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XTE: DECEMBER 211 1992
TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
NEW BUSINESS N0. 3
12-21-92
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SUBJECT: PROPOSAL TO LOCATE A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AT MCAS-TUSTIN
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council support the Base Closure Task Force
action of December 15, 1992, by formally adopting Resolution No.
92-154.
BACKGROUND
Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) -Tustin is currently scheduled to
close in July of 1997. As part of the federal disposition process,
the City Council has appointed a Base Closure Task Force to
consider future reuse options for the property. The Base Closure
Task Force is comprised of the U.S. Marine Corps, community leaders
from the City of Tustin, the County of Orange, the City of Irvine
and the City of Santa Ana.
On January 17, 1992, the Base Closure Task Force performed an
exercise intended to formally identify some of the reuse
opportunities which would not be acceptable to the community. One
of the activities not supported by the Task Force was the potential
siting of a correctional facility on the property.
Base Closure Law provides that the property be offered to a
succession of entities, including other federal agencies, Homeless
organizations, and State, County and local governments prior to
making it available to private interest.
On October 30, 1992, the Department of the Navy began its
disposition process by advertising the availability of MCAS -Tustin
property to interested federal agencies. Through that process, a
proposal has been received from the U.S. Justice Department,
Federal Bureau of Prisons, to obtain a below market -value interest
in a portion of the Base property for the specific purpose of
locating a federal correctional facility within MCAS -Tustin. The
County Sheriff's Department has also made specific inquiries about
the feasibility of a jail facility on the site.
Upon learning of the proposal for a correctional facility, the Base
Closure Task Force immediately put forward and approved a motion to
formally inform the Tustin City Council, the Department of the
City Council Report
December 21, 1992
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Navy, the United States Marine Corps, the U.S. Department of
Justice, the Orange County Sheriff's Department and our Legislative
representatives in Washington of the community's opposition to any
siting of a correctional facility within MCAS -Tustin. Motion
passed by a vote of 15 ayes and 1 abstention. Mr. Mike Ruane from
the County of Orange did not vote at all.
CONCLUSION
The City of Tustin has no authority over the disposition of federal
Base property. However, Base Closure Law dictates that the
Secretary of the Navy, in making a determination regarding the sale
of any portion of the property, must consider and give credence to
the desires established within the local community's reuse plan.
In the absence of an adopted plan, the Secretary of the Navy will
consider any record of information which would provide an
understanding of the community's desires.
With the Base reuse and specific Plan process in its earliest
stages, staff believes that it is imperative that the City Council
make an immediate and strong statement of opposition to the siting
of a correctional facility at MCAS -Tustin. Staff recommends that
Council support the Base Closure Task Force action of December 15,
1992, by formally adopting Resolution No. 92-154.
Dana Og n
Senior P anner
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Christine A. ShVanager gleton
Assistant City
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RESOLUTION NO. 92-154
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, STATING THE COUNCIL'S VEHEMENT
OPPOSITION TO ANY PROPOSAL TO LOCATE A CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY AT THE MARINE CORPS AIR STATION-TUSTIN
The City Council of the City of Tustin, California,, ..DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE as follows:
WHEREAS, the United States Congress and the President of
the United States has determined that the Marine Corps Air
Station (MCAS), Tustin, is surplus to the needs of the military,
required the base operations to be relocated and directed the
disposal of the Base property according to existing Base Closure
Law; and
WHEREAS, Base Closure Law provides that the property be
offered to a succession of entities, including other federal
agencies, Homeless organizations, and State, County and local
governments prior to making it available to private interest;
and
WHEREAS, on October 30, 1992, the Department of the Navy
began its disposition process by advertising MCAS -Tustin
property availability to interested federal agencies. Through
that process, the U.S. Department of Justice -Bureau of Prisons
has transmitted a proposal to obtain a below- market -value
interest in a portion of the Base property for the specific
purpose of locating a federal correctional facility within MCAS -
Tustin. In addition, the Orange County Sheriff's Department has
also made specific inquiries about the feasibility of a County
jail facility on the site; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin has appointed a 17 member Base
Closure Task Force comprised of the U.S. Marine Corps, community
leaders from the City of Tustin, the County of Orange, the City
of Irvine and the City of Santa Ana, to consider issues
pertaining to the future reuse of MCAS -Tustin. On December 15,
1992, the Base Closure Task Force formally voiced its direct
opposition to any future reuse of the Base property for any type
of correctional facility; and
WHEREAS, upon learning of the proposal for a correctional
facility, the Base Closure Task Force immediately put forward
and approved a motion to formally inform the Tustin City
Council, the Department of the Navy, the United States Marine
Corps, the U.S. Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of
Prisons, the Orange County Sheriff's Department and our
Legislative representatives in Washington of the community's
opposition to any siting of any correctional facility within
MCAS -Tustin. Motion passed by a vote of 15 ayes, 1 abstention,
with one member failing to vote.
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Resolution No. 92-154
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NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Tustin
hereby resolves as follows:
1. The City of Tustin City Council shares the concern of
the Base Closure Task Force regarding this matter and
also vehemently opposes any siting of any County,
State or Federal correctional facility at the MCAS -
Tustin property.
2. The City Manager is hereby directed to formally
forward to the agencies noted above and any others,
the Base Closure Task Force and City Council's
opposition to the siting of a correctional facility at
the MCAS -Tustin property.
PASSED and ADOPTED by the City Council of Tustin this 21st day
of December, 1992.
LESLIE ANNE PONTIOUS
Mayor
MARY E. WYNN
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
CERTIFICATION FOR RESOLUTION NO. 92-154
MARY E. WYNN, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify
that the whole number of the members of the City Council of the
City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution
No. 92-154 was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City
Council held on the 21st day of December, 1992, by the following
vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES:
COUNCILMEMBER NOES:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT:
Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk
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