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RESOLUTION NO. 3198
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF TffiURON
ENDORSING EFFORTS TO PRESERVE
AND SAVE THE WAPAMA
WHEREAS, the Wapama is today the world's only surviving wooden steam
schooner from an original fleet of two hundred and twenty five; and
WHEREAS, the United States National Park Service recently announced a plan to
dismantle this historic vessel; and
WHEREAS, the Wapama has been the focus and the object of devotion of several
hundred volunteers during the decade it has been docked in Sausalito; and
WHEREAS, the Wapama has graced the Sausalito waterfront since 1988; and
WHEREAS, two distinguished citizens of Marin County, rear Admiral Thomas J.
Patterson and Edward G. Zelinsky, are co-chairs of the Committee to Save the Wapama;
and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Council of the Town of
Tiburon will lend all of its good efforts to endorse and support the endeavors of the
Committee to Save the Wapama; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Council of the Town of Tiburon
requests the United States National Park Service to delay its plan to dismantle this historic
vessel, and that Senators Boxer and Feinstein, and Congresswoman Woolsey be requested
to also assist in this effort.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of December, 1996, by the following vote:
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Ginalski, Hennessy, Thayer, Thompson,
Wolf
N ne
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
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DIANE L. CRANE, TOWN CLERK
THERESE M. HENNESSY, MA
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