1987-23 RESOLUTION NO. 87-23
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF
MAINTAINING CONSULATE SERVICES.
WHEREAS, the Mexican government will be closing the Mexican Consulate
Offices in the Inland-Empire Area due to the financial burdens of rebuilding,
subsequent to the 1985 Mexico City earthquake; and
WHEREAS, the closure of the Mexican Consulate Offices in San
Bernardino will affect approximately 500,00'0 Mexicans; and
WHEREAS, this closure will impose a threat to the citizenship and
amnesty efforts of an estimated 2,500 Mexican immigrants annually; and
WHEREAS, there is a definite need to continue and maintain an office
in the Inland-Empire Area for immigration services and the heavy volume of
documents which need to be processed due to the recent amnestyprogram; and
WHEREAS, without a Consulate Office in the Inland-Empire Area, large
numbers of Mexicans will -suffer a hardship having to travel to Los Angeles,
Mexicali or Tijuana to obtain assistance; and
WHEREAS, new immigration legislation has increased this need for
service in obtaining - passports, certification of documents, and tourist
permits:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Council of the
City of Grand Terrace does hereby support all efforts to continue to provide
consulate services in the Inland-Empire Area in response to the needs of the
people and hereby encourage all other cities in the area to lend their
support.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of
the City of Grand Terrace, California to be affixed this 24th day of
September, 1987.
ADOPTED this 24th day of September, 1987.
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Resolution No. 87= 23
ATTEST:
sty Clerk of tW City of Grand M r of the Cit of tand Terrace
Terrace and of the City Council d of the City Council thereof.
thereof.
Approved as to form:
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO )
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE )
I, JUANITA BROWN, Deputy City Clerk of the City of
Grand Terrace, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution
was duly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular
meeting of the City Council held on the 24th day of September,
1987, and that it was so adopted by the following vote:
AYES : Councilmembers Pfennighausen, Grant, Evans,
Mayor Matteson
NOES : None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Shirley
Dep City C erk of the City o
Gr d Terrace and of the City `
Council thereof.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO )
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE )
I, JUANITA BROWN, Deputy City Clerk of the City of
Grand Terrace, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is
a full, true, and correct copy of Resolution No . 87-23 of said
City, and that the same has not been amended or repealed.
DATED: September 24, 1987
Dep% y City Cl f the City of - -
Gra d Terrace and of the City
Council thereof.