HomeMy WebLinkAbout90-195 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 90-195
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALI FO RNI A, SUPPORTING TH E MOVEMENT TO
PRESERVE THE UNITED STATES ROUTE 66 HIGHWAY AS AN
HISTORIC HIGHWAY
WHEREAS, the United States Route 66, a 2,000 mile highway from
Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, has played a major role in the
20th Century history of our country; and,
WHEREAS, Route 66 has become a symbol of the American peoples'
heritage of travel and their legacy of seeking a better life; and,
WHEREAS, Route 66 served as a funnel for the 20th Century migration
from the Dust Bowl of the central states; and,
WHEREAS, during the early 1980's, structures and features along
Route 66 began to disappear, an historical loss to the nation; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Cucamonga adopted the Foothill Boulevard
Specific Plan which was specifically designed to acknowledge and promote the
preservation of historic features of Foothill Boulevard, also known as
Route 66; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Cucamonga Historic Preservation
Commission recommended by resolution on April 5, 1990 to the City Council the
preservation of Route 66 as an historic highway.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does
hereby resolve and encourages the commemoration of Route 66 as a nationally
significant highway that was one of the longest and earliest transcontinental
roadways in America and that Route 66 be preserved as an historic highway.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 16th day of May, 1990.
AYES: Alexander, Brown, Buquet, Stout
NO ES: No ne
ABSENT: Wright
Dennis L. Stout, Mayor
Resolution No. 90-195
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ATTEST:
'D~ra J. Ad~ms, City Clerk
I, DEBRA j. ADAMS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed,
approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamon§a,
California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 16th day of
May, 1990.
Executed this 17th day of May, 1990 at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
a J. ~ams, City Cler~k