Resolution 12568CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 12568
OPPOSING THE NAVY REJECTION BY
CONCORD NAVAL WEAPONS TO OPERATE THE
NAVAL AVIATION DEPOT (NADEP) GUN TEST AND REPAIR FACILITY
WHEREAS, in March, 1994, the City Council of the City of
Alameda sent a letter of support to the Naval Aviation Depot
(NADEP) in support of the transfer of workload and personnel to
Concord Naval Weapons Station to lease the (NADEP) Gun Test and
Repair Facility to Concord on an interim basis until the drawdown
becomes complete and/or a longer term lease could be negotiated
with the City of Alameda/Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority;
and
WHEREAS, correspondence from NADEP Commanding Officer,
S.C. Heilman has been received by the Executive Director of the
Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority, informing the Authority
that the legal counsel in the Naval Air Systems Command
Headquarters has determined that the City's approach violates the
spirit and intent of the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure process,
which mandates Navy workload to cease in Alameda; and
WHEREAS, NADEP has now ceased efforts to transfer the
workload to the Concord Naval Weapons Station.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the Cf.
City of Alameda that the Council's opposition to the Navy's
rejection of Concord Naval Weapons Station to operate the Naval m
Aviation Depot (NADEP) Gun Test and Repair Facility be known by the-<
legal counsel in the Naval Air Systems Command.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Concord Naval Weapons
Station's use of the Gun Test and Repair Facility is in the spirit
of the base closure process since it promotes economic resue of the
facility.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Alameda that said City Council pursue actions that will support the
transfer of the NADEP workload at the Gun Test and Repair Facility
to the Concord Naval Weapons System.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council go on record
to support retention of the Gun Test and Repair Facility in Alameda
and retention of all facility equipment.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
transmitted to S.C. Heilman, Captain, USN, and Commanding Officer
of NADEP, the Naval Air Systems Command Headquarters Legal Counsel,
and Commander Marshall Graves, Jr., Director of Conversion and
Reuse.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the
City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 16th day of
August , 1994, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
Councilmembers Appezzato, Arnerich, Lucas,
Roth and President Withrow - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 17th day of August , 1994.
a,pv,
Diane . Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alamecia