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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4363 RESOLUTION NO. 4363 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, JOINING WITH THE CITY OF NEWCASTLE, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, IN A PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE COVENANT OF FRIENDSHIP, UNDERSTANDING AND PEACE. WHEREAS, international amity and world peace can be achieved when people and governments can be held firm by a mutual chain of understanding, respect and friendship; and WHEREAS, it is the desire and wish of the people of the City of Newcastle, State of New South Wales, Australia, and the desire and wish of the people of the City of Arcadia, State of California, United States of America, to extend to each other the hand of friendship and camaraderie as Sister Cities of the Free World; and WHEREAS, it is the purpose of the aforesaid affiliations to embark upon and activate joint programs of various exchanges and personal contacts between the people of the Sister Cities with a view to promote mutual understanding, respect and friendship between them; NOW, THEREFORE, 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, United States of America, join the people of the City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, in an affiliation of friendship to the end that through our various cultural, industrial and commercial exchanges and contacts on a people-to-people, person-to-person, level, learn to know each other, respect each other's rights and views, and help cultivate friendships between our people, and -1- 4363 thus join in helping build the road to world peace on a bedrock of international harmony and concord. That IN TESTIMONY TO THIS COVENANT we hereby affix our signatures and set thereto the Seal of our City on this 4th day of September, 1973, here in the City Hall of the City of Arcadia, State of California, United States of America. Passed, approved and adopted this 4th day of September, 1973. ~, /~ tl2L Mayor ALTON E. SCOTT, MAYOR PRO TEMPORE Councilman EDWARD L. BUTirERIWRTH Councilman DON W. RAGE Councilman JAMES HELMS, JR. Councilman . A~~#4?C~ ~y Clerk . CHRISTINE VAN MAANEN (SEAL) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on the 4th day of September, 1973, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Butterworth, Hage, Helms, Scott and Arth None NOES: ABSENT: None -2- 4363