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I J>l<E.SWTII.TJOn BII THE. B'JCLn7Wn'JlI.l. CQfllIT/'J7TEL 70 071! COUnCJL 111l.11 10, 1972 'In 1971 the B~centenn~ai e~a WQ4 edtabi~~hed thtouqhout the nation to ~te- pate tot the 200th b~tthda~ 01. out nat~on ~n 1976. Mhen ~t wa4 t~t4t announced ~n 7exOA, San II.nton~o, l.u.bbock, HOMton and Iia.tiM wete ptecU.cted tot the lionot ot bp',ing named -the B~centenniaL CUIj at lexa4. I/. '1eat Latet, ~n 4pite at San II.ntonio'~ obvioU4 advantaged (it4 age, it4 H~4~no-mexican-Eng~4h cuitute and g.enu~ne ~te- II.metican Revolution te- ~C<l) that cHI} i4 4Uu.. 4eatching tot otgtin~?aUon and 4U.u. utabU./.Jhing gOaA.4. Uet'l tecentil} ot 13 cit~e,(J thtoug.hout the nation teco~i~ng theit cuttent ettOtt4 towatd the o~centennia.t, Segu~n wa4 the one in Texa4 40 honoted. 'In the tutute the Texcw COIIII/!i44ion wi.t.t be teco'1n~f~ng out4ta.nd~n<1 tuUi.t4 blj c~Uu thtoU'1hout TexCM dutin'1 the J:j~centenn-i.ai. eta. To be de4i~ated a B~centenniaL Citlj a town mU4t have a conclete ma4tet pi4n, ot .ton'1-tetm tat teaching g.oa~ tot imptov~ng the c~tlj. One '1oa.t 4hould be Q1l endu.t~ng. "g~tt to the. c.i.tlj" once the ce.ub'!ation -i.4 fUl4t. The'le. ~4 no te.Mon San matc04 cannot halle the de4~gnaaon a4 a Bicentenn~a.t c~t'l (not the 4tate convocation,. which no doubt wi.t.t be held in one 01. the tout .tatgedt c~t~e4 ot the 4tate) but tecognition b'l the. II.~BC at Te.xG4 to'! out- 4tand~ng ettott, ~n the. Bicente.nniai. e.ta.. Out citlj hG4 a ta.t~in'1 po~nt atound which to gathet. 1I..ti. peopLe and ot94n- ~s.aUon4 in the utI} can.ue encou'taqed to wod, tagethet to deve-Lope out m04t ualuab.te potenU,a.t, the 't~vM,. We have the m04t beauUtu.t 'tivet in the e.nUte 4tate. 'Jt ha... V~4tG4 and app'toachp..<! and 4cen~c expan4e,,(J that out tound natlLt- ai.~ ne.at none othu. 'In the neat tuwu, much pt the t~ve't4~de w~.u. .uecome cH'I ptopMtlJ. We. have. the. g.itt ot th~4 i4nd4cape mMtet alan tot be.aut~tljing thi4 patk {and. The p..(..cm wa4 done blj the ...tudent4 at the Schoo.t ot I/.tchU:ectute. at the. Unive'l4~t'l ot le.xG4, II.Il4Un, WG4 g~ven to the. c~tIJ. The MMtelt p..(..cm beg~M w~th the h~ke. QJld b~ke ttaii. and w~.u.be con4twcted thtough pt~vaU tund./.ng thltough ettoltt... ot the B~ce.nte.nn~ai. com/ll~t.tee. 11.4 we cannot expect to be =utlj th,e. t~vet w~thout eventuai. I-J.ood contto.L, /lIl.othe.It goat i4 to do aLl.. we can -LocaUy. to ...UPluHt the. d(lJlUj beco~ng a u.aUtlj CZ4 e.at<4 CM pOM i.ute.. CompLetion o{. the. hi4totlJ. lIIMe.um blj the e..otabU<lhed boatd and ded ~caang the building duting the B~centennia.t 'lent i4 anothet goa.L. RutotaUon at Uo .U~<lta G4 a cUIj patk and ded~caaon ot the new' ...wirrun~ng pooi. to be con4ttucted thete ( a c~tlj e.ttott) wi.t.t be. a 4tated goa.t. Land..,caping the ~Ue. on moon Dtive commemotat./.ng the {.i'l4t llUb~c bu.il.t:Ung ~n San matC04 ~~ 4che.du..te.d tot cOMl1ie.Uon in the B~centenn~a.t e'la. 7he Cit~ 01. San matc04 B~cente.nnia.t Committee thete.t~te. ..,eek4 con{.itmation ot the {.oU.olJling r;oa~ tot the Cit\! ot San maltCM ~n ob4uvance at the 200th annivelt4altlj ot the. nation in June 1976: ".~ I I 1. "Beaut~ IUong the. Uvet" to 4taH in 1972 with lUke. and B~ke 7'tait. 2. Re4totation 01. ~~o Ui4ta a4 a citV patk; ded~cation o{.the. new ~ooi.. 3. 70tget date 01. 1976 tot comp.tet~on ot dam4 to ptotect citlJ t'lom {.i.ood4: Rction: 11.. 5timu.iate. attendance. at Meeting o{. 50ii. and Wate'l tioa'ld to at- tempt to obta~n a h~gh ~tio'litlJ. ~n p.l.annin9' Rctian: B. Suppoltt oult te~e4entative4 in Cong'le44 in thei'l ettott4 to ob- tain apptont~at~on4 at the. ptol1elt time tot dam con..,t'luct~on. 4. DecU.cation (It the; /1/u..,eu.m ot H.wtolt~ bu-i../..d.i.n'1_ S. Lana...ca,un'1 U/(lon Dtil1e 4i te 01. San R1ate04' tit...t .pJWUe bu~./..dint}.