HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 3700 1987-06-15
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A RE$()CUU()N ()f' tHE CIll! C()UNCIC ()f' mE CIll! (If' SlEAC
BEACH, CACIf'()RNIA C()DUDE1It'RAUNC mE CIll! ()f' BUW
PARK (lK tIlE (ICCl\SiI()!\l (If' mE 100tH A!\lNII)ERSlARl! elf' uS!
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mE cuy C()I!!\lCIC ()f tHE CIty ()f $EAC BEAtlI HEREB!l RE$elC1)1:$:
mllERW, t!he CUy of Buena Park is celebraHng 100 yhrs of Progress
since t!he founaing of t!he Cit!y; ana
mRERW, on June 17, 1887, James A. IDhUaker, a IDhalesale grocer
from Chicago, est!ablishea t!he Cit!y af Buena Park by filing
his plan wit!h t!he Count!y of Cas Angeles (()range Count!y not!
yet! fonnd l; ana
~HEREASl, mr. mhit!aker haa been nersuaaea by t!he Slant!a f'e Railroaa
t!o creat!e a t!own using his newly purchase~ 690 acres of
cat!t!le ranch in oraer t!o begin aevelopment! along t!he
railroaa's nelD rout!e; ana
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mHEREl\Si, Mr. mhihker usea t!he Jlpanish wora "Buena" which t!rllnslat!eil
t!o "gaoa" ana combinea it with "Park" from t!he park-like
area in t!he nart!hern aart of his sit!e, t!o call his t!OIDn
BUENA PARK; ana
mREREASl, Buena ~ark has inaeea flaurishea int!o 10.27 square miles
of resident!ial, commercial ana inaust!rial areas lDit!h a
Populat!ion of over 65,000 persons - t!o become t!he llt!h
largest! cit!Y in ~range Count!lI; and
mllEREl\Si, Buena Park has lDon wi[le acclaim in ()range Count!lI, known for
it!s many t!ourist! at!t!ract!ions - Knot!t!'s Berry f'arm, mn~ielan[l
~ax museum ana meaieval times.
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N~, tHEREF()RE, BE U Rf$()CtlED by t!he CHy Council of t!he CHlI of ,Seal
Beach t!o hereby recagnile ana honor t!he
CItY elf' BUENA PARK
during it!s celebrat!ion of t!heir cent!ennial anniversary.
PASlSlED, APFRell)ED AND AD()PtED by t!he Cit!y Council of Sleal Beach, at! a
meet!ino t!hereof hela on t!he f'ift!eent!h aay of June, Ninet!een Hundrea and
Eight!y-Sleven.
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IllAllelR EDNA I!.'IC,SelN
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e Hunt!, mayor Pro telllJlore
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I, Jnanne m. yen, City Clerk nf the City nf Seal Beach, Califnrnia,
an hereby certify tha~faregain~ resnlutinn is an nriginal cupy
nf Resnlutinn Number ~"on file in the nffice nf the City Clerk,
pa ,appnwea ana a pte by the City tnundl nf Jlb2.,.:tity nf Seal
Be ch t a regular meetdllQ 1!herenf hela on the /~~<' aay nf
, 1987.
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