Resolution Number 91-11-5-5RESOLUTION NO. 91 -11 -S -S
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING H.R. 1527, THE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT RESEARCH AND
MANUFACTURING COMPETITION ACT OF 1991, TO ALLOW
REGIONAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANIES TO DESIGN, DEVELOP,
AND MANUFACTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE AND
EQUIPMENT
WHEREAS, maintaining a position of global leadership during the information
explosion is vital to the education, employment and economic prosperity of all
Americans; and,
WHEREAS, permitting the regional Bell companies to participate in the
manufacture and design of telecommunications equipment will spur the growth of jobs in
telecommunications and promote the availability of beneficial telecommunications to
everyone; and,
WHEREAS, in L982, the United States manufacture and sold more than $800
million worth of telecommunications equipment, while in 1990, the United States
imported more than $700 million in equipment from foreign competitors, resulting in a
$1.5 billion shift in less than a decade; and,
WHEREAS, many foreign competitors invest nearly 10% of their revenues in
research and development, while last year American telephone companies spent only
about 1.3% of their revenues toward research and development; and,
WHEREAS, removal of the manufacturing restrictions on the regional Bell
telephone companies would help stimulate domestic investment in research,
development, design and manufacture of new and innovative telecommunications
technologies and facilitate access of said innovations to the local telephone companies.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
San Juan Capistrano does hereby support H.R. 1527, the Telecommunications Equipment
Research and Manufacturing Competition Act of 1991.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this Sth day
of November , 1991.
ATTEST:
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KENNETH E. FRIESS, MAYOR
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, CHERYL JOHNSON, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano,
California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a -true and correct copy of
Resolution No. 91-11-5-5 adopted by the City Council of the City of San Juan
Capistrano, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 5th day
of November , 1991, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Jones, Hausdorfer, Buchheim, Vasquez and
Mayor Friess
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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CHERYL JOMNSON, CITY CLERK
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