HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1963.11.06 - 20306Miscellaneous Resolution - November 6, 1963
BY: Miscellaneous Committee
IN RE: ESTABLISHMENT OF OAKLAND COUNTY-CAUCA VALLEY COMMITTEE
UNDER THE ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, in May of 1963 a delegation of 5 citizens from Oakland County,
headed by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, visited the City of Cali and the
Cauca Valley in Colombia, South America, at the request of the State Department to
explore the possibility of establishing a local government to local government relation-
ship as a part of the Alliance for Progress effort, and
WHEREAS, a committee from the City of Cali, Colombia, South America, visited
Oakland County in late September and early October of this year as a part of the same
program, and
WHEREAS, a joint report and recommendation of the Cauca Valley-Oakland County
groups was prepared prior to the departure of the South American delegation from Oakland
County, and
WHEREAS, in said report the recommendation has been made that a committee of
not more than 12 members be appointed by the Chairman of the Board with i.!‘( VO1 of
1-his.aear-ci of urvoi,1,-1 carry out the objectives in the joint report and that said
committee shall include representatives from Oakland County government, from business,
industry, financial institutions and labor, from Oakland University and from such other
groups as may be judged appropriate by the Chairman, and
WHEREAS, a similar committee will be appointed by the Governor of the Cauca
Valley in Colombia, South America, to work with the Oakland County Committee, and
WHEREAS, these recommendations have been approved by the Alliance for
Progress Section of the State Department, and
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WHEREAS, your Miscellaneous Committee recommends that the Chairman of the
Board of Supervisors be authorized to appoint a committee composed of not more than
12 members, including representatives as outlined in the report.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this Board approves the establishment of
and hereby directs the Chairman to ecommet1 ,..,! persons i. to be members of a
committee to be known as the Oakland County-Cauca Valley Committee to carry out the
pilot program of local government to local government relationship under the Alliance for
Progress program.
MR. CHAIRMAN, on behalf of the Miscellaneous Committee, I move the
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
MISCELLANEOUS COMMITTEE