HomeMy WebLinkAbout2069 RESOLUTION 2069
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON
DIRECTING MAYOR MORRIE DAWKINS TO MAKE A FORMAL APPLICATION FOR
THE DONATION OF THE U.S.S. SAILFISH TO THE CITY OF BREMERTON,
WASHINGTON (CITY) BY THE U.S. NAVY (NAVY).
WHEREAS, the Navy offered to donate by letter dated
December 17, 1984 written by L. Wayne Arny III, Principal Deputy,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Ship Building and Logistics) the
U.S.S. Submarine Sailfish to the City; and
WHEREAS, the City and members of the Comn~unity have
been and are diligently pursuing a planned program to develop
Bremerton's Downtown Waterfront area as part of an overall
economic revitalization program; and
WHEREAS, the City has solicited input from its
citizenry and has prepared and adapted a new Downtown Waterfront
Plan to guide the orderly planning and development of its
waterfront; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to provide diversified public
oriented commercial, office, retail and residential uses along
with instructive recreational and cultural activities for its
citizens, guests and tourists in its revitalized waterfront area.
WHEREAS, the City has firmly supported the activities
oi the Navy, the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, the Naval Regional
Medical Center and other Navy installations and operations in the
area and, in particular, is preparing to support the Centennial
of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in 1991 and the activities of
the PSNS Centennial Trust pursuant thereto; now, therefore
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BREMERTON
That the City of Bremerton desires the U.S. Navy to
donate the U.S.S. Sailfish to the City to serve as a featured
display on its revitalized waterfront to provide an instructive
recreational activity for its citizens, guests and tourists and
futher that:
Mayor Morrie Dawkins is ordered and authorized to sign
on behalf of the City of Bremerton, State of Washington, the
formal application for the donation of the U.S.S. Sailfish to tile
City of Bremerton by the U.S. Navy.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this
19th day of June, 1985.
BILL AMO
E.L. STURDIVANT
ROY T. MOSELY
JIM ADRIAN
CLYDE PACHEK
ART ANDERSON
PHIL DROUIN
SPENCER HORNING
RUSS JOHNSON
MORRIE DAWKINS, Mayor
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN L. MCCLUSKEY, City Clerk
Director of Administrative Services