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RESOLUTION NO. 5024
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING
32 CITIZENS OF ARCADIA AS AMBASSADORS OF
GOODWILL ON THE OCCASION OF THE SECOND
OFFICIAL VISIT OF ARCADIANS TO THEIR SISTER
CITY, NEWCASTLE, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
I~HEREAS, since days immemori a 1, people everywhere have hoped and prayed
for the end of armed conflict as a means to settle international 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, it is the desire and wish of the people of Arcadia, Gllifornia, to
continue to extend to the people of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, the
hand of friendship and comraderie as Sister Cities of the Free World; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the visit to Newcastle of 32 Arcadians in March of
1982 is to strengthen the sister city relationship and to continue and expand
joint programs of various exchanges and personal contacts between the people of
the Sister Cities with a view to increasing the mutual understanding, respect and
friendship that exists 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, in the United States
of America, by and through our 32 fellow citizens as ambassadors of goodwill
hereby rededicate ourselves to our affiliation of friendship with the people of
the City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, to the end that through our
various cultural, industrial 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 16th day of February, 1982, here in the City
,
Hall of the City of Arcadia, State of California, in the United States of America.
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Gil b, ~1ayor
Jack Saelid, Mayor Pro Tem
Richard A. Haltom, Councilman
Donald D. Pellegrino, Councilman
Jeffrey A. Dring, Councilman
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Christine Van Maanen, City Clerk
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