HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 1514 RESOLUTION No. 1514
A RESOLUTION CF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH INVITING THE OWNERS OF THE ANGELS
BASEBALL CLUB TO LOCATE THEIR A IIERICAN
LEAGUE BASEBALL FRANCHISE IN ORANGE
COUNTY
WHEREAS, the Angels' Baseball Club is presently under
contract only until 1964 and their President, Robert Reynolds,
has indicated they may not wish to renew their present obli-
gation; and
WHEREAS, President Reynolds has indicated they may want
their own field in 1965 and have evidenced an interest in the
location of the franchise in Orange County; and
WHEREAS, surveys have shown a large number of Orange
County residents now support the Agels at Wrigley Field in Los
Angeles; and
WHEREAS, the present population of Orange County is in
excess of three-quarters of a million people, with a 1980 es-
timated population of two and one-half million people; and
WHEREAS, the central location of Orange County midway
between three major metropolitan areas with immediate freeway
access from each; and
WHEREAS, professional baseball clubs and concessions rep-
resent the free competitive enterprise system and are self-sup-
porting; and
WHEREAS, the identification of Orange County with a
major sports endeavor such as the Angels Major League Club would
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benefit all communities therein.
NOT TBEREFORE BE IT RESMVED that the City of Huntington
Beach work together with other cities in Orange County, their
Chambers of Commerce, the associated Chamber of Commerce, and
service organizations toward the achievment of this goal.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California, at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 18tb day of September , 1961.
Mayo
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City Cle
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
County of Orange ss
City of Huntington Beach
I, PAUL C. JONES, the duly elected, qualified and
acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-
officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City
Council cf the City of Huntington Beach is five; that the
foregoing resolution was pasxed and adopted by the affirma-
tive vote of more than a majority of all the members of said
City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 180
day of Septe*ber , 1961,
AYES: Councilmen:
Wells, Lambert , Stewart , Waite, Gisler
NOES: Councilmen.-
None
ABSENT : Councilmen:
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City Clerk of th ity of Huntington
Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council of said City.
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