Resolution 12991CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 12991
DESIGNATING MAY 31, 1998 AS
ALAMEDA STAND FOR. CHILDREN DAY
WHEREAS, on or about June 1, 1998, Americans from all
backgrounds will come together in their communities to take a Stand
For Children and renew their community's commitment to improving
the quality of our children's lives; and
WHEREAS, on Alameda Stand For Children Day and beyond,
families, citizens, members of faith congregations, schools,
community-based organizations, businesses and political and
cultural groups will join together as a local and national
community to recognize our children's unmet needs and re-dedicate
ourselves to addressing them; and
WHEREAS, caring for our children must be our families',
community's and nation's first priority; and
WHEREAS, this commitment must begin at the local level,
where children and families live and work and have the potential to
thrive, and where all citizens, working together, can make a
difference in our children's lives; and
WHEREAS, in the City of Alameda there exists a network of
individuals and organizations dedicated to improving the quality of
life for Alameda youth from tots to teens who will highlight their
year-round efforts through the First Annual Stand For Children
Festival to be held on May 31, 1998; and
WHEREAS, on April 23, 1998, the Social Service Human
Relations Board of the City of Alameda, proclaimed support for
Alameda's Stand for Children Day and urged that the City Council
also support 1998 Alameda Stand For Children Day.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Alameda hereby designates May 31, 1998 as Alameda Stand
for Children Day and further encourages Alameda Board and
Commission members, and all local citizens to support this Day by
partaking in the Stand For Children Festival and dedicating
ourselves to the task of improving the quality of life for all our
children from this day forward.
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 19th
day of May , 1998, 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 20th day of May , 1998.
Diane F sch, City Clerk
City of Alameda