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RESOLUTION NO. 4902
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING
54 CITIZENS OF ARCADIA AS AMBASSADORS OF
GOODWILL ON THE OCCASION OF THE SECOND
OFFICIAL VISIT OF ARCADIANS TO THEIR
SISTER CITY, TRIPOLIS, ARCADIA, GREECE.
WHEREAS, since days immemorial, people everywhere have
hoped and prayed for the end of armed conflict as a means to settle
tnternational disputes and differences; and
WHEREAS, international amity and world peace can be
achieved when people and governments can be held firm by a golden
chain of understanding, respect, and friendship; and
WHEREAS, the cities of Tripolis, Arcadia, Greece, and
Arcadia, California, United States of America, joined together
tn a sister city relationship in 1962 in an effort to further the
desires stated above; and
WHEREAS, a group of 54 Arcadians will visit Tripolis
in June of 1980, commemorating the tenth anniversary of the first
~ister city visit in 1970, with the fervent desire to renew and
strengthen the ties of friendship between the people of our two
cities and to further promote mutual understanding, respect, and
friendship between them;
NOW, 'rHEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That we, the people of Arcadia, California,
tn the United States of America, by and through our 54 fellow
citizens as ambassadors of goodwill, hereby jOin the people of the
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City of Tripolis, Arcadia, Greece, in a renewal of our affiliation
of friendship to the end that through our various cultural, indus-
trial and commercial exchanges and contacts on a people-to-people,
person-to-person level, we may learn to know each other, respect
each other's rights and views, and help cultivate friendships
between our people, and thus join in helping build the road to
world peace on a bedrock of international harmony and accord,
That IN TESTIMONY TO THIS COVENANT we hereby affix our
signatures and set thereto the Seal of our City on this sixth day
of May, 1980, here in the City Hall of the City of Arcadia, State
of California, in the United States of America.
Passed, approved and adopted this 6th day of May, 1980.
Donald D. Pellegrino
Mayor .
Charles E. Gilb
Mayor Pro-tern
Jeffrey A. Dring
Councilman
Richard A. Haltom
Councilman
Jack Saelid
Councilman
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ORIGINAL SIGNED COPY PRESENTED TO THE SECOND OFFICIAL
DELEGATION OF CITIZENS TO THEIR SISTER CITY, TRIPOLIS,
GREECE.