Arizona Administrative Register Governor's Executive Orders/Proclamations
EXECUTIVE ORDERS, PROCLAMATIONS OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY, AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO A.R.S. ? 41-1013(B)(3)
The Administrative Procedure Act requires the full-text publication of all Executive Orders and Proclamations of General Applicability issued by the Governor. In addition, the Register shall include each statement filed by the Governor in granting a commutation, pardon or reprieve, or stay or suspension of execution where a sentence of death is imposed. EXECUTIVE ORDER 2001-14
RENEWAL OF DESIGNATION OF WILLIAMS GATEWAY AIRPORT AS A MILITARY REUSE ZONE WHEREAS, Williams Air Force Base closed on September 30, 1993, pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (Public Law No. 101-510), and the recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Committee; and WHEREAS, Williams Air Force Base was used for operational and training purposes of the active uniformed services of the United States; and WHEREAS, Williams Air Force Base was the largest flying training base in the free world and, during its fifty-two years of operation, graduated more than 26,000 student pilots and trained twenty-five to thirty percent of the nation's yearly output of U.S. Air Force pilots; and WHEREAS, the closure of Williams Air Force Base resulted in the loss of more than 3,800 jobs and $300 million of economic activity, and the State of Arizona and local communities, faced with the challenge of replacing these losses, formed a unique partnership to develop a comprehensive economic reuse plan for Williams Air Force Base; and WHEREAS, a primary component of this economic reuse initiative was the 1992 enactment of Arizona's "Defense Restructuring and Military Reuse Zone Programs," a forward thinking legislative framework for designating closed military bases in Arizona as "Military Reuse Zones" and including targeted economic incentives for aviation and aerospace businesses creating new jobs and making capital investments within these zones; and WHEREAS, the Williams Gateway Airport Authority desired to establish a civil airport on a portion of the lands comprising Williams Air Force Base and applied to the Air Force for a public benefit transfer of such lands with improvements thereon, together with certain related personal property, under section 47151, of Title 49 of the United States Code; and WHEREAS, the Air Force determined that the property identified in the Williams Gateway Airport Authority's Application was excess and approved and accepted the Application, pursuant to its authority under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (Public Law No: 101-510), to dispose of the real property and related personal property comprising a portion of Williams Air Force Base; and WHEREAS, the Secretary of the Air Force ultimately transferred title to the Williams Gateway Airport Authority the premises and property consisting of certain lands with improvements thereon, comprising a portion of Williams Air Force Base, more particularly described in the attached Quitclaim Deed, executed on the 14th of April 1998; and WHEREAS, state, local and federal governments have invested approximately $43 million since 1994, and the Williams Gateway Airport Authority targets an additional investment of $120 million over the next five years in order to develop the infrastructure necessary to support redevelopment to private sector commercial purposes; and WHEREAS, the Military Reuse Zone designation at Williams Gateway Airport, which has been an important component of the economic redevelopment strategy that attracted 20 companies and created 800 jobs in the zone since 1996, is scheduled to terminate August 1, 2001; and
Volume 7, Issue #30
Page 3174
July 27, 2001
Arizona Administrative Register Governor's Executive Orders/Proclamations
WHEREAS, the renewal of the Military Reuse Zone designation will continue to facilitate state and local economic readjustment efforts by providing opportunities for commercial and industrial development, including major infrastructure improvements that will spur job creation and accelerate redevelopment growth. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jane Dee Hull, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Arizona by the Constitution and Laws of this State, and pursuant to A.R.S. ?41-1531, do hereby: 1. Renew the Williams Gateway Airport premises and property consisting of certain lands with improvements thereon comprising a portion of Williams Air Force Base as described in the attached Quitclaim Deed, executed in April, 1998, between the Secretary of the Air Force, on behalf of the United States of America, and Williams Gateway Airport Authority, as a Military Reuse Zone; and 2. Set the termination date for this Military Reuse Zone for five years from the date of this renewed designation, unless the Department of Commerce recommends and the Governor and Legislature renew this Military Reuse Zone by joint resolution in accordance with A.R.S. ? 41-1531(B). IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Arizona
Jane Dee Hull
Governor
DONE at the Capitol in Phoenix on this Twenty-Third Day of July Two Thousand One and of the Independence of the United States of America the Two Hundred and Twenty Fifth. ATTEST:
Betsey Bayless
Secretary of State
July 27, 2001
Page 3175
Volume 7, Issue #30
Arizona Executive Orders
