Agenda Item 6A AGENDA ITEM # 6A
NOVEMBER 14, 2011
RESOLUTION NO. 11-27
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING A
FAIR SHARE OF THE FLEET'S DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS TO NAVAL STATION
MAYPORT
WHEREAS, Naval Station Mayport was established a naval base in December 1942 and has grown
to become the second largest naval fleet concentration on the East Coast and the third largest in the
United States; and
WHEREAS, Naval Station Mayport's operational composition is unique, with a harbor capable of
accommodating up to 34 ships; and
WHEREAS, the Navy currently has 19 ships homeported at Naval Station Mayport with plans to
decommission 11 of them between 2012 and 2015; and
WHEREAS, the Navy has estimated that the decommissioning of the ships could potentially
reduce the average workload by approximately 60 percent if no other work is allocated to Mayport and
could result in the loss of millions of dollars worth of annual repair work; and
WHEREAS, the number of ships scheduled to be decommissioned at Mayport through 2015 will
have a major economic impact on small businesses, local schools, housing, retail industry and the
specialized skilled marine workforce and infrastructure that has supported the Navy for decades at
Naval Station Mayport; and
WHEREAS, Congress recently passed legislation that authorized funding for the necessary
upgrades at Naval Station Mayport that need to be completed prior to any future plans of homeporting
a nuclear -power aircraft carrier to Mayport. However, the infrastructure changes and facility
construction at Mayport are estimated to take five years to complete; and
WHEREAS, the City of Atlantic Beach strongly supports any proposed measures by the Navy to
help offset the decreased workload by homeporting a fair share of the current fleet's assets to Naval
Station Mayport in FY 2012 in order to revive a Navy facility that has suffered from fleet downsizing.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mayor and Commission of the City of Atlantic
Beach, that they strongly encourage the Navy to pursue alternatives that will sustain Naval Station
Mayport's future as an operational base.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14 day of November, 2011.
MIKE BORNO
Approved as to form and correctness: Mayor
ALAN C. JENSEN, ESQUIRE
City Attorney
ATTEST:
DONNA BARTLE, CMC
City Clerk