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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.
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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:
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31 AYES: Councilmen Crosby, Diederichsen, George, Martin.
NOES: Councilmen None
321'li Absent:Councilman Johnson.
HERBERT K. WHITE, CITY CLERK