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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 8889 N.C.S. 06/16/1980_ ~ l~esoluti:on, No. 8889 l~T. C, S.. of the City of Petaluma, California ~ RESOLUTION APRROVING PROGLAMATI'ON ISSUED BY THE - , MAYOR REGA~RD'~ING °RINGI'N:G OF TNE BELL~S" , AND' URGING CITIZfNS T0 GOMPL.-Y ; WHEREAS, Fred U. fNattei , Ma°yor o;f` the Ci ty of RetaTuma, has issued a proclamation reading as follows: ~ ''PROCLAMATION , , Ci ty of Peta,l uma_. , y . . . WHEREAS, two hundred.:four years ~ago on July 4th., fifty-six freedom- - ', t . ,_ ~, , loving men penned democracy'~s greatest mani`fes~to_, the Dec~larat~i~on- of Indepen- ~ '~ ~. • ." dence; and, _ ~ WHEREA~S, the. Declarat:io~n~ of Inde,pe,nd"ence embodies ou'r proven and great Amer~ican prin.ci~ples and repre"sents the~fo:undati~ons of our~ nati~on and people. This was a divi':nely inspired document voicing wh'at our nation's founders believed would be a new order of the ages; and, WHEREAS, on July Fourth each year Petaluma citizens pause with the rest of t.he country to pay tribute to the founding day of our na,tion and to reaffirm our ~dee:p and uriwavering belief in our rich ~American heritage and princ.iples; and, ~ WHEREAS, we mu"st, however, do.more than make this a aay of rest and vacation. We must let the res,t of the wo.rld know that we do "hold these truths to be self-evident that a71 men are:created equal'; that they are endowed by their Creator.with certain inal.ienable rights:. To secure these rights, go~er.n- ments are i~nstituted among'men; derivi"ng~their just powers from the consent of the governed." , _~ . + NOW,, ~THEREFORE; I, FRED V`. .MATTEI, Mayor of the City of -Petaluma, . doi he.reby p`ro~~l;a,i:m a city--wi:de ~ ~ ~ ` ":R'INGING' ~0'F THE, BELL'S" _ ~ .~ fo'r four minutes' a:t 11; OO~~a.m. "dayli'ght time on July Fourth as a solemn tribute , . . to. our. Country's founders and!.as a~rededicat:i`on o';f our national unity and our un'dying dev.otion to ou;r ~country and for wha~t it stands. " . , . . - . ,~` , ~ ,.- . ' a :. ; ~ . , : ~ . ; , . ~ ~ WHERERS, thi~sr Counci l he;arti l~y concurs in the `:st,atement.s~ ma'de ab:ove, ~ . ; _ , ,; , - : - . , . , _ .~ :; ; . y ,: , ~. ; , . ,' .+. ,' . . . . .. , , . . ~ NOtiJ_, THEREFORE,;~ B''E,~ I;T RE5SOLIIED that this Counci l strongly urges the ' .. - . . . _ . . . 4~i . ' . ' ~" "c~i ti zens o:f 'the Ca~ty o'f P'et:al uma to comply with the ci ty-wi de "RI~IGING OF . ; . ~ `THE BELLS" for ~a. peri;od o~f~~'fo;ur m.in;u~tes ~a;t' 11,~00 a;.fm.~,daylight time on July 4~ 1980: ~ - ,. _ ~ . • Under the_-powet an3 authority. conferred vpon ,this;:Council by the Charter of said City. I hereby cerfify the foregoing :Resolution was :introduced :and adopted by the ~. , Council of the C~ty of Petaluma at a~~ (Ad~ourned) X~j(ij(l~ meeting ' Approved as L~O ` ~ or l on the ` ' l . _._....16th ::.:= dav .of' -~::-~--J.1itl~.---~ ... :........ ......~--~, ~9.,.~30, by the..~ : - followiiig vote: ~ ~ ..... ,. . . •-•----• •- --- .-•--•••.... .. . . ~ . , . ~ City Attorney . AYES: ~+ Counci`1!men 'Battag,:l i a.; '~Vi-ce_=Mayo;r ~ Bond:,, Cavanagh , Pe~rry, Mayor -Mattei ~ NOES; .None - , - ~ ~ _ ~ . . ~ ~~ ^~' ~ Y~~Y~~ . . ~- . ABSENT:, . Counc~i`lmen, ~~_Bals~aw~an,d-~Wa,rberson • ~ ~ '~ ~ j,~ . . .....: - ATTEST: ; :~~~~~~~!"~~~~~ --~- - . ~ - . .s. •- ---- . . ..~ ... , , --- ,.... ,._._ . ....:. ------~ --- City Clerk ~~`~~~~"f'' .' ' Mayor ~ ~ ~~'~~ ~ . ' ~ ' ~ ~COUNCI~L FILE' - ~ ~ ~ . . -' oqn C ' . . FORM CA 2 1/,80 _ ' . ' . . Res Nq: _~ou7' N . C:.-:J . . . '