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RESOLUTION NO. 3157- A
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF TIBURON
SUPPORTING THE GIFTS FOR GUNS EXCHANGE PROGRAM
SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 1, 1996
WHEREAS, violence from the use of firearms has increased in communities nationwide and
accounts for billions of dollars in health care costs and the premature loss of life and productivity; and
WHEREAS, voluntary gun exchange programs have bee very successful in the cities and
counties that have conducted them in getting unwanted guns safely out of communities, thereby
reducing this impact; and
WHEREAS,the Marin County Sheriffs Department, in cooperation with the Marin Interfaith
Council, the Jewish Community Relations council, Marin Suicide Prevention and the Family Services
Agency is co-sponsoring a GIFT FOR GUNS EXCHANGE PROGRAM in Marin County, and
WHEREAS, the co-sponsors have asked for City Council support from al Marin County
cities and towns, the Town Council ofTiburon would like to lend their support to this voluntary and
safe method of removing unwanted guns from our communities; and
WHEREAS, this event is planned for Saturday, June I, 1996 at St. Sebastian's Church,
located at Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Bon Air Road in Greenbrae;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Town Council of the Town ofTiburon does hereby resolve their
support of the GIFTS FOR GUNS EXCHANGE PROGRAM co-sponsored by the Marin County
Sheriff's Department, in cooperation with the Marin Interfaith council, the Jewish community
Relations Council, Marin Suicide Prevention, and the Family Services Agency.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Tiburon Town Council on May I,
1996 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Thompson, Thayer, Wolf
None
Hennessy, Ginalski
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