HomeMy WebLinkAbout031527 RES - 08/28/2018 RESOLUTION
Authorizing the City Manager, or designee,to submit one or more grant applications
totaling up to two million dollars ($2,000,000) 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 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
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WHEREAS, the Texas Legislature appropriated funding in each of the last two biennia to the
Texas Military Preparedness Commission Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant
(DEAAG) 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, On December 13, 2017,the City of Corpus Christi was awarded two grants valued
at approximately$6.5 million for(1)a water line extension for Naval Air Station Corpus Christi
and(2) security enclave fencing for the Corpus Christi Army Depot; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Military Preparedness Commission is seeking new DEAAG applications
for up to $2,000,000 by August 31, 2018, to be awarded at the TMPC's next meeting on
September 18, 2018.
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 one or more grant applications totaling
up to two million dollars($2,000,000)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) Security fencing and access gates for NASCC's Pass and Tag Building to enhance force
protection requirements of Navy,Army, and other tenant command facilities, and
(b) Security enclave fencing and access gates at Corpus Christi Army Depot hangars to
continue force protection requirements around CCAD industrial facilities.
Adopted this the L Li day of aCk-C?ilit0A-- , 2018.
ATTEST: THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
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Rebecca Huerta J cComb
City Secretary . or
Corpus Christi, Texas
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PASSED AND APPROVED this 2 nday of (;t4r4-", 2018.
The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Joe McComb 1,
4 ,
Rudy Garza �-
Paulette Guajardo 14,10
Michael Hunter
Debbie Lindsey-Opel 0.
Ben Molina
Everett Roy a-Ar)Wik/
Lucy Rubio
Greg Smith
Approved As To Form:
Miles Risley
City Attorney
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