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' RESOLUTION N0. 5911
~ RESOLUTION OF TFiE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO
SUPPORTING A REDUCTION IN NUCLEAR ARMS AND OTHER ACTIONS
TO ENCOURAGE WORD PEACE
WHEREAS, as the elected legislative body representing the interests
oF the people of the City of Cupertino, the City Council is greatly concerned
by an international climate that is increasing the possibility of intentional
or accidental nuclear war; and
WHEREAS, military Lns[allations and ma,jor businesses and industries within
or ad,joining Cupertino are likely Cargets of an attack by a hostile nation in
the event of war; and
WHEREAS, present medical and scientific evidence showa tha[ nuclear war,
even if "limited" in scale, would result in death, injury, and genetic disease
on a acale unprecendented in human history; and
WHEREAS, medical disaster planning for a nuclear was is virtually meaninglesa
si~ce most hoapitals would be destroyed, most medical personnel dear or inSured,
most supplies unavuilable, and many initial survivore would eventually die; and
WHEREAS, the immediate and long term effects of nuclear war could lead to
the extinction of the human species and the destruction of life on earth as it
is now known; and
WHEREAS, the City Council supports the recent effor[s of the President of
the United States in taking the initiative in proposing reductione in the nuclear
arsenal of both the United States and Soviet Union and the City Council aupports
his call for the start of talks on strategic arms as early as June, 1982 without
any pre-conditions;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO DOES RESOLVE AS ~
FOI.LOWS :
Section 1. The City Councii cails on the President and Congress of the
United States to act immediately to reduce tensions between the United Statea and
the Soviet llnion.
Section 2. The City Council urges the governments of the Soviet Union and
the United States [o ,join in a temporary suspension of nuclear arms production,
while seeking a permanent, international nuclear weapons ban.
Sec[ion 3. The City Council aupports efforts to initiate an ongoing educational
program regarding the effecta oE nuclear war upon persone living and working in the
City of Cupertino.
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Section 4. The City Council urgea upon our President, Congress, and all
citizens a aense of crisis, and calls upon all such persons to act in this
matter with equui sense of urgency.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting thls 6th day of Julv , 1982
by the follawing vote:
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Vote Members of the Citv Council
AYES: Johnson, Plungy, Sparka, Gatto
NOES: Rogers
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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City Clerk ayo , City of Cupe tino
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