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RESOLUTION NO.
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RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF TIffi CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, AGREEING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LOCAL AGENCY
MILITARY BASE RECOVERY AREA - ENTERPRISE ZONE.
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WHEREAS, the Inland Valley Development Agency (IVDA), through the California Trade and
Commerce Agency, is applying for the Local Agency Military Base Recovery Area (LAMBRA) designation for
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the San Bernardino International Airport and Trade Center, and a LAMBRA designation will help stimulate job
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ereation by enabling the IVDA to offer incentives to employers to locate within a portion of the redevelopment area
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of the IVDA which includes the fonner Norton Air Force Base; and
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WHEREAS, the economies of the Counties of San Bernardino and Riverside have experienced a direct
and significant adverse impact due to military base closures and downsizing of the defense industry causing
lUlemployment higher than in other portions of Southern California; and
WHEREAS, the San Bernardino International Airport and Trade Center are designated as regional
employment generators providing a basis for job development for SurrOlUlding commlUlities within the overall
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strategy of the IVDA to provide economic incentives to locate in the redevelopment area, within existing buildings
as well as the option to develop new facilities, and the IVDA will also be sponsoring a Small Business Incubator
to promote the growth and development of new enterprises by providing flexible space at alfordable rates, a variety
ofteclmical services, access to management, technical and financial assistance, and opportunities to interact with
other entrepreneurs and business experts; and
WHEREAS, the objectives of a LAMBRA designation are to stimulate business and industrial growth
in areas experiencing military base closure which will be accomplished by relaxing regulatory controls thereby
encouraging private investment, cooperation and innovation between state and local governments and private
business and industry; and
WHEREAS. the LAMBRA is intended to be a public-private effort, through the assistance of an economic
development plan that incorporates a marketing plan, job development programs, local and planning incentives,
and [mancial programs to provide [mancial assistance through existing state and local entities; and
WHEREAS, the LAMBRA provides a variety of incentives for businesses to locate within an application
area including, tax credits of sales and use tax paid on certain qualifying equipment and property, tax credits for
wages pard to qualifying employees, fifteen year net operating loss carryover, election to treat the cost of certain
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property as an expense not chargeable to the capital account and allowable as a deduction against income, priority
and technical assistance from the Trade and Conunerce Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency,
and the Office of Permit Assistance; and
WHEREAS. the LAMBRA application area encompasses the land boundaries of the former Norton Air
Force Base wliich falls within the responsibility of the following joint powers authorities known as the IVDA and
the San Bernardino International Airport Authority (SBIAA); and
WHEREAS, the IVDA is a joint powers agency wliich includes the surrounding jurisdictions comprised
of the cities of Colton, Lorna Linda, San Bernardino, and the County of San Bernardino all ofwliich have board
members on the IVDA; and
WHEREAS, the SBIAA is a joint powers agency which is represented by the cities of Colton, Highland,
Lorna Linda, Redlands, San Bernardino, and the County of San Bernardino; and
WHEREAS, the major fimctions of the IVDA are to develop the mechanisms for strategic reuse of Norton
Air Force Base and to streamline the development process by improving the methods of starting up and maintaining
productive businesses, and in order to assemble an advantageous program, the IVDA is in need of active
cooperation and assistance from the agencies and organizations that are within the communities that provide
services to help implement and develop the program and incentive goals. and
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Mayor and Conunon Council of the City of San Bernardino
as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and Conunon Council is fully conunitted towards assisting the IVDA in its
development of the application requirements that pertain to the City of San Bernardino. The Mayor and Conunon
Council acknowledges that the IVDA will oversee the application process and will actively solicit advice and
conunent, from representatives of the City to identitY additional opportunities to expand the LAMBRA program,
and the IVDA will begin to develop a resource guide for businesses within the conununity, including, but not
limited to. job development programs, local and planning incentives, and financial programs to enhance the
LAMBRA designation.
Section 2. The Mayor and Conunon Cmillcil hereby agrees to the inclusion of one as within the municipal
bmilldaries of the City of San Bernardino for the application for a LAMBRA designation as shall be submitted by
the IVDA to the Trade and Conunerce Agency. The Mayor and Conunon Council hereby supports the application
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process to obtain a LAMBRA designation and does not seek to participate as an applicant. The Mayor and
Common COlll1cil further agrees to complete all actions stated within the application as shall be submitted by the
IVDA should the application area be awarded a LAMBRA designation subject to review and approval of the final
application by the Mayor prior to submission of said application.
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect upon adoption.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor and Common
COllllciloftheCityofSanBemardinoata n'gnlRr meeting thereof, held on the 20th day of March,
1995, by the following vote, to-wit:
Council Members:
AYES
NAYS
NEGRETE
CURLIN
HERNANDEZ
OBERHELMAN
DEVLIN
POPE-LUDLAM
MILLER
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ABSTAIN
ABSENT
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City Clerk
The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this .2;2 ,,,( day of March
Approved as to form and legal content:
JAMES F. PENMAN
City Attorney
mym:sbbasereso(revised 3/17/95)
, 1995.
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'rom Minor, Mayor of the
City of San Bernardino
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