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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 3442 62 RESOLUTION NO. 3442 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS EXPRESSING ITS CONCERN OF DRUG ABUSE AND INDICATING ITS SUPPORT FOR PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER 15, 1988, AS "D.A.R.E." DAY WHEREAS, the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program has been implemented since 1984, in the Cypress Elementary School District with the cooperative effort of the Cypress Police Department because of its concern over substance abuse in our society; and WHEREAS, D.A.R.E. is a semester long program which instructs sixth grade students on how to resist peer pressure to experiment with drugs and alcohol; and WHEREAS, D.A.R.E. has reached more than 3,000 students in the City of Cypress; and WHEREAS, D.A.R.E. has reached over 500,000 students in the State of California, and over 500 communities in 37 states are trained and implementing D.A.R.E.; and WHEREAS, the D.A.R.E. Program has achieved outstanding success teaching positive and effective approaches to what is one of the most difficult problems facing our young people today, DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that I, MARGARET ARNOLD, Mayor of the City of Cypress, do hereby support D.A.R.E. in the City of Cypress and proclaim September 15, 1988, as "D.A.R.E. DAY" in the City of Cypress and encourage our citizens to participate on this day in drug awareness activities, making a statement to support those who have worked above and beyond their normal duties to bring this outstanding program to its current level of success. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Cypress City Council encourages all its citizens to pledge" "D.A.R.E. TO KEEP KIDS OFF DRUGS!" PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a regular meeting held on the 12th of September 1988. 4OR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS ATTEST: CITY D. OF THE CITY F CYPRESS STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ) ss COUNTY OF ORANGE. I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council held on the 12th day of September 1988; by the following roll call vote: AYES: 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Davis, Kanel, Mullen and Arnold NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Coronado CITY CLERK OF THE . TY OF CYPRESS