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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4902 " ., . ~ 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 -1- 4902, d - I . 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 -2- 4902 ORIGINAL SIGNED COPY PRESENTED TO THE SECOND OFFICIAL DELEGATION OF CITIZENS TO THEIR SISTER CITY, TRIPOLIS, GREECE.