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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4521 RESOLUTION NO. 4521 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING 45 CITIZENS OF ARCADIA AS Al1BASSADORS OF GOOD WILL ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT OF ARCADIANS TO THEIR SISTER CITY NEWCASTLE, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. WHEREAS, since days immemorial people everywhere have hoped and prayed for the end of armed conflict as a means to settle international disputes and differences; and WHE]~AS, international amity and world peace can be achieved when people and governments can be held firm by a golden chain of undel:standing, respect and friendship; and WHEREAS, it is the desire and wish of the people of Arcadia, California, to extend to the pepple 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 45 Arcadians from California in September of 1975 is to implement and give meaning to the sister city relationship and to embark upon and activiate 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, in the United States of America, by and through our 45 fellow citizens as ambassadors of good will hereby join the people of the -1- 4521 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, we may learn to know each other, respect each other's rights and views, and help cultivate friend- ships 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 2nd day of September, 1975, here in the City Hall of the City of Arcadia, State of California, in the United States of America. 1975. Passed, approved and adopted this 2nd day of September, ~ Charles E. Gilb ~~-tt,cd.~ loretta K. Lau er Ma Pro-tem A~~4~$J - Councilman -2- 4521