HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 8250 N.C.S. 07/03/1978 8.250 PLK 7 -7 -78
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RES APPROVING, - PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY THE
MAYOR REGARDING "RINGING OF THE BELLS, " ;AND ',Sr
URGING CITI Z °ENS. TO COMPLY '
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James L Harberson
INTRODUCED BY'COUNCIhIvIAN__ � ,,: ..:.. ... ..:: . ..::...: and
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SECONDED BY' COUNCII MAN, M .. ;Patricia at, a-
Regular Meeting of the CityCouncihof.Ihe
City of Petaluma, on -the 3';rd. 'day of July .. , 'I9 -7.8 -- ,
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WHEREAS, Helen Putnam, Mayor el' the. City of P'etalum_a.;, has
issued a ,pro.clam_ation reading as follows,::
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City of PetaYuma
WHEREAS two hsundred two, years ago on' July 4th, fifty
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six freedom- loving men e penned demoer;acy''.S greatest : :manifesto,,
the Declaration of Independence; ard°,
WHEREAS,, the Declaration of Independence embodies our
proven and reat° Amer'
p. great ican prn:ciples ,:anl repr.esents' thee. founda-
tions of out nation and peop -le. Thl.s; ° was: , a divinely inspired
document voicing what our nation`''s founders believed wO.uld be a
new order of the, .ages;"
• WHEREAS;,,: on y` Jul Fourth, each. yearPetal
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r citizens p:a;us.:e
with 'the : .rest o'f the eo,uritry to ,pay, tribute to the founding: day
of our nation and tbrreaffi,rm Our ..de'ep' and unwavering belief jn
our tibia' American her
tag.e an,d principles and,
WHEREAS', we must, howe =ver., do ,;more than make this a day of
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rest and ,vacation We must_' let. the rest, of •the: world. know that
we do "hold these truths to be self. evident. that all amen are
• created equal,, that they are :endowed by tYeir Creator with certain
inalienable righrts. To se',cure these r_i.ghts, governments are in-
stituted' among ;men, deriving; their just powers. from the „consent
of the - governed.
NOW, 'THEREF;ORE -„ I, :HELEN. PU,TNA.M, Mayor, of the City of Peta',,
l:uma , do hereby procl aim a city w'i •
• ".RINGING. OF' THE BELLS;"
for -four'min°utes at' 11.0•.0 a.m. daylight ori July .Fourth as •
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a solemn tribute-P0 our, country's founders and as; a, rededica=
tion to our national un=ity and our undying devotion to our
country and'for what it Stands."
WHEREAS,,. this Council heartily concurs in the statements
made above,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE "IT RESOLVED that this Council strongly
Urges the citizens- of :the City of Petaluma •to comply with the
city -wide "RI?NGING`OF. TINE BELLS" for a period of four minutes
- at 11.00 a•..m. daylight time on July. 4:, , 197,'8°'.
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under the power and authority conferred, upon this Council by, the; Charter of said City
I hereby certify foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and
adopted' b the Council of the City „of ,Petaluma on the 3 r d
day of _ July` , 19 78 -- following :_ , .by the followin votes;' •
AYES: Councilmen Bond,, Cavanagh, Har Hilligoss,
Perry, and Mayor. Putnam
NOES:- : None •
ABSENT Councilman 'Balshaw
City Clerk Mayor.
FORM' S' 774. - .:,