1984-40 RESOLUTION NO. 84-40
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, ENSORSING THE ESTAB-
LISHMENT OF A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE SITE IN THE CITY
OF ONTARIO, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA.
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Commerce Foreign Trade Zone
Board is considering an application to establish a Foreign Trade Zone site in
the City of Ontario, County of San Bernardino, California; and
WHEREAS, this proposal represents an expansion of the operation of
Foreign Trade Zone No. 50, approved by Foreign Trade Zone Board Order No. 147
on September 28, 1979; and
WHEREAS, this expansion represents a cooperation indicated by the
joint effort between the Port of Long Beach and the City of Ontario, which
cooperation is to be commended and encouraged; and
WHEREAS., the City of Ontario has developed an impressive level of
public "and private sector cooperation intended to facilitate business
expans.ion and job growth throughout the area; and
WHEREAS, the establishment of a Foreign Trade Zone site, with its
ability to further expand the tax base and create additional job
opportunities, will serve to accomplish President Ronald Reagan's goal ;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Grand Terrace endorses the establishment of a Foreign Trade Zone site in
Ontario and urges your support and favorable consideration for an expeditious
approval of the application by your Board.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that appropriate copies of this Resolution be
sent to President Ronald Reagan, Senator Alan Cranston, Senator Pete Wilson,
Congressman Jerry Lewis, Congressman George Brown, Congressman David Dreier,
and Malcolm Baldrige, Chairman of the Foreign Trade Zones Board.
ADOPTED this 20th day of December, 1984.
ATTEST:
-City C�rk of the City of Wlfand Mayor of a Cit}Xo a Terre
- — .Terrace and of the City Council and of the Nty CNncil thereof.
_ = thereof.
I, Myrna Erway, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace held on the 20th day
of December 1984, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Petta, Pfennighausen, Evans;
Mayor Grant.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilman Matteson.
ABSTAIN: None.
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