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ATTEST
No further business, Mrs. Boothe moved for ad ournment Seconded b y Mr
C -."'s
Kraft. Motion carried Special meetin g a ou ned at 7 P M
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MINUTES
PASCO CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
Meetin g called to order at 7 05 P M. b y Joe W. Jackson, Ma y or.
ROLL CALL
B y Cit y Mana g er Councilmen present were Susan Boothe, Emerson Mor g an, Joe Jackson and Lee Kraft Councilmen Beverl y Green, E A Snider and Ed Hendler were absent from the meetin g (excused)
MAYOR JACKSON DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN TO CONSIDER RE-NAMING THE
EAST PASCO NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITY
RESOLUTION NO. 1705
A RESOLUTION RENAMING THE EAST PASCO NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITY
AS "THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. COMMUNITY CENTER "
Resolution No 1705 was read b y title onl y Mr. Kraft moved to adopt Resolution
No 1705, renamin g East Pasco Nei g hborhood Facilit y , "The Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr Communit y Center." Seconded b y Mrs. Boothe
Mr. Guillermo V Castaneda, Executive Director of the LaClinica Mi g rant Health
Center, read letter of support for the renamin g in part " .We believe in the
hi g h ideals that Dr Kin g stands for in helpin g all races and ethnic g roups
of humanit y , and in eliminatin g racism and human sufferin g in America..."
The Cit y Mana g er read supportin g communication from Shirle y Sheppard. She felt
that the Hispanic population favored the renamin g and, "if the buildin g had
ori g inall y been named for a person, it probabl y would not be wise to rename it.
It was not so named so I, personall y , believe the name Martin Luther Kin g
would be ver y fittin g ."
Mr. Edgar Har g row presented supportin g petition, bearin g si g natures of
approximatel y 200 residents of East Pasco, ur g in g the Cit y Council to
consider re-namin g facilit y in honor of Dr. Kin g The City Mana g er accepted
petition and thanked dele g ation for their concern.
Main motion carried unanimousl y
ADJOURNMENT
JANUARY 16, 1936
//Evel y n Wel s, Cit y Clerk
PASSED and APPROVED this ,44 da y , 1986