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293 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2000-057 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA SUPPORTING SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL <br />DISTRICT'S REQUEST FOR 75 ACRES OF THE TUSTIN <br />MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FOR NEW PUBLIC <br />SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Santa Ana Unified School District is the largest school district in <br />Orange County, and the sixth largest in California, with an enrollment of 59,000 students; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, approximately 120 acres of the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station fall <br />within Santa Ana Unified School District boundaries; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, on July 25, 1994, the United States Department of Education <br />approved Santa Aha Unified School District's application for a public benefit conveyance <br />of 75 of those 120 acres for classrooms purposes, and forwarded its approval to the <br />Department of Navy; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Department of Navy has not acted on the Department of <br />Education's public benefit conveyance request, and the Tustin Base Reuse Plan excludes <br />the District from any conveyance whatsoever; <br /> <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City of Santa Ana supports the public <br />benefit conveyance request of the Santa Ana Unified School District for 75 acres of the <br />former Tustin Marine Corps Air Station, which was approved by the United States <br />Department of Education on July 25, 1994; and <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the City of Santa Ana respectfully requests that the <br />Department of Navy and the City of Tustin grant the District's public benefit request and <br />convey the acres requested to Santa Ana Unified School District; and <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the City of Santa Ana sincerely desires that the City <br />of Tustin and the Santa Ana Unified School District reach agreement on the development <br />of critically needed educational facilities; and <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the City of Santa Ana strongly urges its federal, <br />state, and local elected representatives to take all measures necessary and appropriate <br />to support Santa Ana Unified School District in this worthy endeavor to meet the need for <br />more classrooms for the children of Orange County's largest school district. <br /> <br />ADOPTED this 7th day of Au,qust, 2000. <br /> <br />Resolution No. 2000-057 <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br /> <br />