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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
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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.
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Mayor
ALTON E. SCOTT, MAYOR PRO TEMPORE
Councilman
EDWARD L. BUTirERIWRTH
Councilman
DON W. RAGE
Councilman
JAMES HELMS, JR.
Councilman
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~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
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