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TIiE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA
RESOLUTION NO. 732
The City Council of The City of Seward, Alaska, being fully aware of and recog-
nizing the problems of Alcoholism appointed a committee of local residents to
study and make recommended possible legislative action along with local and
state programming which would perhaps assist in resolving certain alcoholism
problems within the State.
The committee after many hours of study and consideration submitted their
report to the City Council and urged that their resolutions be adopted as the first
move in alleviating alcoholism problems within Alaska and the area.
RESOLUTION NO.6 SUBMITTED BY STEERING COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLISM:
WHER EAS: alcoholism often strikes the elderly citizen who suddenly finds him-
self alone and lonely with much time on his hands and little to do with that time;
and
WHER BAS: the citizens of The City of Seward have devoted time and effort to
provide our teenagers with a Teen Center, thus showing their social awareness
of the needs for recreation of this portion of our population;
TIiEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the City Council study the possibility of
acquiring the use Of a building in downtown Seward to be designated a Senior
Citizens' Center, such facility to be furnished with comfortable chairs, tables,
a radio, television, coffee pot, cards, magazines, and other paraphernalia to
make the center attractive to our older citizens; and
BE IT FURTIiER RESOLVED: that the various churches, clubs, and other social
organizations along with individual citizens of Seward be asked to help select,
furnish, finance and staff such center for the use of our Senior Citizens.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 28 day of
by the City Council of The City of Seward, Alaska.
OCT
, 1968,