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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959 129 CC RESO1959 129 CC RESO ZX ZPHf8RESOLUTION NO. 59-129 A RESOLUTION F THE CITY COUNCIL CF ffiE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK SUPPORTING OHE GREATER LOS ANGELES SAFETY COUNCIL PROGRAM DURING THE HOLIDAY SE&SON. WHEREAS, the Christmas season marks that time of year in which we celebrate a holiday dedicated to Peace on Earth and Good Will Toward Men"; and WHEREAS, the prevailing spirit of Yule tide fellowship is often marred by the irony of our citizens going out on the public highways to injure or destroy their fellow men in senseless traffic accidents, thereby turning a time of joy and happiness Lito one of heart-break and despair; and WHEREAS, the Greater Los Angeles Safety Council reminds us that more fatal traffic accidents, including more pedestrian deaths, happen each Christmas Eve than at any other comparable time of the year, with darkness, speed, alcohol and pedestrian errors the causes of the high toll; and WHEREAS, this year many persons will have a three-day holiday both at Christmas and New Year's, the Safety Council fears the season's highway toll may reach an all-time high unless drivers and pedestrians take extra precaution; and WEREftS, the Greater Los Angeles Safety Council is asking all organizations to eliminate the serving of alcoholic beverages at traditional office Christmas parties as a practical attempt to eliminate a definite source of death and destruction on the highway; NCM, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park fully support the Safety Council program, For a Happy Holiday, Give *,.,In Traffic", and urges all our citizens to do everything in their power to avoid accidents during the holiday season, and BE IT PUR3HER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park supports the program of the Greater Los Angeles Safety Council and urges all organizations having parties and celebrations for the Christmas season to abstain from the use of intoxicants which contribute so substantially to holiday traffic accidents BIB] 38238-U01 1959-U02 129-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO52524-U03 FO52525-U03 DO52550-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 9/7/2004-U04 ROBIN-U04 1959 129 CC RESO ZX ZPHf8PASSED AM) ADOPTED this th day of December, 1959 ATTEST: y LVC^— I^hnH, Cole, Mayor Thelma L. Balkus, City Clerk STATE OP CALIFORNIA GOUMTI OF LOS ANGELES x S3 CTTI OF BALDWIN PARK I, 1HELMA L. BALKUS, City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park at its regular meeting held on the 7th day of December, 19^9^ by the following vote: A2ES: Councilmen WiLSON, LITTLEJOHN, BISHOP, HOLMES AND MAYOR COLE NOES: Councilmen NONE ABSENT; Gouncilmen NONE 6g^ Ihelma L. Balkus, City Clerk 2 BIB] 38238-U01 1959-U02 129-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO52524-U03 FO52525-U03 DO52550-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 9/7/2004-U04 ROBIN-U04