HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 5875 - Authorizes Name Change- Historic Fort Worth & Denver Depot To Buddy Holly Center - 05_28_1998Resolution No. 5875
Item No..36
May 28, 1998
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock owns the Historic Fort Worth and Denver Depot
and intends to use the site as the location to house and display a -Aide variety of visual
arts exhibitions, educational programs and outreach initiatives, special events, and the
presentation of collections and artifacts relevant to the lives of West Texas musicians and
songwriters; and
WHEREAS, one of the principal collections will be the City of Lubbock's Buddy
Holly memorabilia; and
WHEREAS, the Culture and Arts Commission has studied the issue of renaming
the Historic Fort Worth and Denver Depot and surveyed local citizens for potential
names; and
WHEREAS, the Culture and Arts Commission recommends that the City Council
of the City of Lubbock rename the Historic Fort Worth and Denver Depot to the Buddy
Holly Center; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interest of the citizens of
the City of Lubbock to rename the Historic Fort Worth and Denver Depot to the Buddy
Holly Center, NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK
THAT the Mayor of the City of Lubbock BE and is hereby authorized and
directed to execute for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a name change for the
Historic Fort Worth and Denver Depot to the Buddy Holly Center
Passed by the City Council this 28thday of May 1998.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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Tommy G nzalez
Director of Civic Services
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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William de Haas
Municipal Contracts Attorney
Cedoes/Rename Depot the Buddy Holly Center.Res
May 14,1998