1993-03 RESOLUTION NO. 93-03
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE
LOCATION OF A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ACCOUNTING CENTER AT THE SITE OF NORTON AIR
FORCE BASE IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, Norton Air Force Base is in the process of closing as part of our
nation's defense reduction, and is therefore being proposed for various reuse activities
under the jurisdiction of the Inland Valley Development Agency, and
WHEREAS, Norton AFB has housed for several decades, in addition to flying
missions, a large variety of sizeable Air Force support units, including audit, Inspector
General, Safety, and audiovisual functions, and
WHEREAS, because of this background and many other similar public and
private operations in the general location, the San Bernardino area has a abundance
of skilled workers who can respond immediately to the needs of such an Accounting
Center, and
WHEREAS, California State University San Bernardino has a highly acclaimed
undergraduate and graduate program in accounting, with a great many well-qualified
annually, and with other four and two year colleges and Universities also providing an
ample supply of accounting technicians at all levels, and
WHEREAS, that area has experienced, and is continuing to experience,
dramatic and debilitating job losses in a great many occupational sectors, as a
consequence of both defense reductions and the general economic distress, and
WHEREAS, other recent and planned job-site closures, both military and
corporate, including George AFB, Kaiser Steel, Lockheed Aircraft, General Dynamics,
and TRW, have similarly devastated the area economically, and
WHEREAS, the San Bernardino area offers an affordable market and many
other welcome attributes to new employees, even beyond the sizeable labor force
already available, and
WHEREAS, siting of a Defense Accounting Center at Norton AFB enjoys
enthusiastic county-wide support, because it becomes a major employer and economic
asset throughout our far-flung county and in the multi-county region, and
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Terrace will find itself and its workforce similarly
benefitted by the location of such a center,
RESOLUTION NO. 93-03
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Grand
Terrace joins in supporting and endorsing the proposal by the Inland Valley
Development Agency and urges the Department of Defense to approve the location
of a Defense Accounting Center at the site of Norton Air Force Base.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 14th day of January, 1993.
Mayo of the City of Grand
Terr ce and of the City Council
thereof.
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of rand
Terrace and of the City Council
� thereof.
I, BRENDA STANFILL, 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 14th day of January,
1993 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen, Carlstrom, Hilkey, Singlet';. Mayor Pro Tem
Christianson; Mayor Matteson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
All
-CityClerk
Approved to orm:
City Attorne