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RESOLUTION NO. 74-31
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF UKIAH, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA EXTENDING GREETINGS TO THE
PEOPLE OF ENNIS, IRELAND AND OFFERING TO
PARTICIPATE IN A SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP
WITH THAT CITY
WHEREAS, Ralph I. Buxton, Mayor of Ukiah while traveling
in Ireland, visited the City of Ennis, and
WHEREAS, Mayor Buxton to his delight found Ennis to be
much like his hometown of Ukiah, and
WHEREAS, Ennis has a population of 8,500 and Ukiah has
a population of 10,095, and
WHEREAS, Ennis is located on the Fergus River which is
home to salmon and brown trout and Ukiah is located on the
Russian River, home to salmon and the steelhead trout, and
WHEREAS, the Irish 'meaning of the name Ennis is "a rain
meadow" and the word Ukiah is derived from an American Indian
word meaning "deep valley", and
WHEREAS, Ukiah and Ennis are both home to fine eighteen
hole golf courses, and
WHEREAS, Ennis was one linked to seaside resorts by the
West Clare Railway and Ukiah is near the easterly end of the
California Western Railway known as the "Skunk" which connects
the interior to the California seacoast, and
WHEREAS, the merits of Irish whiskey are known to the
citizens of Ennis and the citizens of Ukiah
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Ukiah hereby extends fraternal greetings to the
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Town Council of Ennis and invites the establishment of s
sister city relationship
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Ukiah City Council extends
the hand of friendship to any member or representative of the
Town Council of Ennis who may visit the United States and
invites said members to visit Ukiah in order to firm the bond
between the cities
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th
day of December
1973.
ATTEST:
City Clerk