HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 9328 N.C.S. 12/07/1981"~`~ _ ~ D E`C 7 1'9 81 - ~..
' ~ ~s~JOlU~l`OYl NO. 9328 N. ~. S.
~ of the C~ty of Petaluma, California .
A RESOLUTION OPFOSING ~
" PRERARATiONS FOR NOCLEAR~LdAR ~
~ WHEREAS, as local' elected,,officials, we are alarmed by an i~nternational politi-
cal climate .that inereasingly presents nuclear war a~s a"ra'ti~onal" possibility; and,
WHEREAS, present medical ~and scientific evi;dence s:hows~that nuclear war, even
a"limited'` one, wouTd result~,i~n death, injury, and disease on a scale unprecedented
in human history; and - ~
WHEREAS, medical. disaster p;lannin~ for a nucl.ea~r•war is meaningless, since most
hospitals would be destroyed, mos~t~ medi.cal personnel d'ead °or i`njured, most suppl ies
unauailabl.e, and those. who survi'v~e:initially would e~entually d"ie; and
. WHEREAS, the economic, ecological, and soci'al fabric on which human life de.pends
would,be des~troyed, in the United States, the Soviet Uni:on; and most o'f the rest of
the~world; and ' ~
WHEREAS, worldwide~fallout wou~,ld contaminate mucli of~-the gTobe for generations,
and the atmospheric effects woul:d.seVerely damage.all liv'i.n,g things; an~
WHEREAS, the present co.sts of preparation for nuclear,wa;r are so draining the
national resources that 'l~ocal offic.ials :are unable to pro~id"e adequately for the
general welfare, the very func,ti.on we werenelected to.perform;
N~W, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the G:ity Council,of~the City of Petaluma,
County of Sonoma, State of Cal i~~for.na a,~~ca11:s on .th? Fresi den.t and Congiress .of the
United States to act immedia;tely to re~duce tensions between the United States and
the Soviet Union; and - ~
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BE `-IT FURTHER RfSOL' VEb to 'a'sk the. Sovi et,~~Uni on : to 7o.i n` i rr~ a~_temporary suspen-
siron. of~'nuclear=we.~pons.pr:oduc>tion, ~whiJe seeking a~pe'r•manen;t~, interna~tional nuclear
_-weapons producti o~n," wh7F1 e;seeki°n,g a'pe`rmanent, i nternaati onal ~nucl ear weapons ban ,
' and ;makes these pleas from ,a -s~ense of crisi.s, and ca]~1 upo.n our President and Congress
to act wath an equal sense of urgency: ~
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Under the power arid authority confefred upon, this Council,.by the Gharter of said City.
• I hereby certify the foregoing ,ResoluEion wa§, introduced and adopted by- ,tha
Council of .thetCity of: Petaluma at, a(Ij,~gCer~b(~ijppp~~~~($~~,'IQ~ meeting Approv as to .
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City Att rney
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=NOES;
' A:BSBNT:
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Councilmen Ferry/Harberson%Bond/Battaglia/Balshaw/Vice=~9ayor CaVanagh/
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COUNCIL FILE
'RES. No. 9.328 , . C . S .