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RESOLUTION NO.' 4616
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA,
DESIGNATING 51 CITIZENS OF ARCADIA AS AMBASSADORS
OF GOODWILL ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL VISIT
OF ARCADIANS TO OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTRY OF MEXICO
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
WHEREAS, international amity and world peace can be achieved when
people and governments can be held firm by a golden chain of understand-
ing, respect and friendship; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire and wish of the people of Arcadia,
California, to extend to the people of Mexico the hand of friendship and
comrad~ry as neighbors in the Free World; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the visit to Mexico of 51 Arcadians from
California in March 1977 is to implement and give meaning to our good
neighbor relationship and to embark upon and activate joint programs of
various exchanges and personal contacts between the people of Mexico and
the City of Arcadia with a view tOwardprClroting mutual understanding, respect
and friendship between them;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY DETEBMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That we, the people of Arcadia, California, in the
United States of America, by and through our 51 fellow citizens as am-
bassadors of goodwill, hereby join the people of Mexico 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-
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person level, we may learn to know each other, respect each other's
right$ 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 signa-
tures and set thereto the Seal of our City on this 15th day of March,
1977, here in the City Hall of the City of Arcadia, State of California,
in the United States of America.
Passed, approved and adopted this 15th day of March, 1977.
Isl FLORETTA K. LAUBER
FLORETTA K. LAUBER
MAYOR
ORIGINAL WITH SIGNATURES
SEN'C TO MEXICO.
/s/ JACK SAELID
JACK SAELID
MAYOR PRO-TEM
Isl CHARLES E. GILB
CHARLES E. GILB
Councilman
/s/ 'ROBERT G. MARGETT
ROBERT G. MARGETT
Councilman
/s/ DAVID E. PARRY
DAVID E. PARRY
Councilman
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