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RESOLUTION NO. 70-42
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, TO CHANCELLOR DANIEL ALDRICH, RECOGNIZING THE
ADVANTAGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AFFORDED SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE, AND ALSO CALLING
ATTENTION TO THE CITY OF COSTA MESA'S CONCERN FOR THE POTENTIAL
DANGER TO THOSE SAME COMMUNITIES PRESENTED BY CERTAIN UNIVERSITY
ACTIVITIES.
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa appreciates the many advantages and
opportunities afforded by the close proximity of the University of California,
Irvine, and desires to be good neighbors and cooperate with the University in
every way possible for our mutual benefit; and
WHEREAS, the necessity and desirability of open and free discussion of
all subjects and the necessity of preserving the University as a place for
the free exchange of ideas is recognized and appreciated; and
WHEREAS, this City Council is firmly dedicated to the principle of free
speech, free assembly, and the non-violent expression of dissent, and
naturally concerned with the preservation of peace and tranquility, and believes
that the University should foster and encourage all of these ideals; and
WHEREAS, it is believed that the presence at the University of those
who advocate violence and revolution can be, and often is, a strong factor
in the instigation of violence.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the University of California, Irvine,
is hereby urged to exercise sound and careful discretion in the selection of
teachers and speakers, and that the Chancellor of the University be urged to
formulate and implement adequate controls to insure that the expression of
ideas in "an orderly and instructive atmosphere" does not lead to the violent
and senseless destruction of public and private property at the University or
in any of the surrounding communities.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of April, 1970.
Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Costa Lf
esa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, and ex -
officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify
that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 70-42 was duly and regularly
passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 20th day of April, 1970.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa, this 21st day of April, 1970.
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City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk o the
City Council of the City of Cost Mesa