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_. ,
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WHEREAS, two hundred.:four years ~ago on July 4th., fifty-six freedom-
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loving men penned democracy'~s greatest mani`fes~to_, the Dec~larat~i~on- of Indepen-
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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."
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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 ~
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~ .~ fo'r four minutes' a:t 11; OO~~a.m. "dayli'ght time on July Fourth as a solemn tribute
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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. "
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~ ~ WHERERS, thi~sr Counci l he;arti l~y concurs in the `:st,atement.s~ ma'de ab:ove,
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~ NOtiJ_, THEREFORE,;~ B''E,~ I;T RE5SOLIIED that this Counci l strongly urges the
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' ~" "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
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`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
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. _._....16th ::.:= dav .of' -~::-~--J.1itl~.---~ ... :........ ......~--~, ~9.,.~30, by the..~
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AYES: ~+ Counci`1!men 'Battag,:l i a.; '~Vi-ce_=Mayo;r ~ Bond:,, Cavanagh , Pe~rry, Mayor -Mattei
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ABSENT:, . Counc~i`lmen, ~~_Bals~aw~an,d-~Wa,rberson • ~ ~
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FORM CA 2 1/,80 _ ' . ' . . Res Nq: _~ou7' N . C:.-:J . . . '