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RESOLUTION NO. 89-108
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN
EXPRESSING ITS SUPPORT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AMERICAN
FLAG AS THE SYMBOL OF OUR NATION, OUR PEOPLE, OUR
FREEDOM
WHEREAS, the flag of the United States occupies a unique
position as the symbol of our nation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Tustin does hereby
express affirmation of its respect for the flag of the United
States of America; and
WHEREAS, the uniqueness of the flag has been created by
history as the symbol of universal honor and respect of our nation
in peace and at war; and
WHEREAS, the flag is prominently displayed in public
buildings from the United States Capitol to the thousands of city
halls and county courthouses throughout the country; and
WHEREAS, the traditional placing of the flag on the caskets
of deceased men and women of the armed forces from the
Revolutionary War to the Persian Gulf is a mark of respect to the
memory of those who gave their lives in defense of their country;
and
WHEREAS, both the Congress and the states have enacted laws
prohibiting the public mutilation, defiling, defacing or burning
of the flag.
]7 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Tustin wishes
to enlist the participation of its citizens in renewing their
]8 commitment to honor and respect the American flag as a symbol of
our great nation and our nation's commitment to the personal
~[) freedoms and responsibilities granted to its citizens by its
Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the 'City of Tustin,
~! California, at a regular meeting held on the 17th day of July,
1989.
E. WYNN, CITY CLERK
URSULA E. KENNEDY, MAYOR
city of Tustin
RESOLUTION CERTIFIC/%TION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
RESOLUTION NO. 89-108
MARY E. WYNN, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of
the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole
number of the members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is
five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 89-108 was duly and
regularly introdu°ced, passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the
City Council held on the 1.7th .day of July, 1989., by the following vote-
COUNCILMEMBER AYES: Kennedy, Edgar, Hoesterey, Kelly, Prescott
COUNCILMEMBER NOES' None
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED: None
COUNCI LMEMBER ABSENT' None
Valerie Whiteman, Deputy City Clerk for
Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk