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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 066-19671 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 RESOLUTION NO. 66-67 RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE ACTION OF THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE IN ITS SUPPORT OF A CALIFORNIA BICEN- TENNIAL CELEBRATION AND PETITION TO THE POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES TO ISSUE A STAMP COMMEMORATING SUCH BICENTENNIAL RESOLVED by the Burlingame City Council, that WHEREAS, in November, 1769, Governor Gaspar de Portola and his Expedition, exploring the Coast of California, discovered San Francisco Bay from Sweeney Ridge in San Mateo County, and WHEREAS, from the wilderness the Portola Expedition encountered, this State has grown to a stature and eminence unparalleled by any other State of the Union, and WHEREAS, the commemoration of the Bicentennial of the Portola Expedition is an event in which this City, (located upon the historic El Camino Real), can take unique and singular pride, and WHEREAS, an event in which the history of this Nation has had such tremendous outgrowth is worthy of national recognition, and WHEREAS, the practice of the United States Post Office Department to issue commemorative postage stamps is a suitable means by which all the citizens of the United States may join with Californians in commemorating the Bicentennial of the Portola Expedition, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED THAT: 1. This Council endorses the action of the State Legislature in its support of a California Bicentennial Celebration, and urges all the citizens of Burlingame to cooperate in efforts to promote such celebration and make it a success; 2. This Council further endorses the petition by the Legis- lature on Senate Joint Resolution No. 9, wherein the Postmaster General of the United States was requested to have issued a commemorative stamp in honor of California's Bicentennial; 3. The City Clerk be, and he is hereby ordered to cause a certified copy of this resolution to be sent to the California Bicentennial Celebration Commission, the Postmaster General of the United States, and the Portola Expedition Bicentennial Foundation. 26 f 27 WERNER H. DIEDERICHSEN, MAYOR 28 III I, HERBERT K. WHITE, City Clerk of The City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was introduced at a 29 P',regular meeting of the City Council held on the 4th day of December, 1967, and adopted thereafter by the following vote: 30 31 AYES: Councilmen Crosby, Diederichsen, George, Martin. NOES: Councilmen None 321'li Absent:Councilman Johnson. HERBERT K. WHITE, CITY CLERK