HomeMy WebLinkAboutLORETTA SANCHEZ LTR RE JFTB, LOS ALAMITOSThe Honorable Loretta Sanchez
Congresswoman, 47th District
12397 Lewis Street, #101
Garden Grove, CA 92840
SUBJECT: Support for Funding Request Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) in Los Alamitos
Dear Congresswoman Sanchez:
The City Council of the City of Tustin joins with the cities of Cypress, Garden Grove, Los
Alamitos, Seal Beach, and the Gateway Cities Council of Governments in support of your efforts
to obtain funding for the reconstruction of Runway 4R-22L at the Joint Forces Training Base
(JFTB) in Los Alamitos, California.
We understand that there are many requests for federal funding and that funding resources are
limited. However, we believe that the regional significance of the JFTB is important enough to
justify consideration. Agencies throughout Southern California have banded together to request
$17 million for the reconstruction of the runway because the JFTB is the only military facility
between Santa Barbara and San Diego Counties that is able to accommodate heavy aircraft,
such as the C-17 and Air Force One. Clearly, there is strategic military and civilian value in
maintaining the JFTB as a fully functioning base in the Southern California region. In addition to
its ongoing military mission, the Base serves as California's Southem Regional Office of
Emergency Services. Accordingly, the JFTB and its airfield will serve as the focus through which
manpower and aid flows in the event of a regional emergency.
The City of Tustin sincerely believes that the entire Southern California region benefits
immensely from a fully functioning airfield in northwest Orange County. While we are well aware
of your efforts to obtain the funding, we offer our assistance in helping you with that task. If there
is anything we can do to be of support, please feel free to contact me at (714) 573-3010.
Sincerely,
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Mayor Jerry Amante • Mayor Pro Tem John Nielsen • Doug Davert )im Palmer Deborah Gavello
300 Centennial Way, Tustin, CA 92780 • (714) 573-3010 • www.tustinca.org