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Ili .asses,. <br />RESOLUTION NO. R-34_9., <br />I' - <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON, <br />I ' SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE MOVE TO <br />PRESERVE UNITED STATES ROUTE 66 AS AN HISTORIC HIGHWAY <br />2 <br />1, <br />3' WHEREAS, United States Route 66, a two thousand -mile highway frau <br />4 Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, has played a major role in <br />5; the twentieth-century history of our country; and <br />6i WHEREAS, Route 66 has become a symbol of the American people's <br />i, <br />7',; heritage of travel and their legacy of seeking a better life; and <br />8 WHEREAS, Route 66 served as a funnel for the twentieth-century <br />9:, migration from the Dust Bowl of the Central States; and <br />101 WHEREAS, Route 66 has been memorialized in such books as "Grapes <br />i' <br />11, of Wrath", songs, motion pictures, and television programs, and has become <br />12, an accepted part of American popular culture; and <br />i <br />13 WHEREAS, during the early 1980's structures and features along <br />14 Route 66 began to disappear and the historical value lost to the Nation. <br />i <br />15 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of <br />16.. Colton takes this opportunity to encourage that Route 66 be commemorated <br />17 as a Nationally significant highway that was one of the longest and earliest <br />18' transcontinental roadways in America and that Route 66 be preserved as an <br />19 historic highway. <br />!i <br />201 APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 1ST DAY OF MAY, 1990. <br />21.1 <br />22 <br />FRANK A. GONZALES, MAYOR <br />23 <br />24 <br />ATTEST: <br />25 :I <br />26 <br />27 I HELEN RAMOS, CITY CLERK <br />28 <br />'i <br />'I <br />