HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 3404-08-2006A Resolution
!VO 3404-08-2006
In Memory of the Victims of Hurricane Katrina, Officially Welcoming
Those Guests Who Have Become Residents of Our City and Wishing the
Families and Cities of the Gulf Coast Area the Best of luck in Their
Efforts to Rebuild
WHEREAS, on August 29 2005 the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
received a direct hit by Hurricane Katrina, a Category 3 storm carrying 140 mph winds
and a 20-foot storm surge, and
WHEREAS, Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest natural disasters ever to
strike the United States killing more than 1 500 people and leaving complete devastation
in its wake; and
WHEREAS, thousands of residents from the affected states were forced from their
homes and evacuated to other parts of the country including Fort Worth and Tarrant
County Texas and
WHEREAS, hundreds of Fort Worth city employees and residents labored tirelessly
to make sure that the more than 3 000 Gulf Coast residents, many from flooded New
Orleans parishes, had a warm, dry shelter at the end of their long journey out of their
ravaged cities and stages and
WHEREAS, Fort Worth and Tarrant County ultimately saw an influx of more than
30 000 fleeing residents from the Gulf Coast, many of whom received clothing, food,
housing, apartment furnishings and other household goods from countless Fort Worth and
Tarrant County residents, volunteers, and governmental, non profit and private
organizations and
WHEREAS, on.e year later although many of our guests" from the Gulf Coast area
have moved back home to rebuild, hundreds of others remained to become residents of
Fort Worth, and
WHEREAS, these new residents have found a place of their own to live, enrolled
their children in schools and have become contributing members of the Fort Worth
community and
WHEREAS, one year later the Gulf Coast and cities like New Orleans, Mobile,
BiloxilGulf Port and Slidell continue to work hard to rebuild from the devastation caused
by Hurricane Katrina.
Resolution No. 3404-08-2006
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT
1 On this day August 29 2006 which is the one year anniversary of the date of
Hurricane Katrina made its landfall on the Louisiana/Mississippi border the
City of Fort Worthofficially welcomes those guests from the Gulf Coast area
that have become residents of the City of Fort Worth, and
2 Wishes the best of luck and good fortune to those guests that have returned to
the Gulf Coast area as they attempt to rebuild their homes and their lives and
that of their families and
3 Offers our thoughts, prayers and best wishes to the cities and the people of New
Orleans, Mobile, Biloxi, Gulfport, Slidell, and the other municipalities affected
by Hurricane Katrina in their continued and relentless efforts, struggle and
challenge to recover reconstruct and rebuild from the devastation, and
4 Pauses from its City Council agenda to observe a moment of silence in memory
of the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
AND IT IS RESOLVED
Adopted this 29 day of 2006
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