HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1998-18980 RESOLUTION NO. 18980
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA SUPPORTING THE EXPANSION OF THE SAN DIEGO
CONVENTION CENTER
WHEREAS, the San Diego Convention Center has generated over $3 billion in regional
economic impact since its opening in 1989, and is directly responsible for 7,500 jobs
throughout San Diego County; and
WHEREAS, expansion of the San Diego Convention Center is projected to produce an
additional 4,000 jobs and a total regional economic impact of over $900 million annually; and
WHEREAS, the San Diego Convention Center cannot accommodate larger conventions,
which are being lost to Los Angeles, Anaheim, Las Vegas and San Francisco, each of which
has a convention center over twice the size of San Diego's, over 70 conventions which would
have produced spending in excess of $600 million have already been lost because of delays
in the expansion, and failure to expand the Convention Center will cause San Diego to fall
from the top tier of convention destinations; and
WHEREAS, organizations as diverse as the North County Convention and Visitors
Bureau, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, Carlsbad's LEGOLAND, the San Diego-
Imperial Counties Labor Council, AFL-CIO, the San Diego Zoological Society, and the San
Diego County Taxpayers Association have all enthusiastically endorsed Proposition A; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council of the City of Chula Vista support continued
growth of the region's visitor industry as part of a healthy regional economy;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of Chula Vista does hereby
resolve to support Proposition A on the June 2, 1998 ballot in the City of San Diego, and urge
residents throughout the region to lend their support to this important project.
Presented by Approved as to form by
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Resolution 18980
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 28th day of April, 1998, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Moot, Rindone, Salas and Horton
NAYES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Padilia
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
Shirley~Hort/~n, Ma/~yor
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 18980 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City
Council at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 28th day of April,
1998.
Executed this 28th day of April, 1998.
~~A. Authel~t, City Clerk