HomeMy Public PortalAbout90-078 (06-05-90)RESOLDTION N0. 90-78
A RESOLDTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF LYNWOOD IN SUPPORT OF
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS RE-
AUTHORIZATION.
FIHEREAS, the arts enhance our quality of life by helping to define a nation's and a
community's identity, values and heritage, contributing to cross-cultural communi-
cation and developing creative problem-solving skills; and
WHFRF.AS~ public investment in the arts stimulates economic growth, attracts business
and corporate investment to communities, promotes downtown and neighborhood revital-
ization, spurs tourism, enhances the image of our communities and nation, and encour-
ages innovation and inspiration in society; and
WHEREAS, the National Endowment for the Arts' twenty-five year stellar history of
promoting creativity and cultural vitality has enabled a flourishing of the arts to
reach every state and community and made the arts available to every citizen of our
nation; and
~~dHL7ti?nt, in its twenty-five year history the National Endowment for the Arts has made
over 85,000 grants and funded the presentation or creation for over 1,000,000 images
of which only 25 projects have become controversial; and
WHEREAS, the restrictive language approved by Congress in 1990 would have the effect
of promoting censorship and inhibiting creativity at the expense of quality within the
arts community, and gives Congress the power to micro-manage the Endowment and define
obscenity rather the courts~ and
TiHF.RF.AC~ the Endowment's citizen-involved panel system, local matching requirements for
grants and reviews by the Presidentially-appointed National Council on the Arts and its
Chairman provide appropriate checks and balances in regard to federal funding for the
arts; and
' WHEREAS, President Bush supports reauthorization of the NEA without restrictive language
and has submitted legislation to that effect in Congress; and
WHL~REAS, President Lyndon B. Johnson, in sponsoring legislation to establish the NEA,
proclaimed, "We fully recognize that no government can call artistic excellence into
existence. It must flow from the quality of the society and the good fortune of the
nation. Nor should any government seek to restrict the freedom of the artist to
pursue his goals in his own way. Freedom is an essential condition for the artist,
and in proportion, if freedom is diminished so is the prospect of artistic achievement,"
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVEDthat the City Council of Lynwood resolves to support
reauthorization of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 and
continued funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the
Humanities and the Institute fo Museum Service for FY-1991 without restrictive langruage
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this Sth day of JIINE 1990.
ROBSBT HELiNING, MAYOR
CITY OF LYNWOOD
ATTEST: PAUL H. RICHARDS
Mayor Pro Tem
' ~l~~/' ~ Nn ~~ LOUIS J. HEINE
y z~~r~i~ Councilmember
~ANDREA L. fl00PER, CITY CLE
City of Lynwood ARMANDO REA
Councilmember
EVELYN WEi.LS
Councilmember
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APPROVED O ORM:
TTORNEY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Lynwood,
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing resolution was
duly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
thereof held in the City Hall of said City on the Sth day of
June, 1990, and passed by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS HEINE~ REA, RICHARDS
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS HENNING, WELLS
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City Clerk, City of Ly wood
STATE pF CALIFOR[VIA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, and
Clerk of the City Council of said City do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Resolution
No. 90-78 on file in my office and that said resolution was adopted
on the date and by the vote therein stated.
Dated this 7th day of June, 1990.
~~~L /'Y
City Clerk