HomeMy WebLinkAbout030686 RES - 11/17/2015 A RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to submit a grant application in the
amount of up to five million dollars ($5,000,000) to the Office of the Governor for
funding from the Texas Military Preparedness Commission's Defense Economic
Adjustment Assistance Grant Program.
WHEREAS, With 15 major installations, numerous headquarters, open spaces for
realistic training, low cost of living and outstanding support to military and families,
Texas has a long, significant and proud history of partnership with the defense of our
nation; and
WHEREAS, active duty and reserve installations across the branches of service in
Texas have an economic impact of roughly $150 billion to the Texas economy per year
and 255,000 uniformed and civilian employees which generates a significant amount of
sales tax revenue for the State; and
WHEREAS, these military installations are also part of the fabric of many communities
and are a source of great pride, provide skilled workforce, add to population growth, and
have significant economic impact; and
WHEREAS, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi and the Corpus Christi Army Depot have
an estimated employment of more than 9,400 full-time and contract employees making
CCAD the largest employer in the City and NASCC the sixth largest; and
WHEREAS, the State of Texas and local communities have the opportunity to make
Texas the most effective and efficient location for the Department of Defense to train
and operate and could create initiatives to make Texas the #1 "military friendly" place
for service members and their families to live, work and play; and
WHEREAS, many Texas companies have contracts to provide services with local
military installations creating jobs and additional tax revenue; and the State of Texas is
in the top three states for receiving Department of Defense contracts, with the top
awards going to aircraft development; and
WHEREAS, the installations in the state are vital to national security and Texas has
specialized in mobilizing and deploying troops, over 1 million, in the past 12 years; and
to support this mobilization, the installations and depots have dedicated railheads and
runways capable of handling large passenger and cargo aircraft, and Texas has road
and rail transportation to Texas ports for deployments with dedicated roll on roll off Navy
ships berthed at Texas ports along with the necessary infrastructure at the ports for
storage and loading of the ships; and
WHEREAS, Texas has unencumbered airspace, ground maneuver space, and open
water for training of all branches of service with virtually every weapon system as well
as some of the most diverse topography for excellent training scenarios, the weather
provides for the ability to train year round and deployments from Texas installations are
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efficient due to airfields, road systems, and rail transportation to ports in the state and,
finally, the cost of living at Texas installations are some of the lowest in the country; and
WHEREAS, the 84th Texas Legislature appropriated $30 million to the Texas Military
Preparedness Commission Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant fund to
assist defense communities that have been, or may potentially be, impacted by a past
or future BRAC action, to obtain economic assistance to mitigate or prevent or
otherwise positively affect their local economy through funded projects; and
WHEREAS, grant applications for the first round of$15 million to be awarded during
state Fiscal Year 2016 must be submitted by November 20, 2015; and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi's goal is to submit a DEAAG application that
benefits both Naval Air Station Corpus Christi and the Corpus Christi Army Depot.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to submit a grant application in the
amount of up to five million dollars ($5,000,000) to the Office of the Governor for funding
from the Texas Military Preparedness Commission's Defense Economic Adjustment
Assistance Grant Program for the following projects:
(a) Removal of the currently deteriorated asphalt runway apron at Truax Field and
replacement with a concrete apron to allow maximum efficiency of pilot training at
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, with an estimated project cost of approximately
$1.061 million, and
(b) the mechanical and electrical isolation, demolition and removal of various
sewerage distribution lines serving several hangars and replacing those line(s)
with modern poly/composite material replacements of equivalent size(s) that are
not susceptible to damage or deterioration by either corrosive or erosive
mechanisms, and replacing the man-hole cover accesses along the existing
sewerage lines with elevated accesses to address problems of flooding with an
estimated project cost of approximately $3.5 million.
Adopted this the -1-1v day of . }qelk--L12-rZ_i , 2015.
ATTEST: THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
ebecca Huerta Nelda Martinez
City Secretary Mayor
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The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Nelda Martinez f
Rudy Garza
Chad Magill
Colleen McIntyre I I 1
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Lillian Riojas _
Brian Rosas , '
Lucy Rubio
Mark Scott 1
Carolyn Vaughn
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