75-YY RESOLUTION NO. 75- ~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA,
REQUESTING THE HONORABLE REUBIN O'D. ASKEW, GOVERNOR,
AND THE 'HONORABLE JAMES WILLIAMS, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
BOTH OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, TO ASSIST THE BOYNTON
BEACH BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE IN OBTAINING A $6,000.00
FILM GRANT.
WHEREAS, in commemoration of this great nation's
Bicentennial celebration, the City Council of the City of Boynton
Beach, Florida, has heretofore created the Boynton Beach Bicent-
ennial Committee and appointed a number of outstanding citizens
to serve on said Committee; and
WHEREAS, said City was the first city in Fl~orida to apply
for recognition as a Bicentennial Community; and
WHEREAS, said City was the first city to Obtain and place
on display in itS~ municipal library a 5iberty Bell as a
~icentennial observation; and
WHEREAS, said City has heretofore created and dedicated
it's Bicentennial Park in further observance of the bicentennial
celebration; and
WHEREAS., the citizens and residen~ts of the City of Boynton
Beach are among the most patriotic of persons to be found any-
where and are extremely proud of their heritage and of the
history of the City of Boynton Beach; and
WHEREAS, the Boynton Beach Bicentennial Committee is
attempting to produce a movie film depicting the historical
background and development of the City of Boynton Beach as a
lasting memorial of the~$icentennial celebration and for the
education and informational benefit for the future youth and
residents of said City; and
WHEREAS, in order to assist in the financing of said
movie film, the Boynton Beach Bicentennial Committee has here-
tof6re applied to the State of Florida for a grant of $6,000.00,
· n anticipation of which the said Committee has obtained
$3,000.00 from the City Council of said City and has, in addition,
raised through independent effort an additional sum of $3,000.00;
and
WHEREAS, ~.nO~withstanding the fact that the Boynton Be~
Bicentennial Committee has arranged for the accumulation of
$6,000.00, the Bicentennial Committee has now been informed by
the State of Florida that the Committee's long-standing request
for the $6,000.00 ~f~ant-:~ has been denied 'by the State financial
grant representatives; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Boynton Beach,
Florida deems the said proposed historical movie film to be a
most worthwhile and beneficial project for the Bicentennial
celebration.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1: That the Honorable Reubin O'D. ~Askew, Governor,
and the Honorable James Williams, Lieutenant Governor, both of
the State of Florida, be and are hereby urgently requested to
assist the Boynton Beach Bicentennial Committee in .its efforts
to obtain the said-S6,000.00 grant for the production of the said
historical movie film.
Section 2:
That a true and certified copy of this
Resolution be furnished forthwith to the Honorable Reubin O'D.
Askew, Governor, and the Honorable James Williams, Lieutenant
Governor, both of the State of Florida, as well as to the State
and County Bicentennial Committees.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ~ day of August, 1975.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
CITY OF BOYNTON pEACH, FLORIDA
Q Mayor / ~
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