H.R. No. 679



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Boeing Company, the world's largest 
manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft, is the 
principal anchor tenant at KellyUSA, the former Kelly Air Force 
Base site being redeveloped as a business and industrial park by the 
City of San Antonio; and
	WHEREAS, Boeing's operations at KellyUSA provide 
high-quality maintenance, repair, overhaul, and support services 
under contracts awarded by the United States Air Force to optimize 
utilization of the KC-135, C-17, KC-10, and C-130 aircraft fleets; 
and
	WHEREAS, A recent study of 2004 financial and contract data 
by the Center for Community and Business Research, a division of the 
Institute for Economic Development at The University of Texas at 
San Antonio, highlights Boeing's positive economic impact on 
KellyUSA, the City of San Antonio, and the State of Texas; and
	WHEREAS, Boeing is a major contributor to the redevelopment 
and success of KellyUSA, investing more than $82 million for 
facilities and infrastructure, accounting for 29 percent of the 
private sector jobs, and leasing 17 percent of the marketable space 
at the business park since beginning operations there in 1998, 
according to the study; and
	WHEREAS, Boeing's impact on the City of San Antonio is 
illustrated by comparing the $62,000 average annual salary of 
production workers at Boeing's KellyUSA site in 2004 with the 
$33,000 average annual salary for all other workers in the metro 
area that year; the higher-skilled and higher-wage jobs at Boeing 
improve the makeup of the labor pool and ultimately improve the 
quality of life for all San Antonio residents; and
	WHEREAS, Additionally, San Antonio companies accounted for 
more than half of Boeing's suppliers and received 83 percent of the 
company's financial commitments to purchase goods and services in 
2004; the study found that Boeing paid $29.2 million for goods and 
services from 208 Texas suppliers during this period; and
	WHEREAS, The total positive impact of Boeing's San Antonio 
operations on the Texas economy in 2004 was $357.1 million:  the 
company's expenditures provided a direct economic impact of $163.7 
million; the indirect impact of supplier activity amounted to $39.5 
million; and spending by Boeing employees on consumer goods added 
another $153.9 million; and
	WHEREAS, In 2004, according to the study, Boeing's operations 
at KellyUSA employed 1,436 persons and spawned 1,336 
supplier-related jobs; these 2,772 workers, in turn, leveraged 
another 1,402 jobs, resulting in 4,174 jobs in Texas that can be 
attributed to Boeing's San Antonio operations; and
	WHEREAS, The Institute for Economic Development study 
concludes that Texas will receive a projected benefit of more than 
$2 billion in economic activity if the U.S. Air Force continues 
aircraft maintenance programs at KellyUSA that expire in 2009; 
these include the KC-135 and KC-10 contracts that employ 
approximately 900 Boeing workers in San Antonio; and
	WHEREAS, In light of the importance of these aircraft 
maintenance programs to KellyUSA, the City of San Antonio, and the 
State of Texas, as well as to the readiness and effectiveness of 
U.S. armed services missions, it is critical that the U.S. Air Force 
continue aircraft maintenance programs currently performed at 
KellyUSA; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby recognize The Boeing 
Company for its contributions to KellyUSA, the City of San Antonio, 
and the State of Texas and urge the United States Air Force to 
continue aircraft maintenance programs currently performed at 
KellyUSA.

                                                                          Uresti

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                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 679 was adopted by the House on May 
15, 2006, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House