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RESOLUTION N0. 82-55 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor & Council as a Whole A RESOLUTION URGING THE OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ADOPT LEGISLATION CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE HALT TO THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE AND URGING OUR NATIONALLY-ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SUPPQRT AND ENCOURAGE A PERMANENT MOR.ATORIUM ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS. WHEREAS, the United States and other countries are said to possess many nuclear weapons by which many cities in the world could be destroyed, and yet over the next decade said countries plan to build many more nuclear warheads, along with new missiles to deliver them at long and short range; and WHEREAS, this Council believes that a nuclear arms race constitutes a serious threat to national and international security and will ultimately lead to nuclear war and worldwide total destruction and devastation; and WHEREAS, there is legislation pending before the Ohio General Assembly, which is directed to the Congress of the United States and should call for an immediate nuclear weapons freeze by the United States and all other nations and for negotiations with all nations for a permanent moratorium on nuclear weapons; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF MAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: Section 1. That the Council of Mayfield Village, on behalf of its citizens, expresses its strong support for an immediate mutual nuclear weapons freeze by the United States and all other nations and for the negotiation of a permanent moratorium on nuclear weapons. Section 2. That the Council of Mayfield Village, on behalf of its citizens, strongly urges the Ohio General Assembly to adopt legislation which calls for an immediate nuclear weapons freeze by the United States and all other nations. Section 3. That the Council of Mayfield Village, on behalf of its citizens, strongly urges our nationally-elected officials to support and encourage negotiations with all other nations for a permanent moratorium on nuclear weapons. Section 4. That the Clerk of Council be and the same is hereby instructed to forward certified copies of this Resolution to President Ronald Reagan, U.S. Senators John G1enn and Howard Metzenbaum; U.S. Representatives Dennis Eckart, Ronald Mott1; Mary Oakar, Louis Stokes and to all members of the Cuyahoga County delegation to the State General Assembly. Section 5. That the Council finds and determines that all formal actions of this Council relating to the adoption of this Resolution have been taken at open meetings of this Council; and that