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RESOLUTION NO. SiiJf "/1 S-:U
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING
165 CITIZENS OF ARCADIA AS AMBASSADORS OF
GOOD WILL ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST VISIT
OF ARCADIANS TO THEIR SISTER CITY TRIPOLIS
IN THE KINGDOM OF GREECE.
WHEREAS, sinee days immemorial people everywhere have hoped
and prayed for the end of armed conflict as a means to settle inter-
national disputes and differences; and
WHEREAS, international amity and world peace can be
aehieved when people and governments ean 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, California, to extend to the people of Tripolis, in the
Kingdom of Greece, the hand of friendship and eomraderie as Sister
Cities of the Free World; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the visit to Tripolis of 165
Arcadians from California in Oetober of 1970 is to implement and
give meaning to the sister city relationship and to embark upon and
activate joint programs of various exchanges and personal eontacts
between the peop1e of the Sister Cities with a view to promote
mutual understanding, respect and friendship between them;
NOW, TlffiREFORE, 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 Sta,tes of America, by and through our 165 fellow
citizens as ambassadors of Good Will hereby join the people of the
City of Tripolis, Arcadia, in Greece, in an affiliation of friend-
ship to the end that through our various cultural, industrial, and
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commercial exc~anges and contacts on a people-to-people, person-to-
person, level, learn to know eaeh other, respeet eaeh other's rights
and views, and help eultivate friendships between our people, and
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 1st day
of
September
, 1970, herein the City Hall of the City of Arcadia,
State of California, in the United States of America.
Passed, approved and adopted this 1st day of September,
ATTEST:
Robert J.'Considine
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C. Robert Arth
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1970.
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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
1st
day of
September
, 1970, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Artl1,
Butterworth
and
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RESOLUTION NO. ~ ;/1,))/
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING
165 CITIZENS OF ARCADIA AS AMBASSADORS OF
GOOD WILL ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST VISIT
OF ARCADIANS TO THEIR SISTER CITY TRIPOLIS
IN THE KINGDOM OF GREECE.
WHEREAS, since days immemorial people everywhere have hoped
and prayed for the end of armed conflict as a means to settle inter-
national disputei3 and differences; and
WHEREAS, international amity and world peace can be
achieved when people and governments ean 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, California,: to extend to the people of Tripolis, in the
Kingdom of Greece, the hand of friendship and comraderie as Sister
Cities of the Free World; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the visit to Tripolis of 165
Arcadians from California in October of 1970 is to implement and
give meaning to the sister city relationship and to embark upon and
activate joint programs of various exchanges and personal eontacts
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,
in the United Sta~es of America, by and through our 165 fellow
citizens as ambassadors of Good Will hereby join the people of the
City of Tripolis, Arcadia, in Greece, in an affiliation of friend-
ship to the end that through our various cultural, industrial, and
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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
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 1st day
of September, 1970, herein the City Hall of the City of Arcadia,
State of Califo~nia, in the United States of America.
Passed, approved and adopted this 1st day of September,
1970.
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Edward L. Butterworth
Mayor
James R. Helms, Jr.
Mayor Pro tem
Don W. Hage
Councilman
Robert J. Considine
Councilman
C. Robert Arth
Councilman
ATTEST: ~ L
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City Clerk
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
1st
day of
September
, 1970, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmen Artl1, Considine, Ha~/ He~s, and
Butterworth ~ < tfb.~,;>.
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