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RESOLUTION NO. 8753 -14 <br />BY; Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, <br />Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary. <br />A RESOLUTION expressing sincere appreciation to the members of the Cleveland <br />Orchestra for their generous spirit, which they have shared with the City of Lakewood throughout the <br />"At Home in Lakewood" spring performances. <br />WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has a well -earned reputation for welcoming and <br />cultivating the spirit of art in every from and genre, and <br />WHEREAS, our city has invested emotion and resources into instilling in our young people <br />a well - rounded education that includes the appreciation of music, and <br />WHEREAS, Lakewood shares a common border with the home town of the greatest <br />symphony orchestra in the world - -The Cleveland Orchestra- and <br />WHEREAS, this orchestra had cast a four -month spell on Lakewoodites, with <br />breakout musical performances on front porches, in local restaurants, in a bowling alley, on a library <br />lawn, in our Civic Auditorium in workshops and classrooms, and <br />WHEREAS, neighborhoods throughout our city were transformed with the sound of <br />musicians' violas and violins, flutes and coronets, bassoons, clarinets and all other instruments <br />directed by Director Franz Weiser -Most, and <br />WHEREAS, a new generation of Lakewood students are forever changed and smitten by the <br />beauty and magic of classical compositions of Johan Strauss, Jr. and other composers who lift us up <br />from our mundane world, transforming us into the ethereal realm of classical music; now, therefore: <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: <br />Section 1. That this Council and Mayor express our sincere thanks to the members of this <br />great orchestra for their generous spirit, which they have shared with our citizens of every age in our <br />fair city. <br />Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and <br />relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all <br />such deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were <br />in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements. <br />Adopted: " SJ , `t-N I `Z-0t <br />Approved: > Z o <br />Mayor <br />