Resolution 129470
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CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 12 9 4 7
COMMEMORATING THE CALIFORNIA GOLD DISCOVERY TO STATEHOOD
SESQUICENTENNIAL
WHEREAS, a sawmill construction superintendent by the name of James
Marshall, while inspecting the flow of water in a millrace on the south fork of the American
River, discovered gold on January 24, 1848; and
WHEREAS, the cry of "GOLD" that echoed from the Sierra Nevada foothills was
heard throughout the nation and around the world resulting in the California Gold Rush of 1849,
the largest human migration in history; and
WHEREAS, California's economic and geographic importance to the United
States was such that California became the 31st state in the Union on September 9, 1850; and
WHEREAS, the Honorable Governor Pete Wilson issued Executive Order W-74-
94 on January 24, 1994, establishing the California Gold Discovery to Statehood
Imo Sesquicentennial Commission to coordinate and oversee the 150th anniversary of these
F-monumental events, from January 1, 1998 through December 31, 2000; and
WHEREAS, it is important to present to the people of the state, the nation, and
he world a heightened sense of California's unique human history, its ethnic diversity, its
enormous energy, breath-taking natural beauty, and innovative technology; and
WHEREAS, the Sesquicentermial will stimulate economic vitality through
tourist-related job creation and promote a sense of community pride through sharing its
pioneering past with future generations in the new millennium;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Alameda that all constituents are urged to join in the observation and commemoration of this
momentous time in California's history; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Alameda, in
cooperation and participation with the California Gold Discovery to Statehood Sesquicentennial
Commission, has appointed a committee consisting of local business leaders, historic
preservationists and other interested citizens to coordinate the City of Alameda Sesquicentennial
commemoration; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor's Sesquicentennial Committee
will organize events and programs for Alameda in conjunction with the California Gold
Discovery to Statehood Sesquicentennial Commissions' established three-year themes.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council
of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 16th
day of December , 1997, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, DeWitt, Kerr, Lucas
and President Appezzato - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 17th day of December , 1997.
Diane t -lsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda