HomeMy Public PortalAbout2002.153 (10-15-02)RESOLl1TION NO. ~d02.153
A RESOLUTION OF THE LYNWOOD CITY COUNCIL
URGING CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT TO PASS HOMELAND
SECURITY LEGISLATION AND AUTHORIZE ~
~ FEDERAL FUNDS TO CITIES AND TOWNS
WFiEREAS, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 have changed life
throughout the Nation, and robbed Americans of their sense of security; and
WHEREAS, the attacks have far reaching implications for all cities and towns
and their first responders now on the front lines of hometown defense, and
WHEREAS; cities have shouldered the full financial burden for hometown
security_defense at a cost of approximately $3 billion_since September 2001, and
WHEREAS, at significant cost to local taxpayers across America, cities have met
their many new hometown security challenges by updating their emergency plans to
meet multiple new threats such as dirty bombs, biological and chemical weapons, taking
on security duties at commercial airports, identifying and assessing their vulnerabilities,
and improving collaboration, communication and information sharing within their regions
and with state and federal government; and
WHEREAS, cities cannot carry this new financial burden alone much longer and
continue to maintain other essential local services without raising local taxes or cutting
services, and
WHEREAS, a recent National League of Cities survey shows that, for the first
time since 1992, a majority of cities are less able to meet their financial needs because
of a fall off in revenues due to the economic downturn and the surge in spending for
hometown security; and
I` WHEREAS, Congress and the President have squandered a rare moment of
I bipartisan unity by failing to act decisively on federal homeland security coordination and
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD DOES
HEREBY FIND, PROCL'AIM, ORDER, AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS
Section 1. The City Manager or his designee is authorized to carry out any
necessary transactions as so ordered by this resolution
Section 2. That the City of Lynwood endorses the National League of Cities
Hometown Security Day October 22, 2002, to draw attention to the essential role of
America's cities and towns as the front line of homeland defense and the urgent need for
a true federal-local partnership to carry out this new responsibility
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Section 3. That the City of Lynwood urges Congress and the President to
work out their differences and pa5s a homeland security bill now to provide a federal
framework for unified and coordinated responses to terrorism
Sect- ~= That the City of Lynwood urges Congress, with fihe full su
the President, to finalize immediately 2003 funding for homeland security, particp a~ly the
$3 5 billion promised for first responders and the $22 million per month reimbursement
. promised to cities and towns for providing local law enforcement at the nation's
; ; commerciaf airports
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Sect- ~_5• This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 15~h day of October, 2002 -
ATTEST
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ANDREA L. HOOPER, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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ARTURO REYES, ' YOR
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT
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FAUS~T GONZALES,
CITY MANAGER
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES } SS
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I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City
of Lynwood at a regular meeting held on the 15~h day of October, 2002 ~
AYES COUNCILMEN BYRD, PEDROZA, RICHARDS, RODRIGUEZ, AND REYES
NOES NONE
ABSENT NONE
ABSTAIN NONE
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ANDREA L HOOPER, CITY C ERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA } ~
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES } SS
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I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Resolution No
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Dated this 15~h day of October, 2002 <
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ANDREA L. HOOPER, CITY CL RK
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