HomeMy WebLinkAbout1596 RESOLUTION NO. 1596
A RESOLUTION declaring the support of
the City Council of the City of Bremerton
for the proposed "Trident" facility at
Bangor, Washington.
WHEREAS, the United States Navy has selected Bangor,
Washington, as the site for the Trident Submarine Facility
which will be an advanced weapon system required to insure
peace in this world during all of our lives and the lives
of our successors, and
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has endorsed
the Navy's selection of the Bangor site by vote, only after
full debate and agreement and consideration of all of the
various aspects of the new facility, and
WHEREAS, this State's Congressional Delegation, led by
Senator Warren Magnuson, Senator Henry M. Jackson and
Representative Floyd Hicks have lent their substantial
support to favorable action in Congress and have spoken
out strongly for the need of Trident, and
WHEREAS, the City of Bremerton and the County of Kitsap
have been known throughout the United States as the "Home of
the Pacific Fleet" and the home of the greatest Naval shipyard
in the country, and
WHEREAS, we, as citizens, have enjoyed the respect of the
United States Navy for our entire history and have reciprocated
with outstanding work performance by the work force of the
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, and
WHEREAS, we as the people's representatives in Municipal
Government of the largest city in Kitsap County want to express
our support for the U. S. Navy and for its proposed Trident
facility within our County:
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF BREMERTON
That the City of Bremerton, through its City Council and its
duly elected officials, hereby endorse enthusiastically the
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United States Navy's intended Trident project at Bangor,
That in addition, we pledge our full support and cooperatlon with the
U. S. Navy in Trident development which is consistent with
tradition of cooperation with the U. S. Navy in connection with the
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard; and, that we urge the U. S. Navy to
proceed with the Trident Project . . . full speed ahead . . .
PASSED, APPROVED by the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and Attested by the City Clerk in
authentication of such passage this 8th day of May, 1974.
GLENN K. JARSTAD
Mayor
ROBERT B. STEWART
Commissioner of Finance
FRED S. SHONEMAN
Commissioner of Public Works
ATTEST:
JOHN ROSS
Deputy City Clerk