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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br /> <br />Agenda Date Requested: Mav 24. 2004 <br /> <br />ADoroDriation <br /> <br />Requested By: DehrA FeR7.elle <br /> <br />Source of Funds: <br /> <br />Department: <br /> <br />City Maaager <br /> <br />Account Number: <br /> <br />Report: <br /> <br />Resolution: X Ordinance: <br /> <br />Amount Budgeted: <br /> <br />Exhibits: <br /> <br />Resolution <br /> <br />Amount Requested: <br /> <br />Exhibits: <br /> <br />Supoort Materials <br /> <br />Budgeted Item: <br /> <br />NO <br /> <br />Exhibits <br /> <br />SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />The City of La Porte is on record in support of retaining all military units at Ellington Field (resolution dated <br />February 9) The Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC 2005) places retention of military units at Ellington <br />Field at risk. Ellington Field's ability to serve as a joint reserve base is a key determinant as to whether it survives <br />the BRAC process as a military installation. In practice, Ellington Field already serves as a joint reserve base, <br />housing the Texas Air National Guard's 147m Fighter Wing, the Army National Guard's 149th Aviation Battalion <br />and the United States Coast Guard Air Station Houston. Consolidation of reserves at Ellington Field could boost <br />security of key Houston institutions and the region as a whole. <br /> <br />Approval of this resolution supports the official designation of Ellington Field as a joint reserve base with the <br />expectation that military units from bases recommended for closure in BRAC 2005 be consolidated at Ellington <br />Field. <br /> <br />Action Required by Council: <br /> <br />Consider approval of a resolution officially supporting the establishment of Ellington Field as a <br />joint reserve base. <br /> <br /> <br />...j - /1-(J t/ <br /> <br />Date <br />