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A PROCLAMATION OF THE-CITY COUNGL
CITY OF DUBUN
CAliFORNIA
lVHEREA5, tobacco, alcohol and other drug use and abuse has reached pandemic stages in Califomia and throughout the United
States; and
WHEJ!-EAS, it is imperative that community members launch unified and visible tobacco, alcohol, and other drug pret1elltion
education programs and activities to eliminate the demand jOr these substances; and
WHEREAS, panmtJ, youth got1ernment, business, law etiforcement, schoolr, religious institutions, sen/ice organizatiollS, social
semices, health services, media, and the general public will demonstrate their commitment to drngfree communities f:y wearing and
displqying Red Ribbons dming this week-long celebrations; and
WHEREAS, the Ciry of Dublin further commits resources to ensure the success of the RED RIBBON CELEBRriTION and
year round tobacco} alcohol and other drugprevention eJJorts,; and
WHEREAS, the RED RIBBON CELEBR4TION will be obsen;ed across America dunng (~RED RIBBON lVEEI(-,~
NOl~ THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL VED that I, Janet Lockhart, MfljIor of Dublin) on behalf of the entire City
Council, do her'fry support Odober 23-31, 2004 as uRED RIBBONWEElP~ andencourages all citizens to participate ill
tobaav, al(vhol and other drng prevention programs and activities, making a visible statement and commitment to healt/!)I, drugfree
comlJumities in which to raise a generation of drug/ree youth.
BE IT FURTHER RESOL VED, the Dublin City Council encourages all community members to pledge: NO USE OF
ILLEGAL DRUGS, AND NO ILLEGAL USE OF LEGAL DRUGS.
DATED. October 19, 2004
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