 by the said City Council of the City of San Jacinto on the date therein set forth.
LUCY MAY ALLEN, CITY CLERK
By
1.'5 Deputy
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