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RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ~ITY OF PALO ALTO
ENDORSING THE PALY THEATRE DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSED VISIT TO THE SOVIET tMION
IN JUNE, 1985
Wl£REAS, the City of Palo Alto fs colllft1tted t.o fosterfng good wfll, peace
and fr1endshfp anong the nations of the ~rld, and
WHEREAS, the City of Palo Al to has demonstrated its com1 tment to world
peace by undertaking effort·:.; to comun1cate with the cftizens of Uzhgorod, a
connun1ty in the Soviet Union, and
WHEREAS, 1985 has been decl aired the Internatfonal Year of Youth by the
United Nat1o~s General Asst!mbly, and
Wt£REAS, opportunities for the young people of the Soviet Union and the
United States to 11eet and interact occur too seldom, and
W1£REAS, the students 1n the Theatre Department of Palo Al to H1 gh School are
preparing a visit to several Soviet cities 1n June, 1985, with its spring
production of •RORleo and Jul 1et• as a gift to Soviet teenaqers.
WHEREAS, the Paly Theatre Ai1gel s has been fonned to support this effort of
people-to-people contact, and
Wl£REAS, 1t is the be1 ief of all participants that it is iinperative that
such people-to-people efforts be undertaken in the name of world peace and
international, intercul tural understanding,
NOW THEREFCRE BE IT RESOLVED that the Palo Alto City Council wholeheartedly
endorses the undertaking of the Paly Theatre Angels a11d the Palo Al to High School
Theatre Depar'blent, and urges the entire comun1ty tD support this project and
help the groups reaHze the goal of transporting the cast a:id crew of •Romeo and
Jul1etw to the Soviet Union as a goodwill gesture; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLYEll, that the City of Palo Alto tereby declares the month
of March •ro Russia •1th Love and Shakespeare" N:>nth fn order to cal 1 at tent fon
to and celebrate this project.
I NTROOUCED ANO PASSED: February 25, 1985
AYES: Bechtel, Cobb, Fletcher, Klein, Levy, Renzel, Sutor1us, Witherspoon,
Woolley
NOES: None
AB STENT IONS: None
ABSENT: None
APPROVED AS TO FOAA: c~'/a;-~~