HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 81-61RESOLUTION NO. 81-61
NAMING CITY OF BAKERSFIELD THE SISTER-CITY OF
WAKAYAMA JAPAN UNDER THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE
PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the City of Wakayama, Japan, has through its city
council passed a resolution July 14, 1961, adopting the City of Bakers-
field as its Sister-City; and
WHEREAS, the town affiliation known as the Sister-City program
is an important part of the People to People program, designed to
promote mutual understanding and good will by an inter-change of ideas,
materials and visits; and
WHEREAS, the People to People program has as its aim the removal
of misunderstandings that hinder disarmament, the building of a
safeguarded peace, and the strengthening of freedom,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby
name the City of Bakersfield as the sister-city of Wakayama, Japan,
and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Mayor of said
City.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and
adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting
thereof held on the 21st day of August, 1961, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAINING;
' MARIAN S.~ IRVIN
CiTY CLEKK and Ex-OrIicio CLerk or the
-' Council of the City of Bakers field.
dity fie ld.