HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 89-98RESOLUTION NO. 89-98
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DIAMOND BAR E%PRESSING ITS SUPPORT
FOR THE WEST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND THE
POMONA VALLEY CHAPTERS OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
DISASTER RELIEF FUND CAMPAIGN
WHEREAS, natural disasters cause untold human
suffering to hundreds of thousands of American people every
year, the most recent being Hurricane Hugo's devasting assault
on the people of the Carribeans and Carolinas;
WHEREAS, the American Red Cross is the primary
vehicle through which Americans help each other to survive and
recover in the face of grievous calamity;
WHEREAS, ninety thousand volunteers give Red Cross
services free of charge to disaster victims throughout the
land, relying on the generosity of their fellow Americans to
fund their efforts;
WHEREAS, Red Cross volunteers from the West San
Gabriel Valley and Pomona Valley Chapters, including many of
our own citizens, give crucial aid and comfort to disaster
victims in our own city;
WHEREAS, Hurricane Hugo has wrought more destruction
than any other disaster in our land during this century,
requiring a Red Cross disaster relief effort of unprecedented
magnitude;
WHEREAS, the people of the American Red Cross are
compelled to launch an emergency disaster relief fund campaign
to raise $42 million;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
of the City of Diamond Bar will support and promote this effort
and urges its citizens, churches, schools, businesses and civic
groups to do the same by sharing funds, volunteer time and
other appropriate resources;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this
resolution be distributed to the mayors of all the citizens in
the West San Gabriel Valley and the Pomona Valley and that they
be encouraged to express their support for the West San Gabriel
Valley and the Pomona Valley Chapters of the American Red Cross
disaster relief fund campaign.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 17th day of
October , 1989.
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Mayor
I, Lynda Burgess, City Clerk of the City of Diamond
Bar, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was
passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Diamond Bar held on the 17th day of October 1989, by the
following vote:
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AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ASTAINED: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
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Forbing, Miller, Werner,
Mayor Pro Tem Horcher and
None Mayor Papen
None
None
ATTEST:
i y Clerk of tqie City
City of Diamond Bar