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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 230

	WHEREAS, Over the past eight years, the State of Texas and 
the City of San Antonio have partnered in the redevelopment of 
Kelly Air Force Base to create a world-class aerospace center in 
support of the United States military and our troops; following 
the base realignment, San Antonio stood to lose a unique talent 
pool of aerospace workers that would have disappeared following 
the closure had it not been for this redevelopment effort; and
	WHEREAS, The Center for Community and Business Research,
a division of the Institute for Economic Development housed at
The University of Texas at San Antonio, conducted a study to 
document the success of the anchor tenant of the project, The 
Boeing Company; and
	WHEREAS, Direct economic spending by The Boeing Company
in 2004 totaled $163.7 million, the activities of suppliers 
produced an indirect impact of $39.5 million, and the induced 
effects of employee spending on consumer goods added another
$153.9 million; this results in a total output for the Texas 
economy of $357.1 million for 2004 due to the presence of Boeing 
in San Antonio; and
	WHEREAS, Boeing's 2004 employment of 2,772 workers, 
including suppliers and consultants, leveraged the creation of 
another 1,402 indirect and induced jobs, for a total employment 
impact of 4,174 Texas jobs; and
	WHEREAS, In San Antonio, Boeing contributes to United States
defense preparedness by providing critical aircraft systems 
maintenance, repair, overhaul, and support services to optimize 
fleet utilization for the KC-135, C-17, KC-10, and C-130 programs 
under contract at this time; and
	WHEREAS, Boeing paid $29.2 million for goods and services 
from 208 Texas suppliers in 2004; San Antonio and Bexar County 
enjoyed the greatest supplier concentration with 52 percent of 
the companies and 83 percent of the financial commitments; and
	WHEREAS, Manufacturing jobs typically have a higher 
positive economic impact, are better paid, add greater value,
and bring more new dollars into the local and state economy; 
Boeing's production workforce in San Antonio earns an annual
average of $62,000 versus the metropolitan area average of 
approximately $33,000 for all workers and $36,000 for comparable 
aircraft industry workers; and
	WHEREAS, Boeing provides over one-third of the aerospace 
products and parts manufacturing jobs in the San Antonio 
metropolitan area; considering that only six percent of
San Antonio jobs are in the manufacturing sector, the Boeing 
contribution toward higher-skilled and higher-wage jobs is 
important for a healthy and diverse economy; and
	WHEREAS, Boeing is the principal anchor tenant at 
KellyUSA, the redeveloped Kelly Air Force Base; the company 
contributes 29 percent of the private sector jobs and leases 17 
percent of the marketable space; KellyUSA is the most successfully
redeveloped military facility from the 1995 Base Realignment and


Closure round, due in many ways to Boeing's decision to locate 
its Support Systems operations there in 1998; now, therefore,
be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
79th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate
The Boeing Company on its many accomplishments in providing and 
keeping jobs in the State of Texas; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be 
prepared for The Boeing Company as an expression of high regard 
from the Texas Senate.
                                                                           Madla




________________________________ 
    President of the Senate
 
    I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on May 12, 2006.



________________________________ 
    Secretary of the Senate



________________________________ 
     Member, Texas Senate