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24 A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE CLOSING OF THE NAVAL AVIATION (NADEP) IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. DEPOT WHEREAS, the United States Government is in the process of reducing the size Df its military operations; and WHEREAS, such reduction involves the closing of several military installations, bases and depots including the Naval Aviation Depot (NADEP) located in Norfolk, Virginia; and WHEREAS, NADE? is United States employing percent of whom reside the largest Naval Aviation Depot in approximately 4,400 persons, nine in the City of Portsmouth; and the WHEREAS, the closing of NADEP will cause its employees to lose their jobs which may ultimately cause many of them to relocate; and WHEREAS, such closing of NADEP will have a negative impact on Portsmouth's businesses, school enrollment, programs and other services; and WHEREAS, ~Ja_e closing of NADEP will also cause the City of Portsmouth to lose local revenues in the amount of 14.5 million dollars which would severely affect the City's local tax base. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that it is opposed to the closing of the Naval Aviation Depot (NADEP) located in Norfolk, Virginia~ and requests that NADEP be removed from the United States Government's list of facilities to be closed. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be and is hereby directed to send a copy of nhis resolution to the President of the United States, Portsmouth's Representatives in the Congress of the United States, and to all appropriate federal authorities, representatives, and elected officials. Adopted by the Council of the City of Virginia, at a meeting held March 23, 1993. Portsmouth, Teste: City Clerk